Acid Rain

Acid Rain Essay The topic I have chosen is acid rain and how it affects us as humans and our environment. One of the main causes of acid rain is the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, gasoline and fuel oils. These fuels send oxides of sulfur, carbon and nitrogen into the air. These oxides combine with moisture in the air to form sulfuric acid, carbonic acid and nitric acid. Therefore, when it rains …

…A simple thing such as turning off the lights when no one is using them reduces the amount of electricity we use and therefore reduces the electricity a power plant has to produce. Also car-pooling, using public transit, bicycling and walking reduces the pollutants that come from vehicles. The more informed we, as a society, are about acid rain, the more we can do to make our world a cleaner and healthier place to live.