I feel like even if I went to go get an objective source there would some kind of corporatocracy/government/AI/revolving door cover up on the quality of rainwater today if I tried through like google. I don’t know, I just feel things are so bad environmentally even the wilderness is being doused with acid rain and only acid rain whenever it does get rain. Can anyone shed some light on this? I might be wrong and it may be panicky emotional reasoning, but this is where I’m at for what it’s worth.
The main cause of acid rain is/was sulfur in diesel fuel and coal. When burned and then mixed with water in the air, you get sulfuric acid.
Ultra-low sulfur diesel and flue gas desulfurization (scrubbers) have more-or-less eliminated actual acid rain as a serious issue in the western world.
Like the ozone layer issues, lead paint, and leaded fuel, this was a relatively easy problem to deal with, and could for the most part be corrected by moderate tech changes/substitution and better handling, though China is backsliding on CFCs.
Greenhouse gases and plastics are much harder to deal with because the issues are fundamental to the actual purpose the product serves.