300 million lbs of fireworks and 2.7 billion dollars gone in a cloud of smoke.

  • ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Fireworks are like. 000000000000001% of a concern for GHG.

    You shut down a coal plant for 1 days because you switched to solar temporarily and you probably offset the output.

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      4 months ago

      The impact on nature goes beyond climate gases. At least here in Germany fireworks produce 1% of the yearly pm10 particulates. That’s not nothing.

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        4 months ago

        It’s not nothing, but 1% goes to show just how much is no5 made by the giant 1 day full of sky explosions, and how likely 70-80% is from transport and energy sector.

        Eliminating all fireworks from earth and banning them tomorrow would have a near 0 impact on anything, and be completely erased if a coal plant runs an extra day or two.

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          Assuming there would be a single source responsible for the remaining 99% of yearly pm10 particulates, let’s say a giant coal power plant, then it would take 4 days of it running to have the same impact as fireworks.