"If the number of cars and motorbikes in Taipei goes on rising, I'm afraid no one is going to believe that the air will ever improve or that acid rain can be reduced," the EPA's national acid rain supremo Jing-Shiou Chen admits with a shake of his head.
「若台北汽機車一直增加，卻指望空氣會愈來愈好、酸雨不會更酸，恐怕沒有人相信」，環保署負責全國有關酸雨事務的陳淨修搖頭道。事實上，即使全世界能減少二氧化硫與氮氧化物，空氣汙染的壓力是會減輕，但酸雨是否就能消失，研究人員並不樂觀。