XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 8 Jan 2023 09:52:37 -0600, Bugsy   
    wrote:   
      
   >Bob F  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Why do they put air filters on cars?   
   >>   
   >> Look at the color of snow when a deep layer is mostly melted away.   
   >   
   >A car drives through dirt and debris while rain just comes out of ocean   
   >(which is what's happening now with these atmospheric rivers).   
   >   
   >And snow is pure white where I live, at least until people walk near it.   
   >   
   >I can see the FIRST rain being dirty like the roads get slick from oil,   
   >but after weeks of almost daily rain, I wonder how much acid is left.   
   >   
   >Didn't the EPA get rid of "acid rain" long ago in the US already?   
   >   
   >For me, there isn't an industrial city anywhere and if there were, I guess   
   >only a portion (How much? I don't know) of the acid is washed out in each   
   >rain. And, only a portion of the acid is ADDED to the atmosphere each day.   
   >   
   >Of course, then the ratio matters, for example, if we have ten rains, and   
   >10% is washed out in each rain, the next rain is clean; however, if 5% more   
   >is added between each rain, then it would take 20 rains to wash it all out,   
   >and even then, 5% would be added the very next dry day.   
   >   
   >So if you had two dry days in a row, it would take another rain to wash it   
   >out. But didn't the EPA fix all that long ago?   
   >   
   >If you ever run into a statistic on how acid the rain in the rural areas of   
   >the US alongside the ocean is, that would be interesting information.   
      
   It's time for me to go to bed, so I haven't rad  your whole thing.   
      
   The EPA definitely reduced acid rain. I'm not on their mailing list so I   
   don't know how much.   
      
   the answers you are getting are abot if they are the same?, which iirc   
   was your question.   But what I think you're interested in, and your   
   subject line (and I hate when a subject line includes something that's   
   not in the bodytext) seems to be about, Can I use rain water in the iron   
   and the battery without doing damage?   
      
   Those are two different questions.   
      
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