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JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

For pollution, at least CO2, 300M lb is 136k metric tons. I didn’t know the water to CO2 ratio for solid rocket motors, but I’d guess maybe half is CO2. Cars produce 1.5B tons of CO2 per year in the US, so the CO2 would be about equivalent to about 24 min of driving cars. That doesn’t seem too unreasonable.

But maybe you were taking about the metals? I don’t know how much of an issue those are.

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someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Unfortunately this isn’t complete combustion. There’s a shit ton of PM and everything else. Ever go to a big show? They have to take pauses for the smoke to clear so that you can see the next batch.

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- JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You’re concerned about the smoke rather than the CO2?
  
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  - someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    You do know that CO, SOx, NOx etc is worse that CO2 right?
    
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    MindTraveller@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It’s not worse, it’s different. CO2 kills everything on earth but that takes a lot of it. The toxins you listed can give a community long term health issues without that much exposure. It’s a local problem vs a global problem.
    
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    JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Health wise, not global warming wise. The original post sounded like a global warming concern.
    
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MindTraveller@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The metals are a big thing. Breathing heavy metals is bad for people and animals.

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Bertuccio@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The particulate matter, and specifically heavy metals, go through the roof.

There’s also a bunch of paperwork involved in removing those measurements from the pollution data sets with a rule that gives a pass for fireworks.

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JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Personally I think it’s important to understand Co2 emissions aren’t the only factors in the pollution of air quality. Like you mentioned, heavy metals are a big factor in climate (for example how private jets still use leaded fuel).

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Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Sorry, completely off-topic, but your name keeps reminding me of rock-a-doodle. I know his name is completely different, but it has the same flow and a really similar sound. Chanticleer. Prounounced Chant Eclair, a french pun for “sing loud and clear”.

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