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Whats happening, whats involved?

Starting with Sulfuric acid; plants require sulfur to form amino acids,
proteins and oils essential for the plant to grow they obtain this from
sulfates in the ground, for example potassium sulfate (K2SO4) found
naturally in the soil, the sulfates are taken up by the plants roots and
sulfur atoms become bonded to carbon atoms in the leaves proteins,
once plants die, decompose and form fossil fuels over a long period of
time, the sulfur and carbon atoms remain bonded. When we burn
fossil fuels containing sulfur they react with oxygen along with the
carbon atoms to form, both carbon dioxide (CO2) and sulfur dioxide
(SO2) In the presence of sunlight a photochemical reaction takes
place where sulfur dioxide reacts with more oxygen to form sulfur
trioxide (SO3) when dissolved in rainwater this form sulfuric acid.
Nitric acid - in the high temperature conditions in the engines of our
motor vehicles a small amount of oxygen and nitrogen can react and
bond; air taken into combust the fuel is roughly 80 percent nitrogen
therefore exhaust gases contain significant amount of nitrogen oxides
(NO2) once in our air the nitrogen oxides react with more oxygen, the
same way as sulfur dioxide, to create nitric acid once dissolved in
rainwater. If this rain falls onto vegetation or neutral or acidic biomes,
then damage will occur. But why? Well Living things cannot grow in
acidic conditions, it's easy to demonstrate this with vinegar; soak a
slice of bread in vinegar and another in water, and leave it in a
container for a week, you'll notice that the bread soaked in vinegar has
not become moldy, whilst the bread soaked in water has. This is
because enzymes essential for growth cannot function in acidic
conditions.

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