Those Opposed to Fracking, a Method of Extracting Natural Gas

question 329

Multiple Choice

Those opposed to fracking, a method of extracting natural gas through breaking up underground rocks with chemicals and water, warn that this method might pollute nearby sources of drinking water.
-If this pollution occurs, the marginal social cost equals the

• A) marginal external cost.
• B) private marginal cost.
• C) sum of the private marginal cost and the marginal external cost.
• D) private marginal cost minus the marginal external cost.

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