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Re:Freiburg: Germany's futuristic city set in a forest by jcelerier on Sunday September 13, 2020 @11:19AM (#24461402)
> The plant is a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, Africa, Egypt and India.

How dare you grow non-native plants in your german backyard ! This is both a remnant of colonialism AND a danger to local biodiversity.

Re:Freiburg: Germany's futuristic city set in a forest by afiori on Sunday September 13, 2020 @11:53AM (#24461615)
you need to build an underground greenhouse deep enough to be under aquifers and to be geothermically heated in winter powered by an all zero emission electrical grid
Re:Freiburg: Germany's futuristic city set in a forest by Ygg2 on Sunday September 13, 2020 @01:31PM (#24462475)
But then your agricultural run off could end up in the ocean. You don't want to kill the whales, do you?