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.
1 Prior to controlling for these emissions, power plants produced most (about two-thirds) of the SO 2 emissions in the United States. 2  The majority (about 50 percent) of NO x emissions came from cars, buses, trucks, and other forms of transportation, with power plants contributing about 25 percent.