These drones plant trees by firing seed pods at the ground

www.popsci.com ^ | January 22, 2018 | By Josh Landis and Owen Agnew

[Red Badger]

Video at link..................

[WayneS]

What about the pain caused to the seed pods? Doesn't anyone care about that? Do the People for the Ethical Treatment of Seedpods know about this? ...

[UCANSEE2]

There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas

[WayneS]

But there is an astonishingly simple way to make a difference: plant more trees.

I was just meeting with a timber harvester a week or so ago. He told me that in Virginia there are currently more trees being planted than are being cut down.

[robroys woman]

“Man is in the forest.” - Bambi’s mom

[WayneS]

They should name the drone aircraft “Lorax One”, Lorax Two”, etc.

[Chickensoup]

feeding the mice!

[Tenacious 1]

Johnny Appleseed reincarnated?

[Red Badger]

[Balding_Eagle]

I have often wondered why someone doesn’t take a big military style plane, gather up the millions of pinecones that are on the ground east of the Rockies, and spread them out over the plains of Eastern Colorado and Wyoming.

The rights of private property owners to not have that notwithstanding, there could be millions of Acres of additional forests

[Red Badger]

The squirrels would starve......................

[DiogenesLamp]

Climate change is a sprawling, complex problem.

Yes it is. It is part of the constant fight to keep the hands of power hungry people off our money and out of our government.

Power hungry people are trying to use it as an excuse to get their hands on more government power all across the world.

[4yearlurker]

That's just nuts!

[Buckeye McFrog]

Eat Hootersville Rutabagas!

[NonValueAdded]

Just wait until they become self-aware. Where’s Alfred Hitchcock when you need him? Birds II!

[Dr. Zzyzx]

Man, I used to love Popular Science, National Geographic, Consumer Reports other such magazines, but when EVERY SINGLE ISSUE goes on and on about Global Warming, I just got sick of the lectures and hand wringing and bailed out of all my subscriptions.

That being said, this is a pretty cool idea if they can pull it off.

[mairdie]

Rather elegant solution. Hope they have a camera to avoid shooting at unsuspecting passerbys - human or furry.

[WayneS]

I do not think it would be a good thing to create forests in areas that are naturally prairies.

[cweese]

....and the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe and saw :-)

[BeauBo]

Huge new plantations could be planted this way for food, or timber. Great commercial potential.

In remote areas, they could use blimps, to haul larger loads, longer distance efficiently.