One World View Article Titled "Paying to Pollute" Reports That

question 129

Multiple Choice

One World View article titled "Paying to Pollute" reports that the price of a marketable pollution permit in Europe for a ton of carbon dioxide is about $32.The principal advantage of pollution permits is to

• A)Reduce pollution to zero.
• B)Reduce the costs of pollution control.
• C)Increase government involvement in pollution control.
• D)Eliminate social costs.

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Definitions:

Driving Forces

Factors or energies that lead to changes in a physical system or environment, often initiating or influencing processes.

Resisting Forces

Forces that oppose motion or movement, including friction, air resistance, and tension, which work against the direction of motion.

Plate Tectonics

A theory in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of mostly rigid plates that move relative to one another, causing tectonic activity along these boundaries.

Tectonic Plate

A massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, part of the Earth's lithosphere, which moves and interacts with other plates in a process that shapes the Earth's surface.