As a Limit to Economic Growth, Environmental Problems Are More

question 144

Multiple Choice

As a limit to economic growth, environmental problems are more difficult to solve than resource problems because:

• A) environmental problems don't automatically provide incentives for changed behavior.
• B) resource problems don't automatically provide incentives for changed behavior.
• C) the opportunity cost of solving environmental problems in terms of GDP sacrificed is larger.
• D) most scientists haven't determined the relationship between greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.

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