Youâll have a runny or stuffy nose (sometimes both in the same day), watery eyes, probably a sore throat, and maybe a cough. As if that werenât enough, your body will hurt, youâll be tired, and youâll probably run a fever over 100.
Nuclear Electric Power = 11.3%. The generation of electric power produces more pollution than any other single industry in the U.S. In 2009, the U.S. electricity industry was responsible for: Â· 67% of all emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2), the leading component of acid rain and fine particulates.
Since the start of the Industrial Revolution, human emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and cement production (green line) have risen to more than 35 billion metric tons per year, while volcanoes (purple line) produce less than 1 billion metric tons annually.