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

  • GrayoxOP
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    3 days ago

    There are emissions in the production of fireworks as well. Drones can be recycled at the end of their life cycle, fireworks cannot be recycled. EVs ARE zero emission just like drones, they offset the emissions put out during their production after around 40k miles and are extremely energy efficient unlike combustible engines. An EV running on a coal fired electric grid puts off less emissions than a prius.

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      Absolutely, fireworks also have emission in their while life cycle, so let’s get the data and compare. EVs are not zero emission and offsetting is not zeroing emission, it’s just compensation, pollution is still being produced and if everyone does that we will not reduce it. In fact EVs sometimes have higher emissions than thermic card at fabrication, but it has been demonstrated that they emit less during their full lifecycle.

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        3 days ago

        so let’s get the data and compare

        Yes, let’s get the data. You first. You’re really good at telling other people to go get data and sources. Show us how it’s done.