According to the Text, the Primary Issue Regarding the Blow-Up

question 74

Multiple Choice

According to the text, the primary issue regarding the blow-up of the British Petroleum (BP) oil derrick forty miles out to sea, at a depth of about one mile, in April 2010 is

• A) BP because their emergency measures failed to work.
• B) the U.S. government because it did not regulate the drilling tightly enough.
• C) the special interest group(s) benefitting from forcing the drilling so far off shore and so deep.
• D) both BP and the U.S. government
• E) Who knows? They are still debating this.

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