# Aside from starting fires, what are the environmental effects of lightening?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 1, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-starting-fires-what-are-the-environmental-effects-of-lightening/818940 "2018-08-01T18:44:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-starting-fires-what-are-the-environmental-effects-of-lightening/818940/21 "2018-08-02T20:14:19Z")

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> [@Crafter\_Man](#):
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> Well, when you **lighten** things, it means you use less material, which often means less pollutants are released to the environment during manufacturing. 😉

You know, fires are where it got its name. 'Cause it’s always **lighten**'em! 😛

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-starting-fires-what-are-the-environmental-effects-of-lightening/818940/22 "2018-08-03T01:03:22Z")

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> [@bardos](#):
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> that

Okay I [Googled that](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=That) but now I’m just more confused. ☹

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**Author:** ![bardos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bardos/32/1069_2.png) [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-starting-fires-what-are-the-environmental-effects-of-lightening/818940/23 "2018-08-03T01:55:34Z")

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Right. There are 11,850,000,000 results. I have it on good faith that one of those results is the definitive answer

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