The 100 features a Space Station undergoing an Oxygen Crisis due to a breakdown of their atmospheric recyclers. This leads to executions at the drop of a hat, a mandatory one child policy, and the Titular 100 teenagers being exiled to Earth, which is widely believed to be an irradiated wasteland.
Later, we find out the Space Station has exactly one (1) plant confirmed in its entire complex. A tiny Bonsai Tree.
Thatâs absolutely insane. If youâre having an oxygen crisis, you should be propagating the heck out of that tree. Every flat surface should have a little tree cutting growing on it. Would it cut into the water rations? Yes. But people can survive being slightly dehydrated a lot longer than They can survive being slightly oxygen deprived.