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by dgellow 894 days ago
Sulphur dioxide is also a threat to life (humans, animals, and plants) and can result in acid rains
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To be clear, I'm absolutely not promoting increased sulphur emissions as a solution to our climate problems. Moreso pointing out that all those emissions are potentially masking the true severity of our current predicament.
I want to be sure people reading your comment understand why sulfur dioxide was problematic. Didn’t want to imply your comment was misleading
I recall there was a major push against Acid Rain in the 70s-90s. If SO2 emissions were effectively regulated in that period (easy to do because “acid” is scary) then what magnitude of impact did that have on our post-90s warming?
It also gets released naturally in copious amounts from volcanic eruptions.