difficult decisions
real world questions about the applications and implications of chemistry

Begin by viewing the web site Air: U.S. EPA Student Center and other web sites available to you on this issue. Use the useful links page on the environment.

Next, Read the articles distributed in class from :
1) real science, real decisions : Acid Rain
2) carolina biological, Acid Deposition
3) GEMS, pollution and you : acid rain

Answer the questions included at the end of the articles and also below. Start with a coherent introduction that includes a thesis statement and finish with a conclusion. The paper will be approximately 10 paragraphs in length. First draft of the paper is due 2/9/99.

Questions to include in your paper.

What is acid rain?

What causes it?

What does it effect? be specific.

Who should pay to clean it up? consumers or the people that it effects? why ?

Should all factories be required to prevent acid emmissions with scrubbers?

Should the US replace coal burning plants with nuclear power plants, why or why not?

How should the cleanup of acid emmissions be financed? Through the consumer or through loss of money to the stockholders?

Difficult Decisions series intro