If Some Current Trends and Energy Strategies Continue and Succeed

question 78

Multiple Choice

If some current trends and energy strategies continue and succeed over the next few decades,in fifty years you might be able to say that you witnessed the shift from

• A)an energy-consuming economy to an energy-producing economy.
• B)a wind-driven economy to a solar economy.
• C)an unsustainable fossil-fuel-driven economy to a sustainable hydrogen economy.
• D)a renewable energy- driven economy to a clean-burning natural gas economy.

---

Definitions:

Biological Constraints

Biological constraints refer to the idea that genetic and anatomical structures limit the range of behaviors that organisms can physically perform.

Preparedness

The state of being ready and well-prepared for a particular situation or event.

Naturally Adaptive

This term refers to the inherent ability of organisms to adjust and suit their behavior or physiology to environmental changes for survival and reproduction.

Associative Learning

A learning process by which a subject comes to associate stimuli with certain behaviors or outcomes, such as in classical or operant conditioning.