How can we reduce acid rain?!
Question: How can we reduce acid rain?
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Problem State:
68 million acres of forest damaged or destroyed by acid rain
Acid rain is caused primarily by the emission of sulfur dioxide from coal-fired power plants. There are a number of remedies, including: switching fuel sources to natural gas, oil, or renewable energy sources; switching to low-sulfur coal; removing the sulfur from the coal before burning; using fluidized-bed combustion processes to burn the coal; and removing the sulfur from the smoke stack after combustion through the installation of pollution control equipment such as "scrubbers."
Costs/Benefits
A combination of tax incentives, government regulations and direct assistance that results in pollution-control equipment being placed on all coal combustion sites, increases in efficiency of industrial processes, transportation and appliances would cost approximately $8 billion per year for ten years. This is about 1% of the world's total military expenditures.
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Stop putting polutions in our atmosphere.
Understand acid deposition's causes and effects
Clean up smokestacks and exhaust pipes
Use alternative energy sources
Restore a damaged environment
Individuals can contribute directly by conserving energy, since energy production causes the largest portion of the acid deposition problem.
* Turn off lights, computers, and other appliances when you're not using them
* Use energy efficient appliances: lighting, air conditioners, heaters, refrigerators, washing machines, etc.
* Only use electric appliances when you need them.
* Keep your thermostat at 68 F in the winter and 72 F in the summer. You can turn it even lower in the winter and higher in the summer when you are away from home.
* Insulate your home as best you can.
* Carpool, use public transportation, or better yet, walk or bicycle whenever possible
* Buy vehicles with low NOx emissions, and maintain all vehicles well.
* Be well-informed.
Source(s):
http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/acidrain/
There are many ways you can reduce acid rain. And it takes more then a few people to help stop it. To find the best ways to stop acid rain, it could cost millions of dollars. But if you're just trying to make a difference you could use more natural gases and cut back on electricity, smoke, ect that cause polutants in the air.
we could stop doing 500 million things, but u can`t do it on your own, and no one, is going to stop
use bikes instead of cars
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