​When the Term Faustian Bargain Is Appliedin the Text's Discussion

question 51

Multiple Choice

​When the term Faustian bargain is appliedin the text's discussion of the oil and natural gas industries,it refers to the idea that _____.

• A)the price of oil in a technical, short-term sense is low, but the price in a broad, difficult-to-define, long-term environmental sense is high
• B)​the state must make tradeoffs between the oil industry and the natural gas industry
• C)the state must plan to transition to other industries as it runs out of oil and natural gas
• D)​the state's tax structure overrelies on taxes from the oil and natural gas industries
• E)all of these

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