In the Flint Hills Area of Kansas, Proposals to Build

question 29

Multiple Choice

In the Flint Hills area of Kansas, proposals to build wind turbines to generate electricity have pitted environmentalist against environmentalist. Members of the Kansas Sierra Club support the turbines as a way to reduce use of fossil fuel, but local chapters of the Nature Conservancy say they will befoul the landscape. An argument that supports the Sierra Club position is that that wind turbines:

• A) internalize negative externalities.
• B) reduce negative externalities elsewhere in the economy.
• C) create a free rider problem.
• D) are a way of solving a free rider problem.

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Fahrenheit

A temperature scale where water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees under standard atmospheric conditions.

Pasteurization

A process of heating food and beverages to a specific temperature for a set period of time to kill harmful organisms without changing the food's basic characteristics.

Fahrenheit

A scale for measuring temperature where water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees under standard conditions.

Body Temperature

The measure of the body's warmth or heat, usually indicating the state of metabolic processes.