Which statement correctly identifies a challenge with transitioning to renewable energy resources?(1 point)

Responses

Renewable energy resources such as solar energy and wind energy will eventually be depleted.
Renewable energy resources such as solar energy and wind energy will eventually be depleted.

Renewable energy resources are likely to decrease the national security of many of the world’s countries.
Renewable energy resources are likely to decrease the national security of many of the world’s countries.

Renewable resources cause more greenhouse gas emissions than nonrenewable energy resources.
Renewable resources cause more greenhouse gas emissions than nonrenewable energy resources.

Renewable energy sources require large-scale solar panel and wind turbine projects that some communities oppose.

Renewable energy sources require large-scale solar panel and wind turbine projects that some communities oppose.

Which option most correctly analyzes the benefits and downsides to the industrialization experienced by China in the last 40 years?(1 point)

Responses

China’s agricultural production has gone up, but they have had to spend money on importing coal in order to sustain that production.
China’s agricultural production has gone up, but they have had to spend money on importing coal in order to sustain that production.

China has experienced economic growth, but the increasing use of fossil fuels has contributed to climate change.
China has experienced economic growth, but the increasing use of fossil fuels has contributed to climate change.

China has been exporting a large amount of manufactured goods, but their people have not experienced benefits of economic growth.
China has been exporting a large amount of manufactured goods, but their people have not experienced benefits of economic growth.

China’s manufacturing has increased dramatically, but overall, the standard of living has gone down.

China has experienced economic growth, but the increasing use of fossil fuels has contributed to climate change.

Which of the following statements provides the most accurate investigation of why Ethiopia and Egypt have run into conflict over resources management?(1 point)

Responses

Ethiopia’s use of fossil fuels to fuel economic growth frustrate Egypt, which shares the same scarce resources.
Ethiopia’s use of fossil fuels to fuel economic growth frustrate Egypt, which shares the same scarce resources.

Ethiopia’s construction of a power plant will pollute the river systems used by Egypt because they lie downriver.
Ethiopia’s construction of a power plant will pollute the river systems used by Egypt because they lie downriver.

Ethiopia’s building of a dam on the Nile could impact Egypt’s use of the Nile because they lie downriver.
Ethiopia’s building of a dam on the Nile could impact Egypt’s use of the Nile because they lie downriver.

Egypt’s use of fossil fuels causes an enormous amount of pollution to hang over Ethiopia’s cities, causing health issues.
Egypt’s use of fossil fuels causes an enormous amount of pollution to hang over Ethiopia’s cities, causing health issues.

Ethiopia’s building of a dam on the Nile could impact Egypt’s use of the Nile because they lie downriver.

Why might a government choose to subsidize fossil fuels, despite the fact that such a policy could lead to conflict with other countries?(1 point)

Responses

Subsidies for fossil fuels would limit the ability for neighboring countries to use those resources, giving the subsidizing country an economic advantage.
Subsidies for fossil fuels would limit the ability for neighboring countries to use those resources, giving the subsidizing country an economic advantage.

Subsidies for fossil fuels would incentivize the use of renewable resources, which could help a country grow economically.
Subsidies for fossil fuels would incentivize the use of renewable resources, which could help a country grow economically.

Subsidies can make fossil fuels cheaper to extract and use, which might help a country grow economically.
Subsidies can make fossil fuels cheaper to extract and use, which might help a country grow economically.

Subsidies make fossil fuels more expensive to extract and use, which would help combat the effects of climate change.

Subsidies can make fossil fuels cheaper to extract and use, which might help a country grow economically.