Found this on insta and thought it belonged here

Honest answer- please don’t read it as negative in any way as I will speak somewhat flatly: one artificial “tree” of this type can perform the work of over 300 trees. That’s the first reason it may have an advantage to one tree. It’s much more compact than 300+ trees which makes it useful in places where space is at a premium. They can easily be spread around an area for optimal coverage where air quality is lowest- and controlled to filter more or less. They also can work places trees can’t like underground or in climates not favorable to trees. Unlike trees- they are almost self sustaining. They don’t require expending much of any water over the initial volume used to create them- with water being a previous resource- and in some places very precious.

Such “artificial trees” can easily be placed on roof tops or other relatively unused and unobtrusive places where regular trees may be difficult or impossible to place along with the weight of the soil and water to support them. In that note- artificial trees mesh well with strategies of conservation and “green” living. Such trees can be mounted on roofs and paired with mirrored panels or solar panels to reduce heat and thus lessen the need for wasteful climate control, or even generate electricity. The algae in the trees produces bio mass- combinations of waste products and dead algae and the like- which could theoretically itself be collected and used as or refined for use as a fuel or other industrial needs.