The Use of Global-Scale Technological Fixes to Counter Climate Change

question 27

Multiple Choice

The use of global-scale technological fixes to counter climate change by either removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere or by changing the amount of sunlight that reaches Earth is called ____.

• A)the Kyoto Protocol
• B)geoengineering
• C)radiative forcing
• D)radiative equilibrium
• E)plate tectonics

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Definitions:

Perfectly Inelastic

A situation where the demand or supply for a good does not change in response to changes in price.

Single Tax

A system where only one type of tax is levied, often proposed for simplifying the tax system.

Henry George

An American economist known for his advocacy of a single land tax and author of "Progress and Poverty," which argues land should be owned communally to address social inequalities.

Land

An essential factor of production representing all natural resources used to produce goods and services.