Setting Emissions Standards for Each Industry, While Allowing Companies to Trade

question 47

Multiple Choice

Setting emissions standards for each industry, while allowing companies to trade "carbon credits," is an approach to environmental policy known as ________.

• A) cap and trade
• B) the green alternative
• C) NIMBY
• D) the Gore protocol

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Definitions:

API GL-5

A classification of lubricants set by the American Petroleum Institute (API) for gear oils with high-performance properties, used in axles and transmissions.

Synthetic Gear Lube

A lubricant made from chemically engineered materials designed to provide superior protection and performance in vehicle gearboxes.

Spinout Failures

A tandem drive axle failure in which one of the four drive wheels loses traction and receives all driveline torque. Spinout conditions may produce wheel speeds four times greater than specified. Spinout failures result from shock loading when a spinning wheel’s motion is suddenly arrested or by lubricant throw-off from rotating components.

Riveted Crown Gear

A type of gear whose teeth are affixed to the wheel or rim using rivets, often used in machinery for transmitting torque.