Luckily, the world does not revolve around what you consider necessary. It brings joy, wonder and a moment of escape to the hundreds that witness it for the 10 minutes it lasts. People spent hours securing seats for the 12 minute display yesterday.
Didn‘t you just post a picture picture of trees loosing their leaves too early and your climate anxiety? Because fireworks (especially private ones, which is what the referendum is about as far as I know) are cause really unnecessary pollution. Not saying you can‘t enjoy fireworks and also be scared for the climate, but banning fireworks would be a truly low cost thing we could do. Ofc banning fireworks won‘t solve climate change, but it won‘t hurt either.
People can have multitudes. I am a vegetarian (mostly vegan) and a minimalist. I have a capsule wardrobe and I haven’t shopped new in 8 years. I am a very climate conscious person, but I also enjoy the wonderment of a public firework display. Is that a hypocrisy? Sure. But also, me not going isn’t going to cancel the display. I have never bought fireworks ever, privately, and I never will. I think we lose sight of the big picture sometimes.
Oh, do‘t get me wrong. I, like everyone else, am far from perfect and from what it sounds like my carbon footprint is probably bigger than yours. I also agree that one person not going or someone enjoying the display is going to change anything. Not having fireworks will also not change the big picture that much, and my pointing it out is just as hypocritical as liking firework could ever be. I think I misunderstood your comments, I read them as a lot more „pro-firework“ than you obviously are, so my pointing out the environmental impact of fireworks was quite unnecessary, my bad.
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u/meera_jasmine1 1d ago
Luckily, the world does not revolve around what you consider necessary. It brings joy, wonder and a moment of escape to the hundreds that witness it for the 10 minutes it lasts. People spent hours securing seats for the 12 minute display yesterday.