[HN Gopher] Effectiveness of trees in reducing temperature & out...
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       Effectiveness of trees in reducing temperature & outdoor heat
       exposure in Vegas
        
       Author : PaulHoule
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2025-07-01 20:59 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | matthewfcarlson wrote:
       | Surprise surprise, vegetation is way better than concrete when it
       | comes to being comfortable in a city
        
         | pvorb wrote:
         | Not building your city in the desert is also a good idea when
         | it comes to being a comfortable city.
        
           | davidw wrote:
           | It costs less to cool than to heat, by and large. And deserts
           | have a lot of sunshine that can be converted into electricity
           | for cooling...
        
             | pvorb wrote:
             | But lack of water will become a huge problem when your city
             | is growing that fast in a heating climate.
        
       | b00ty4breakfast wrote:
       | I'm sure any future endeavor to plant trees in the goddamn desert
       | will have no negative environmental consequences at all. It's not
       | as if the city in the goddamn desert is already in the middle of
       | a regional water crisis as of last year or anything...
       | 
       | https://www.knpr.org/show/knprs-state-of-nevada/2024-08-29/w...
        
         | sorcerer-mar wrote:
         | Agriculture is the problem, not urban trees
        
           | readthenotes1 wrote:
           | It's not an either or type situation
        
         | davidw wrote:
         | Most places in the west, the water used for 'municipal' stuff
         | is a small fraction of the total.
         | 
         | For instance where I live east of the Cascades, in the dry part
         | of Oregon, only like 10% of the water used goes to the cities.
         | 
         | https://www.centraloregonlandwatch.org/update/2021/5/5/droug...
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         | Street trees are hugely beneficial and if you want to cut
         | something (ha ha), you want to look at things like lawns or
         | golf courses.
        
       | westonplatter0 wrote:
       | I remember seeing similar heat reduction claims in a more
       | tropical, non desert env.
       | https://reasonstobecheerful.world/green-corridors-medellin-c...
        
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