The graph below shows UK acid rain emissions, measured in millions of tones, from four different sectors between 1990 and 2007.
The line chart illustrates the proportion of acid rain in the UK from 1990 to 2007 which was estimated from various sources.
Overall, it is clear that there was a dramatic reduction between 1990 and 2007 in acid rain emissions. The sector that went down quickly was electricity, gas and water supply.
In 1990, the amount of acid rain emissions came from electricity, gas and water supply was the highest, reached at nearly 3.5 million tonnes. The transport and communication sector was about 0,7 million tonnes of emissions, while the domestic sector was around 0,6 million tonnes. At the same time, just over two million tonnes of emissions came from other industries.
Then, in 2007, the acid rain gases from electricity, gas and water supply felt sharply to 0,5 million tonnes. While the other sectors declined gradually with the other industries was just over 1 million tonnes, the domestic was around 0,2 million tonnes. The transport sector increased slightly and reached a peak of one million tonnes in 2005 but felt steadily afterwards.
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