Read the Following Scenario and Answer the Question Below

question 44

Multiple Choice

Read the following scenario and answer the question below.
In Johannesburg, South Africa, the South West Township (Soweto) was one of several areas established early in the last century for blacks to live away from the white ruling minority. On the hills surrounding Soweto, the company that provides South Africa's electricity, Eskom, built a large, coal-burning, electricity-generating plant. The electricity was for white areas of Johannesburg, miles away from the plant. The residents of Soweto had no electrical connections.
-Oil shale deposits ____________

• A)contain organic kerogen which can be processed into petroleum
• B)are concentrated in the Middle East
• C)are only a tiny fraction of the U.S. and Canadian potential oil reserves
• D)have been too expensive to extract and use as energy resources
• E)can be pumped from underground reservoirs like conventional crude oil

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