Whatever Happened To The Acid Rain Crisis?

[ShootSpeeders]

Thirty years ago, liberals were screaming that was the end of the world like they scream now about climate change.
Well - nothing happened. All these crises are just media-created scams to fleece the public of trillions of $ and give it to the already super-rich.

 

[AVG-JOE]

Whatever Happened To The Acid Rain Crisis? ​

Some idiot listened to a liberal and government was used to force industry to reduce emissions.

WYGD?​

 

[Vigilante]

Since China and India have both increased their emissions since 1980 wonder how their acid rain is doing?

 

[AVG-JOE]

Sentience is Monkeys who understand enough to take care of their Mother.

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True Story!

 

[Avorysuds]

It never panned out.... Just like Global cooling or holes in the O-zone.... and just like global warming or climate change. All of them required tax payer money to fix, none of them got it and the problems just went away.

 

[AVG-JOE]

Since China and India have both increased their emissions since 1980 wonder how their acid rain is doing?

That's a valid question. I hope that the answer as the years tick by is 'Better'.

And may the same also be true for the rest of us!

 

[Politico]

It never panned out.... Just like Global cooling or holes in the O-zone.... and just like global warming or climate change. All of them required tax payer money to fix, none of them got it and the problems just went away.

That.

 

[Old Rocks]

Chemical composition of acid precipitation in Central Texas - Springer

Abstract
Studies were undertaken to determine factors affecting composition of acidic precipitation formation in the Austin area of Central Texas. The study was initiated to determine background levels of acid and alkalinity producing constitutents in an area with elevated natural dust levels from nearby limestone rock formations. Results showed normal rainfall pH values of 6.5 to 6.6 in the area, with extreme variations from 5.8 to 7.3. Significant Ca levels of 1 to 4 mg 1−1 were observed from probably natural origin which appeared to have a buffering effect on acidity. Significant sulfate and nitrate ion concentrations occurred during the early stages of rainfall where rainfall pH was dependent on calcium-sulfate ratio.

It is still with us.

 

[Old Rocks]

Is Acid Rain a Thing of the Past Science AAAS News

The story of acid rain from the 1970s is preserved in newspaper headlines, textbooks, and, it turns out, the soils of the northeastern United States. Forty years after humans first began tackling the problem, the impact of acid rain still lingers in New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, according to a new study. But the research also shows the first signs of recovery.

At the height of the acid rain problem, sulfur dioxide from burning coal drifted into the atmosphere and lowered the pH of rainwater. When this acidic rain fell to the ground, it leached calcium from the soil, depriving plants of a key nutrient. Acid rain also dissolved aluminum-rich minerals, freeing the metal to further poison plants.

To combat the problem, the U.S. Congress imposed strict emission regulations on industry in 1970 through the Clean Air Act, which was strengthened in 1990. By 2003, sulfur dioxide raining down on the northeastern United States had decreased by as much as 40%. But were soils improving, too?

See what you can find if you research the data.

 

[Old Rocks]

Acid rain from USGS Water-Science School

The environment can generally adapt to a certain amount of acid rain. Often soil is slightly basic (due to naturally occurring limestone, which has a pH of greater than 7). Because bases counteract acids, these soils tend to balance out some of the acid rain's acidity. But in areas, such as some of the Rocky Mountains and parts of the northwestern and southeastern United States, where limestone does not naturally occur in the soil, acid rain can harm the environment.

Some fish and animals, such as frogs, have a hard time adapting to and reproducing in an acidic environment. Many plants, such as evergreen trees, are damaged by acid rain and acid fog. I've seen some of the acid-rain damage to the evergreen forests in the Black Forest of Germany. Much of the Black Forest was indeed black because so much of the green pine needles had been destroyed, leaving only the black trunks and limbs! You also might notice how acid rain has eaten away the stone in some cities' buildings and stone artwork.

Yes, acid rain was and is a problem.

 

[LoneLaugher]

Great thread! Let's hope that in time, we aren't hearing anything about climate change for the same reason that we aren't hearing about acid rain.

That reason being.........the fucking government did the right fucking thing.

 

[AVG-JOE]

Hear, hear!​

 

[ShootSpeeders]

Great thread! Let's hope that in time, we aren't hearing anything about climate change for the same reason that we aren't hearing about acid rain.

That reason being.........the fucking government did the right fucking thing.

What did the govt do?

 

[AVG-JOE]

It started a great idea called the Environmental Protection Agency and tasked it with taking care of Mom.

Like every other agency, the EPA has been as corrupt and extremist as the law-makers who pull it's strings, but that doesn't diminish the concept.

 

[Camp]

Great thread! Let's hope that in time, we aren't hearing anything about climate change for the same reason that we aren't hearing about acid rain.

That reason being.........the fucking government did the right fucking thing.

What did the govt do?

They passed a Clean Air Act in 1970 and again 1990.

www.epa.gov/air/caa/peg/acidrain.html