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

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[–] 6 points 1 day ago* (2 children)

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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