If Pollution Is Bad, Why Do We Still Use Pollution-Causing

question 48

Multiple Choice

If pollution is bad, why do we still use pollution-causing resources such as coal and oil to generate electricity?

• A) Governments lack the political will to enforce the use of pollution free resources.
• B) The cost of using pollution free resources to generate power in many circumstances is much higher than generating that same power through conventional pollution-causing means.
• C) Pollution is only a private cost.
• D) The transaction costs of pollution is too low.

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Definitions:

Currency Field

A specific data type in databases used to store monetary values, ensuring accurate financial data representation with appropriate decimal places.

Table Datasheet

A view in database applications that displays data in rows and columns, similar to a spreadsheet, allowing for data entry and editing.

Property Sheet

A tool in development environments that lists the properties of a selected object and allows the user to edit those properties.

Decimal Places

The number of digits allowed to the right of the decimal point in a numeric field, affecting the precision of the values stored.