Acid Rain
...produce acid rain, snow, etc. Since there is usually more sunlight in the summer months, acid rain tends to be more acidic in the summer.” 2 Lomborg uses sources, in his book The Skeptical Environmentalist, to prove that the annual acidity of lakes has decreased from 1980s and 1990s. Most environmentalists do this to prove their point. He choose only the difference of one year apart, and coincidently that year showed a decrease in the acidity of lakes, which helped his argument. If acid rain was/is not a big problem then there wouldn’t be all these programs and acts to help reduce air pollution and water acidity. Acid rain was one of the air pollution issues addressed by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. This act required the reduction of pollution in the air caused by industries and factories. Since 1980, this regulatory approach has resulted in a 22 percent reduction in sulfur dioxide emitted from coal-fired generating plants. 3 Since there are a lot of people helping out to reduce acid rain, then now Lomborg can say that it is not a big deal, but I believe if nothing is done about acid rain then eventually it will be a bigger problem than Lomborg can handle. It is proven that acid rain damages lakes, streams and trees at high elevations and many sensitive forest soils. In addition, acid rain accelerates the decay of building materials and paints, including i...