An Important Reason That Direct Pollution Controls Are Usually Inefficient

question 110

Multiple Choice

An important reason that direct pollution controls are usually inefficient is that

• A) different firms have different marginal costs of pollution abatement.
• B) firms have little incentive to comply with them.
• C) they generally garner little political support and thus eventually fail.
• D) they create new pollution as they eliminate existing pollution.
• E) it costs too much to make sure that firms comply with the regulations.

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Definitions:

Pressure

The force exerted per unit area, a fundamental concept in physics and engineering that describes the intensity of an external force.

Dalton's Law

A principle stating that in a mixture of non-reacting gases, the total pressure exerted is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the individual gases.

Partial Pressure

The pressure that each gas in a mixture would exert if it alone occupied the entire volume of the mixture at the same temperature.

Dissociation Curve

A graphical representation showing the fraction of a compound in a bound versus unbound state across a range of concentrations or conditions.