Why Has the U

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Multiple Choice

Why has the U.S.auto industry opposed efforts to reduce emissions?

• A)The required new technologies would raise the price of cars,and this would reduce manufacturers' profits.
• B)They do not believe that auto emissions are harmful.
• C)They believe that more reductions on emissions are unnecessary because auto manufacturers in other countries have already reduced emissions enough to prevent global warming.
• D)Consumers do not buy low-emission automobiles.

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