New Posts For Thread: Whatever Happened to ACID RAIN?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31536023/whatever-happened-to-acid-rainFor those of you who remember the 80s, before the climate change alarmists, we had none stop talk of acid rain from pollution and how it was destroying Europe's forests. You never hear a thing about it now....When I was at Uni in the 70's they kept telling us the world would run out of oil within 10 years.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31536023/whatever-happened-to-acid-rain?post_id=557362529#557362529When I was at Uni in the 70's they kept telling us the world would run out of oil within 10 years.Thu, 13 Jun 2019 15:22:44 -0500Chit chat at its finest.1. A problem was identified.2. Significant measures were made to mitigate and solve problem (in this part of the world).3. "Wasn't a problem in the first place"https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31536023/whatever-happened-to-acid-rain?post_id=557359353#557359353Chit chat at its finest.1. A problem was identified.2. Significant measures were made to mitigate and solve problem (in this part of the world).3. "Wasn't a problem in the first place"Thu, 13 Jun 2019 06:57:04 -0500Acid rain! Takes me back to my GCSE geography days (1999-2001). Back then it was destroying forests in Scandinavia, apparently. Haven't heard of it since.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31536023/whatever-happened-to-acid-rain?post_id=557359215#557359215Acid rain! Takes me back to my GCSE geography days (1999-2001). Back then it was destroying forests in Scandinavia, apparently. Haven't heard of it since.Thu, 13 Jun 2019 06:35:07 -0500All rain is acid. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere becomes carbonic acid in rainwater. If it didn't, rainfall wouldn't release trace elements such as copper and iron in the soil, and plants wouldn't grow. Any increase in acidity from sulphur dissolvihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31536023/whatever-happened-to-acid-rain?post_id=557358215#557358215All rain is acid. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere becomes carbonic acid in rainwater. If it didn't, rainfall wouldn't release trace elements such as copper and iron in the soil, and plants wouldn't grow. Any increase in acidity from sulphur dissolviThu, 13 Jun 2019 04:36:33 -0500https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31536023/whatever-happened-to-acid-rain?post_id=557358067#557358067Thu, 13 Jun 2019 04:17:13 -0500Acid rain?Jo Brand collects it in a bucket.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31536023/whatever-happened-to-acid-rain?post_id=557358065#557358065Acid rain?Jo Brand collects it in a bucket.Thu, 13 Jun 2019 04:17:08 -0500fairhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31536023/whatever-happened-to-acid-rain?post_id=557358043#557358043fairThu, 13 Jun 2019 04:14:45 -0500They moved on and are today participating in the tory leadership contesthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31536023/whatever-happened-to-acid-rain?post_id=557357975#557357975They moved on and are today participating in the tory leadership contestThu, 13 Jun 2019 04:02:06 -0500Around the same time as the Acid Rain predictions, there seemed to be an astonishing number of nicely brought up white middle-class people who used to wear 'red gold and green' wristbands. They would often be heard talking earnestly about 'Jah', 'Babhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31536023/whatever-happened-to-acid-rain?post_id=557357917#557357917Around the same time as the Acid Rain predictions, there seemed to be an astonishing number of nicely brought up white middle-class people who used to wear 'red gold and green' wristbands. They would often be heard talking earnestly about 'Jah', 'BabThu, 13 Jun 2019 03:54:23 -0500dont hear much about purple rain eitherhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31536023/whatever-happened-to-acid-rain?post_id=557357803#557357803dont hear much about purple rain eitherThu, 13 Jun 2019 03:17:23 -0500