Up in smoke

In 2007 we got Global Warming® shoved down our throats. Green taxes on just about everything, car and fuel tax going off the scale, the useless and pointless HIPS being brought in for house sales and so on. Particularly so in London with a huge increase in the Congestion Charge basically forcing large amounts of commuters off the road and onto overpriced, overcrowded, inefficient public transport. All this under the 'reduce carbon emissions' banner. With this in mind, I wonder how the Office Of The Mayor Of London can justify letting off fireworks for full 11 minutes on new year's eve.