greenopia.com - 7/2/2009
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Have you ever heard of the great legend of how fireworks were created? No? Well, hold onto your sparklers, because here it is! Apparently, 2,000 years ago, a Chinese cook was working in a field kitchen. He (or she) happened to mix up charcoal, sulfur and saltpeter, which were all ...
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treehugger.com - 7/3/2009
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Photo: Flickr , CC Obligatory Post About Green
Fireworks for the 4th of July Fireworks are fun...
- who doesn't like explosions? - and a good excuse to get together with family and friends, but they're also not very clean. In Beijing, China, the ...
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Oh No Mommy! Will the Greenies Take Fireworks Away From Us?
theenergycollective.com - 7/3/2009
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Just in time for the July 4th fireworks,
I saw this news from ICIS about scientists trying...
to develop pyrotechnic formulations in missiles and fireworks that eliminate the use of perchlorate, a chemical identified as a groundwater contaminant. Perchlorate is used as an oxidizer in fireworks ...
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Looking for perc-free fireworks
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Oh No Mommy! Will the Greenies Take Fireworks Away From Us?
TreeHugger —
... (especially for people living close or downwind from big firework displays). The main improvement is replacing carbon-based fuels with nitrogen-based ones, so that perchlorates become unnecessary. This has the welcome side-effect of reducing the amount of smoke produced, which means that 10x less barium needs to be used. There are also the air-launch fireworks ( Greentopia wrote about them) which don't use gunpowder to get the explosive charge into the air. Sounds like win-win, but the problem is the price. Eco-Fireworks are more expensive, and because of that, they are ...
Eco-Friendly Fireworks for 4th of July
INHABITAT —
... they are too cost-prohibitive to make an appearance in displays this year.
Since we can’t purport to be green fireworks experts, here are the articles that we’ve found to be the most informative on the subject:
Eco-Friendly Fireworks Offer Safer Alternatives from Discovery News
Oh No Mommy, Will the Greenies Take Fireworks Away from Us? (haha) from Treehugger
Eco-Friendly Fireworks and Other Green Alternatives for July 4th from Greenopia
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