It is a new year, a new day. I am looking forward to a change to, hopefully, a better year ahead for everyone. Everywhere around the world, people are celebrating the end of the year, welcoming in a new day. The night was full of pomp. Gaiety and merriment ruled the streets. Where ever it was, one thing for certain has never been left out, the fireworks.
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Fireworks have been a man-made celebration one way or the other. Beautiful as it is, the awe held by the old and young, fireworks brings out a sense of joy, even in the unhappiest of heart. But at what cost?
I sat at home, watching on the television, broadcasting the news of the countdown followed by fireworks display. I asked myself, why burn the money, not just a few hundred dollars, but probably a few hundreds of thousand dollars just for a few minutes of excitement and pleasure? Why throw so much of money into thin air and watch it vaporised?
If only there is a way to have a more environmentally and just as colourful celebration, like the use of LED lights or the shooting of laser images, mimicking a fireworks display. Wouldn’t this have a cleaner effect on the environment on long term?
