Posted on 06/03/2012 7:16:29 AM PDT by Kaslin
I will certainly pray that you are wrong! On the other hand if you are right about the war then the losses would be much, much higher than 100 million worldwide.
I do think there's a chance that this acid rain is having a significant negative impact on flora and fawna over broad areas of land (especially in the Smokey Mountains). While I'm a self-professed "rabid conservative" I still think we're smart enough to generate energy without doing that type of broad ecological damage.
Being a conservative should mean, and to me means, using natural resources wisely and with care for future generations. We didn’t create the earth, and we shouldn’t waste it or wreck or poison it.
It’s a loaner.
In bed, sleeping.
I’m not a flat-earther.
Perhaps it varies by region? I have lived in my area for 37 years and I see no negative environmental impacts caused by rain. Our air is clear. Our woods are healthy, fish, birds and other wildlife thrive and our springs and ground water are clean. We have some insect problems, all of them introduced invasive species.
Every summer, we test the pH of our pool water, weekly. The rain can increase acidity by a small amount, rarely even enough to have to use more chemicals immediately.
Our nearest power plant uses coal.
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