00:00 - 01:06
1m 6s
Gaia introduces the planeteers to a new ecovillain - Verminus scum and describes his plan to create acid rain by burning coal mixed with a special formula. Wheeler asks why burning coal can be a problem and Gaia goes over the production of acid rain from coal burning and how it can have drastic negative effects on the environment.
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