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The line graph compares four sectors in terms of the amount of acid rain emissions that they produced over 17 years in the UK.
According to the chart, the overall total amount of acid rain emissions in the UK fell considerably throughout the years. The most dramatic decrease was seen in the electricity, gas, and water supply sector.
In 1990, the electricity, gas, and water sector resulted in around 3.3 million tonnes of acid rain emissions. Just over 2 million tonnes of acid rain gases came from other industries. The transport and communication sector was responsible for about 0.7 million tonnes of emissions, while the domestic sector produced around 0.6 million tonnes at that time of year.
Emissions from electricity, gas, and water supply plummeted to only 0.5 million tonnes in 2007, experiencing a decline of almost 3 million tonnes. Although the figure showed a slight decrease in both acid rain gases from the domestic sector (well under 0.5 million tonnes) and other industries (less than 1.5 million tonnes), only the transport sector saw a small increase in emissions, reaching a peak of 1 million tonnes in 2005 before a slight drop afterward. |