Guess what? It hasn’t gone away. We’ve just had record rainfall, and it was all acid rain. Nope, they haven’t stopped using coal-fired plants in the Midwest to generate electricity. Yup, we haven’t solved this yet, but we’re already forgotten about it and moved on to Global Warming.
That’s what I hate about causes, once one becomes boring and passé people move on to some cause that’s new, exciting, and getting all the press. There’s no success story here like gaining in the war on water chestnuts here in Lake Champlain. It’s not like personal choices affect acid rain either, like reducing your carbon footprint. There is nothing individuals can really do to make a difference with acid rain other than try to mitigate its affects. What’s a person to do? Walk around with pieces of limestone tossing them here and there?
If acid rain had a headstone it’d read “RIP Acid Rain, There’s Nothing Any Of Us Can Do, So There’s Nothing Any Of Us Did.”
I worry about stuff like this. Will people get exasperated and give up on global warming too? Plant trees people! Global warming and carbon emissions are a much easier problem to keep up with. Just think, if people plant a dozen trees a year, and increase garden space in their yards (instead of mowing), you’re actually making a difference. Ride your bike instead of taking your can a few short trips a week and you’re a carbon footprint hero.
But what are we going to do about Acid Rain?