Proposals in Flint Hills, Kansas, to Build Wind Turbines to Generate

question 145

Multiple Choice

Proposals in Flint Hills, Kansas, 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. The Nature Conservancy is arguing that that wind turbines:

• A) are a source of negative externalities.
• B) are a source of positive externalities.
• C) create a free rider problem.
• D) are a way of solving a free rider problem.

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