The Burnings kept me away until now

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rjgypsy
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The Burnings kept me away until now

Post by rjgypsy » Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:02 am

Dear Burners, I love all the aspects of Burning Man and have been tempted to go for years. What stops me IS the burning of the man/bonfire. Why?!? It is BAD enough that soo many machines are out there using generators, but in 2019, to set an intentional fire just for looks? 1/3 of California has burned in the last 5 years, while volcanoes worldwide are erupting. Creating ALL that carbon pollution. The light shows are fabulous there, so why not SGI burning? I am super sensitive to air pollution, plus it worries me for the planet. :?:

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Re: The Burnings kept me away until now

Post by Sham » Sun Feb 10, 2019 11:47 am

Any extreme changes like that would require the name of the event to change to Statue Man.
Also, the weather and dust storms in the Black Rock Desert can almost always turn dusty, windy and aggressive. It's not for everyone.

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Re: The Burnings kept me away until now

Post by Traveller in Time » Sun Feb 10, 2019 1:29 pm

The changes to default society required to have a Burningman in a hundred year . . . .

Burn your own burn (== Dont tell me how to burn) it is part of the BM society that is.

Join Black Rock Solar you should fit

Or even visit the Deep Hole at Burn2 Second Life
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Re: The Burnings kept me away until now

Post by Elderberry » Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:36 pm

That's not the only thing that Burns out there you know... Should we not burn the Temple? That's why it's called "BURNING" MAN. Duh.

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Re: The Burnings kept me away until now

Post by ygmir » Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:38 pm

so you'd be ok with all the energy and carbon release for you to go, but, whatever fire happens, divided by the number of people there, is too much extra?
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Post by Doktor_Catu » Mon Feb 11, 2019 12:53 am

Ygmir,

THANK YOU :)

Spot on comment.
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Re: The Burnings kept me away until now

Post by Dr. Pyro » Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:33 am

rjgypsy wrote:
Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:02 am
Dear Burners, I love all the aspects of Burning Man and have been tempted to go for years. What stops me IS the burning of the man/bonfire. Why?!? It is BAD enough that soo many machines are out there using generators, but in 2019, to set an intentional fire just for looks? 1/3 of California has burned in the last 5 years, while volcanoes worldwide are erupting. Creating ALL that carbon pollution. The light shows are fabulous there, so why not SGI burning? I am super sensitive to air pollution, plus it worries me for the planet. :?:
You must be a real hoot at parties.

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