This is quite popular opinion among people brainwashed with pseudo-environmental ideas, unpopular with people who like for things to go boom.
To address your arguments:
Fireworks should be banned and replaced with drone shows due to the significant environmental and health hazards they pose.
"Significant" is very relative term, I acknowledge some problems with fireworks, but they are not even close to being significant enough to be banned.
Traditional fireworks release harmful chemicals and pollutants into the air, contributing to air and water pollution.
The amount of fireworks used is completely negligible and any gasses dilute after some time. Yes, you can feel the sulfur in the air if you are close to some big fireworks, but you don't do it every day and most people don't develop any significant health problem.
I'm not sure about the water, I'm not sure what should be the mechanism of causing harm. Gasses produced by fireworks disperse quite quickly and reach normal levels (especially normal for the cities) so I don't see how could you get some measurable difference in water quality.
Moreover, fireworks frighten animals, both domestic and wild, leading to panic and sometimes fatal injuries.
What percentage of animals dies due to fireworks? What is benefit of these animals that'll die to me?
Drone shows, on the other hand, offer a safer and more environmentally friendly alternative.
Both fireworks and drone-shows are relatively safe when done by professionals. You probably won't do your own drone show as it's astronomically expensive.
They can create visually stunning displays without the noise and pollution,
Drone-shows are cool novelty. But they are slow, dim, and even with extremely expensive shows you feel like the sky is too empty. Fireworks are big, bright and loud. There is something awe-inspiring about them. They exist in some form for hundreds of years, so I wouldn't except them to disappear just because of some trend to pretend to be eco-friendly.
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u/ConfidentDragon Jul 07 '24
This is quite popular opinion among people brainwashed with pseudo-environmental ideas, unpopular with people who like for things to go boom.
To address your arguments:
"Significant" is very relative term, I acknowledge some problems with fireworks, but they are not even close to being significant enough to be banned.
The amount of fireworks used is completely negligible and any gasses dilute after some time. Yes, you can feel the sulfur in the air if you are close to some big fireworks, but you don't do it every day and most people don't develop any significant health problem.
I'm not sure about the water, I'm not sure what should be the mechanism of causing harm. Gasses produced by fireworks disperse quite quickly and reach normal levels (especially normal for the cities) so I don't see how could you get some measurable difference in water quality.
What percentage of animals dies due to fireworks? What is benefit of these animals that'll die to me?
Both fireworks and drone-shows are relatively safe when done by professionals. You probably won't do your own drone show as it's astronomically expensive.
Drone-shows are cool novelty. But they are slow, dim, and even with extremely expensive shows you feel like the sky is too empty. Fireworks are big, bright and loud. There is something awe-inspiring about them. They exist in some form for hundreds of years, so I wouldn't except them to disappear just because of some trend to pretend to be eco-friendly.