Acid rain is SO2 and NO2. NO2 is the most prevalent and is created by car exhaust and lightning. Acid rain destroys statues and deteriorate car paint which hurts the economy.
One factor that many people don't consider though is that nitric acid (acid rain) is fertilizer. I would be willing to argue that the benefit to the economy in the way agriculture is greater than the detriment to statues and paint jobs.
acid rain acidifies some sensitive lakes and streams and has caused massive fish kills in many lakes in Canada, the Northeast US and Scandinavia. The salmon habitat of eastern Canada has been seriously affected and seeing as how fishing is a major source of income the economic cosequences of this are huge. Also in Canada alone acid rain causes about $ 1 billion in damage every year to buildings and monuments
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Acid rain is SO2 and NO2. NO2 is the most prevalent and is created by car exhaust and lightning. Acid rain destroys statues and deteriorate car paint which hurts the economy.
One factor that many people don't consider though is that nitric acid (acid rain) is fertilizer. I would be willing to argue that the benefit to the economy in the way agriculture is greater than the detriment to statues and paint jobs.
acid rain acidifies some sensitive lakes and streams and has caused massive fish kills in many lakes in Canada, the Northeast US and Scandinavia. The salmon habitat of eastern Canada has been seriously affected and seeing as how fishing is a major source of income the economic cosequences of this are huge. Also in Canada alone acid rain causes about $ 1 billion in damage every year to buildings and monuments