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Originally Posted by happy_terd
They said the same thing about acid rain in the 80s.
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The Clean Air Act has been a remarkable remarkable success story in the United States in terms of reducing the acid content of rain in this country. According to the Wikipedia article, "Overall, the Program's cap and trade program has been successful in achieving its goals. Since the 1990s, SO2 emissions have dropped 40%, and according to the Pacific Research Institute, acid rain levels have dropped 65% since 1976."
Portions of Europe and Asia still have considerable problems with acid rain. You can thank good governmental regulations in the U.S. for saving you from the problems they are encountering.
In this country, the threat didn't materialize not because the scientists were wrong; the threat didn't materialize because the scientists were listened to by a Congress who in 1980 passed the Acid Deposition Act, and in 1990 passed a series of amendments to the Clean Air Act.