Quote Originally Posted by kygorski View Post
remember acid rain? It started effecting pine forests and lakes in the north east, coal was the culprit, sulpher dioxide, rain, acid rain. So we almost cured that problem, BUT if we would have not done anything, we would have eliminated the pine bark beetle, that is destroying pine forests.
It affected a whole lot more than just pine forest and lakes and in a whole lot of other places than just the northeast. Check out certain areas of the Appalachian Trail. Go into the backcountry of the Great Smoky Mountains and take a look around.