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When I was a kid, acid rain was destroying forests and lakes in Europe and North America. It was an immediate and obvious problem with catastrophic consequences
by jltsiren 2y ago
When I was a kid, acid rain was destroying forests and lakes in Europe and North America. It was an immediate and obvious problem with catastrophic consequences. We managed to deal with it, which is why we can now afford to think about longer-term environmental issues, such as climate change.
The problem remains in large parts of Asia, where sulfur emissions have continued rising. These emission caps are necessary. They may make climate change a more urgent problem, but that's not a valid excuse to repeal the caps.
- actionfromafar 2y agoI read somewhere that sulphur emissions over the oceans aren't really a big problem. Don't know if it just the old "the solution to pollution is dilution" or if there is something more to it.