In 1973 a reportedly drunk driver flattened a tree in the middle of the Sahara, which sounds unremarkable until you learn it was the only tree for 250 miles around, a 300-year-old acacia so isolated it was marked on maps covering half a continent. https://share.google/ePM21R48Aq0VRqTUb

  • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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    12 hours ago

    Yeah I realize it would require irrigation but that’s very doable with modern technology.

    We could fundraise an electric truck to bring the water or something.

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      2 hours ago

      Yes, we can create an artificial environment that can host a tree literally anywhere on Earth. That’s not the same thing.

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      8 hours ago

      Would need a pretty good fence around it. Sounds like unaware and drunk drivers are great at hitting the only thing around for miles.