Negative Externalities Resulting from a Coal-Fired Power Plant Would Include

question 58

Multiple Choice

Negative externalities resulting from a coal-fired power plant would include

• A) emissions of sulfur dioxide, a chemical that causes acid rain.
• B) creation of lower-cost electricity, which makes it more difficult for high-cost electricity producers like solar or wind power generators to make a profit.
• C) Profits to people other than the consumers of the electricity, such as stockholders in the electric utility company.
• D) illumination of cities, reducing crime rates and accidents from better lighting of streets and other public places.

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Definitions:

Backorders

Orders for goods or services that cannot be filled at the current time due to lack of available stock, and are therefore waiting to be fulfilled.

Reordering Cost

Expenses associated with placing additional orders for inventory, including logistics, processing, and communication costs.

Sequencing

The order in which the steps need to occur to produce a product.

Routing

The process of selecting paths in a network along which to send network traffic.