Data from the U

question 16

Multiple Choice

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration on per capita energy consumption in the United States for the period 1950-2017 show that it has

• A)continually increased.
• B)continually decreased.
• C)increased, leveled off, and started declining.
• D)decreased, leveled off, and started rising.

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