Mexico installs ‘robotic trees’ to tackle air pollution
In the central-southern Mexican city of Puebla, a start-up has installed "robotic trees" who suck up as much air pollution as 368 real trees, using microalgae in their towering metal structure.
Trees are one of the best things we have to clean the Earth's air, but they have certain drawbacks: they need time and space to grow.
Enter the BioUrban, an artificial tree that sucks up as much air pollution as 368 real trees. Designed by a Mexican start-up, the towering metal structure uses microalgae to clean carbon dioxide and other contaminants from the air, returning pure oxygen to the environment.
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Biomitech has so far "planted" a few trees since 2016: in Mexico, Colombia and Panama. Due to the excellent results achieved, the company has been contracted to construct two more in Turkey, and projects are in the works to install them in Mexico City, Monterrey, Spain and other countries in Europe. This project is a reminiscent of another launched by a German firm in 2015, called the "City Tree".
These types of projects have shown they can offer a quick short-term patch-up for the mess that we have made, but they cannot keep pace with a continued way of life based on fossil fuels. We know there are existing solutions where we can supply almost all our energy needs with truly clean, for electricity, transport and our industrial processes. We just need to implement these methods. Using True Clean Energy in our streets, cities and industry will make our planet and our air so much cleaner.
