Originally Posted by
fimo
I guess being BJ based I was more thinking that half of its residents disappear,so the coal burning should go down quite bit. I expect the amt of crud generated by fireworks would still be less than the reduction in coal consumption. In any case, it is what it is.
Let the mass chaos begin!
Since you're fleeing the country, you won't get to experience it, but speaking as someone who has done CNY in BJ several times, I can opine that the fireworks create an insane amount of air pollution. Check out the US embassy's Twitter account on day one (900+, for sure) if you don't believe me.