TE diwali thread - How many of you gave up crackers ?
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jammy420
Adept
I myself will use less crackers ... but I won't buy this pollution story of crackers .. If you see the % of contribution by diwali to pollution on a year... It will be 0.0000000000000000000 some decimal... Our "Secular" media just making a show of it... Came across this blog
Diwali,Holi, Ganesh Puja, crackers and Osama.. http://themonkwhogothismurari.blogspot.in/2015/11/diwaliholi-ganesh-puja-crackers-and.html
Diwali,Holi, Ganesh Puja, crackers and Osama.. http://themonkwhogothismurari.blogspot.in/2015/11/diwaliholi-ganesh-puja-crackers-and.html
derp
Disciple
Superbad
Skilled
+1 should be only digital. Would save so much trees and help in curbing pollution in the air. Help reduce the carbon wastes.
Also with reduced costs for printing paper. The newspapers could actually provide actual news than auction in their pages to post paid news like them first page of the Bombay times.
thirumalkumaran
Adept
There it starts....
similar threads incoming...
similar threads incoming...
rdst_1
Skilled
The pollution does increase a lot for a few days. Normal people might not feel it's intensity but older people and people suffering from breathing problems like Asthma really suffer a lot. I know because I have someone in my family who goes through this every Diwali. If she doesn't stay indoors, she might have to be hospitalized. So basically celebrating Diwali like we people do puts lots of peoples lives at risk.
rdst_1
Skilled
Most developed countries don't allow personal firework displays. It's usually done by the local body and people can come to watch it. This not only mitigates the risks but also reduces the pollution figures by a huge amount as compared to what we do here in India.
If pollution isn't a reason strong enough for you then perhaps you should look at the huge no of cases of injuries caused by fireworks that pop-up every Diwali.
derp
Disciple
I am in complete agreement with your point. However, if we exercise some prudence round the year, we can avert cases like these ,ex, carpools, embracing public transportation, stricter green laws etc.
Pinning excessive pollution to one festival is not the right way of tackling the basic problem, I believe!
Superbad
Skilled
What about those missile sent to Syria. They are even more deadly in terms of the pollution. They should be stopped first [emoji4]
One should care for the environment and such acts of explosion results in global warming, high carbon emissions, respiratory problems to the locals living in Syria.
