This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution. Rent this article via DeepDyve. Baker, J. Mason, D. New Scientists January, Potter, J. The Environmentalist 6 2 81— Google Scholar. Use of renewable resources in Brazil ». Scandinavian Moan- Acid Rain by Jhonny The problem of acid rain has been around for a while and its baffling how countries and other influential organisations have not chalked great success in dealing with it.
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Sign me up. Already have a WordPress. Some desulfurization technologies can reduce the emissions of heavy metals, chlorides and fluorides in addition to SOx and NOx emissions. Sweden's extensive studies on the ecological effects of acid deposition indicate that acidification is one of the most serious environmental problems now confronting the industrialized countries.
They fear acidification of ground water has increased the danger of direct harm to human health, and that nitrogen oxides are a threat not only to the environment but also to human health. Forest damage has accelerated markedly in Sweden in the last three years. All nuclear power is to be phased out in Sweden by , but coal is not seen as an alternative for generating electricity. Coal is viewed as far too hazardous on account of danger of acidification and damage to the forests as well as the problem of carbon dioxide.
Nor does it think hydroelectric power should be expanded beyond an already agreed upon limit based upon that necessary for protection of rivers. What The Swedish National Environment Board proposes is giving special attention to using recurring types of energy, such as wind and forest growth, in combination with more efficient combustion and energy conservation in general.
Yet a generation ago, acid rain was one of the highest-profile green issues, of concern to all the main campaigning environmental groups and to the general public, who were presented with apocalyptic visions of forests dying and lifeless rivers. It was also the subject of angry argument between nations — not least between the Scandinavian countries, and Britain. In the mid s, when the row was at its height, Norway and Sweden took very strong objection to the fact the acid rain they were suffering from, which was causing serious problems for their forests and lakes, was largely British in origin.
Much of Britain's electricity was then generated by big coal-burning power stations situated in northern England on the eastern side of the Pennines, such as Drax in Yorkshire. These plants burned enormous amounts of coal with a very high sulphur content, and the resultant sulphur dioxide emissions from the power station chimneys were blown by the prevailing westerly winds across the North Sea, transformed into sulphuric acid and deposited on the Scandinavian land mass.
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