I understand what you're saying, though there is a difference between being skeptical in a purely scientific sense and being so mistrustful of everyone around you that you perceive everyone (including the scientific community) to be a conman who is willing to manipulate data without a single moral scrupule.
@@free_spirit1 You are saying that as if people making policy "in the name of science" haven't been factually lying all along. The distrust in all institutions doesn't come from conspiracy theories. It comes for all the times they openly lied and where proved to do so. Add to that the new wave of sheep that are happy to follow any authoritarian rules if they claim to be "following science", with no study or data backing up such claims.
Since the mid 90s sulfur deposited by rain has dropped so much that many farmers have had to change fertilizer formulas to add more sulfur. Probably a good thing, better to apply a little precisely to specific land where needed rather than broadcasting over half a continent. The nitric acid though is chemically quite a different issue from sulfuric acid, the sulfur has a more persistent acidifying effect in waterways. The nitric is quickly broken down into fertilizer in either soil or surface water; the big problem with Nitrogen then, as far as I know, is that the NOx compounds while in the air act as catalysts with ozone or react with other pollutants to cause rather noxious smog.
I painted cars back in the 70s 80s, and acid rain would ruin factory paint, but we lived 10 miles from a major coal power plant. Everyone believed around here the acid rain was from the power plant.
Curious - the coal plant where I grew up in Springdale PA has modified the stacks to scrub the discharge of these particles and CO2. Does this work? Secondly, what is the effect on our lungs when unregulated Diesel pickup trucks have on our lungs? I literally can’t stand the smell of an untuned diesel, yet there is no monitoring of them. Thanks so much.
Well he mentions the Clean Air act which limits the amount of these acidic particles that is allowed into the air. So i'm guessing these skrubbers was one of the solutions to do just that. The Clean Air Act also had a very large impact on reducing the per capita death rate from coal energy.
ParasiteX The other part of my question was regarding what we call coal trucks. These are pickup trucks like the ford series where drivers detune to make black smoke when the hit the accelerator. I can’t stand the smell of untuned Diesel trucks yet there are no emission testing on these, at least in Maryland. Isn’t this equally as bad where you are exposed to them quite a bit on the road? Thanks.
There are some errors here. Nitrogen in the air actually is fairly stable due to their strong molecule bond in N2, but in coal it would be different, so mostly NOx comes from coal. Furthermore, there is no NO3, but rather N2O5 which is fairly unstable.
You really do nice videos here and I enjoy watching them! And for a physicist, you have explained the problem of acidic rain really well. Fortunately we have got rid of it due do electro-static de-ashification, desulfurization and catalytic denitrification of exhaust gases. About the rare earth elements.... - and my former professor in chemistry would completely agree with me: stick to physics please and leave chemistry to chemists 😂 Those elements are not rare at all. They are just called that way because there are very few rare places on this world where they are enriched. Coz all of those (except one hardly existing one) are pretty much dissipated/diluted in soil and rocks and thus harvesting them makes no sense at all from the economic point of view. The rarest (non-radioactive) element of those is far more common than gold or platinum. Greetings from an M.Sc. in chemistry.
@@TheDuckofDoom. Heah but there is one short problem , as far as i know SO3 is not easy to obtain , you will not obtain it by simply burning sulfur in oxygen, by dooing this you will receive SO2 , As far as i know to obtain SO3 you need a catalyst (ex platinum) that means that acid rain is mostly H2O+SO2 -> H2SO3 (NOT H2SO4)
Probably a similar amount. But remember that the effects can be more than the sum of their parts. When it comes to nature, it’s can’t handle the excess. 1+1=2 but for nature it’s more like 1+1=3. They can handle a small amount but too much at once will start to do real damage
This guy deserves a raise or smth for his efforts in the name of schoolarship/science world wide xD Cheers !
Dry Acid Precipitates is actually the name of my band!!!
I really enjoy listening to you explain things in depth. Please continue making videos like this, especially the ones about radioactivity.
"Even with scientific facts, communities will still remain skeptical"... ain't that the bloody truth. And a sad truth too
Skepticism is the root of Science
I understand what you're saying, though there is a difference between being skeptical in a purely scientific sense and being so mistrustful of everyone around you that you perceive everyone (including the scientific community) to be a conman who is willing to manipulate data without a single moral scrupule.
@@free_spirit1 You are saying that as if people making policy "in the name of science" haven't been factually lying all along.
The distrust in all institutions doesn't come from conspiracy theories. It comes for all the times they openly lied and where proved to do so.
Add to that the new wave of sheep that are happy to follow any authoritarian rules if they claim to be "following science", with no study or data backing up such claims.
Since the mid 90s sulfur deposited by rain has dropped so much that many farmers have had to change fertilizer formulas to add more sulfur. Probably a good thing, better to apply a little precisely to specific land where needed rather than broadcasting over half a continent.
The nitric acid though is chemically quite a different issue from sulfuric acid, the sulfur has a more persistent acidifying effect in waterways. The nitric is quickly broken down into fertilizer in either soil or surface water; the big problem with Nitrogen then, as far as I know, is that the NOx compounds while in the air act as catalysts with ozone or react with other pollutants to cause rather noxious smog.
I painted cars back in the 70s 80s, and acid rain would ruin factory paint, but we lived 10 miles from a major coal power plant. Everyone believed around here the acid rain was from the power plant.
Boy, we really paid the toll for all that burning.
i love listening to this guy
thanks for such details and good examples !
Curious - the coal plant where I grew up in Springdale PA has modified the stacks to scrub the discharge of these particles and CO2. Does this work? Secondly, what is the effect on our lungs when unregulated Diesel pickup trucks have on our lungs? I literally can’t stand the smell of an untuned diesel, yet there is no monitoring of them. Thanks so much.
Well he mentions the Clean Air act which limits the amount of these acidic particles that is allowed into the air. So i'm guessing these skrubbers was one of the solutions to do just that.
The Clean Air Act also had a very large impact on reducing the per capita death rate from coal energy.
ParasiteX The other part of my question was regarding what we call coal trucks. These are pickup trucks like the ford series where drivers detune to make black smoke when the hit the accelerator. I can’t stand the smell of untuned Diesel trucks yet there are no emission testing on these, at least in Maryland. Isn’t this equally as bad where you are exposed to them quite a bit on the road? Thanks.
Great info! Thank you.
thanks dad
There are some errors here. Nitrogen in the air actually is fairly stable due to their strong molecule bond in N2, but in coal it would be different, so mostly NOx comes from coal.
Furthermore, there is no NO3, but rather N2O5 which is fairly unstable.
NOx comes from heating any air sufficiently to oxidize N2. That's why you have NOx in vehicle exhaust
@@loungelizard836 you need very high heat (iirc 1600°C) to burn N2, usually with diesel engine and not with normal gasoline engine
That's it, I'm going to stop breathing!
You really do nice videos here and I enjoy watching them! And for a physicist, you have explained the problem of acidic rain really well. Fortunately we have got rid of it due do electro-static de-ashification, desulfurization and catalytic denitrification of exhaust gases.
About the rare earth elements.... - and my former professor in chemistry would completely agree with me: stick to physics please and leave chemistry to chemists 😂
Those elements are not rare at all.
They are just called that way because there are very few rare places on this world where they are enriched. Coz all of those (except one hardly existing one) are pretty much dissipated/diluted in soil and rocks and thus harvesting them makes no sense at all from the economic point of view. The rarest (non-radioactive) element of those is far more common than gold or platinum.
Greetings from an M.Sc. in chemistry.
Yeah, I love this guy's videos but he does make the occasional mistake! Nice catch!
Is not acid rain H2SO3 instead H2SO4
H2O+SO3=H2SO4
@@TheDuckofDoom. Heah but there is one short problem , as far as i know SO3 is not easy to obtain , you will not obtain it by simply burning sulfur in oxygen, by dooing this you will receive SO2 , As far as i know to obtain SO3 you need a catalyst (ex platinum) that means that acid rain is mostly H2O+SO2 -> H2SO3 (NOT H2SO4)
@@MrIlnickif power plants have extremely high temperatures during burning process, which produce all possible side products.
@@iIiWARHEADiIithanks for answer, but beside high temperature still you NEED catalyst.
@@hg2. not sure what you really want to say, but insteat BS learn some basic chemistry. and it is NOT anvanced - is REAL BASIC
Excellent stuff
Do humans make more acid rain than one volcano?
What an embarrassing question..... but the eco commies can't put a volcano out of business.......
Probably a similar amount. But remember that the effects can be more than the sum of their parts. When it comes to nature, it’s can’t handle the excess. 1+1=2 but for nature it’s more like 1+1=3. They can handle a small amount but too much at once will start to do real damage
Yes. But the real question is how much fossil-carbon do volcanos 3mit compared to humans. Answer:. Volcanos are less than 5%
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