(Consider This)Which of the Following Best Explains Why the Solar

question 159

Multiple Choice

(Consider This) Which of the following best explains why the solar panel companies Solyndra and Abound went bankrupt in 2011 and 2012,respectively?

• A) Overreliance on government subsidies that made them inefficient.
• B) Oversupply of solar panels on the world market that drove down prices and made these firms uncompetitive in the market.
• C) Expansion of other alternative energy sources made solar power unprofitable.
• D) Dramatic and unexpected increases in input costs caused huge economic losses.

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Definitions:

Natural Product

A chemical compound produced by a living organism, often found in nature with potential benefits for pharmaceutical applications.

Specific Rotation

A physical property that measures the degree to which a compound is capable of rotating the plane of polarized light, used in the analysis of chiral substances.

Optically Active

A characteristic of a compound that has the ability to rotate the plane of polarized light, a property observed in chiral molecules.

(2R,3R)-2,3-dibromobutane

A specific enantiomer of dibromobutane characterized by its stereochemistry, with both chiral centers having R configuration, used in stereochemical studies.