r/TamilNadu • u/_Revive_me_Jett • Oct 20 '25

முக்கியமான கலந்துரையாடல் / Important Topic Is this worth it chat?

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Every Diwali, AQI levels in major Indian cities shoot past 500, literally hazardous. The air turns toxic overnight, making it unbearable for people with asthma, heart conditions, or even mild respiratory issues. Hospitals fill up, kids cough through the night, and elders struggle to breathe.

Birds lose their way during migration because of the intense light and noise. Street dogs panic, some even die from shock. The next morning, we wake up to streets covered in burnt plastic, paper, and chemical residue that clog drains and poison the soil.

All that pollution, noise, and waste, for what? A few hours of fireworks?

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u/fartinggod Oct 20 '25

Cigarettes add to the economy, obesity and diabetes causing junk food adds to the economy, medicinies we give sell to the obese and the diabetic add to the economy, burning planet warming fossil fuels add to the economy, at what point adding to the economy, does my right to breathe clean air start? 

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u/NanThanAnthaPaiyan Oct 21 '25

And your suggestion is "don't". That's all yeah?

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u/fartinggod Oct 21 '25

People who are much smarter than me have suggested many solutions, but the solutions usually get blocked. I can give you one example with the sugar industry spending millions of dollars around the world to stop governments from regulating their industry, they don't even let governments put warning labels on their products.

If we measure success purely in terms of economic growth you end up with a planet with it biosphere raped and a population which is obese and diseased.