Acid Rain
Acid rain is basically rain that has a higher than normalacid level (low pH).
Causes of Acid Rain
•Burning coal. Oil and naturalgas in power stations makeselectricity, giving off sulphurdioxide gas.•Burning petrol and oil invehicle engines gives off.•These gases mix with watervapour and rainwater in theatmosphere producing weaksolutions of sulphuric andnitric acids –which fall asacid rain.
The Problem!
People probably couldn't live withoutelectricity! Therefore coal will continue to be burnt.Also, electricity and energy are constantlybeing
overused.
Think of it this way: every time you turn on alight switch or the television set without reallyneeding to, you're indirectly contributing to the acidrain problem.
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