If Pollution Is Bad, Why Do We Still Use Pollution-Causing

question 48

Multiple Choice

If pollution is bad, why do we still use pollution-causing resources such as coal and oil to generate electricity?

• A) Governments lack the political will to enforce the use of pollution free resources.
• B) The cost of using pollution free resources to generate power in many circumstances is much higher than generating that same power through conventional pollution-causing means.
• C) Pollution is only a private cost.
• D) The transaction costs of pollution is too low.

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