Ans: Driving less
Driving less will reduce the pollutant concentration as people will not use much cars and that will reduce air pollution automatically.
QUESTION 13 Which of these is an abatement technique? O Building a hurricane-proof house O Building...
Question Completion Status: QUESTION 13 Which of these is an abatement technique? Building a hurricane-proof house Building a flood barrier Driving less Not going outside when it is too hot QUESTION 14 What do Integrated Assessment Models try to predict? Temperature Optimal temperature at minimum economic damage O Greenhouse gas emissions Economic damages minus abatement costs QUESTION 15 Which of these factors will increase the economic damage from climate change? High levels of abatement Low levels of abatement More countries...
Question Completion Status: QUESTION 10 What is the elasticity of the marginal utility of consumption? OA measure of future uncertainty A measure of how much richer people value extra consumption A measure of the social discount rate A measure of present value consumption QUESTION 11 Why might gamma discounting make sense? People do not discount at constant rates People do discount at constant rates People do not like the future as much as the present People like the future more...
QUESTION 30 Which abatement technology is preferred? o One with low costs o One with high abatement capability o One with lowest cost per unit of abatement o One that every country can undertake
Question 13 (1 point) Which of the following statements about abatement subsidies is NOT true? Environmental groups dislike abatement subsidies because they appear to reward polluters. Governments like abatement subsidies because they are relatively inexpensive to implement. Abatement subsidies are popular with firms. Financing abatement subsidies through taxes may cause distortions in other markets by reducing incentives to work and produce Question 15 (1 point) The Supreme Court of Canada recently ruled that the Federal Government's imposition of a carbon...
Hurricane Katrina has devastated New Orleans. Following the hurricane, which in itself did not do as much damage as some had feared, the levees that protect the city broke, and the city was immediately flooded. Many families, especially in Ward Nine and others of the poorer districts, were stranded by the flood and in terrible danger—from drowning, from disease (there was no potable water), from hunger, from lack of access to health care, and eventually, from roving gangs. Somehow, they...
QUESTION 6 Which abatement techniques should be prioritized? O The lowest price techniques The highest price techniques The techniques that reduce carbon the most for dollar invested O Techniques that all countries can undertake
Question 18 1 pts Which of the following is a positive economic statement? O The temperature is too high today.8 O The temperature is 105 degrees today 0 It is too hot to jog today. 0 I enjoy summer evenings when it cools off.
QUESTION 12 The justification in a proof is the conclusion of a valid argument form derived from premises O True O False QUESTION 13 Two propositions may be consistent without being logically equivalent. O True O False QUESTION 14 When the lines in a proof are instances of valid logical forms, we can derive the conclusion and justify our derivation by referring to logical rules of implication. O True False QUESTION 44 What is the conclusion of the following syllogism?...
Question 13 (4 points) Which of the following is true regarding Marginal Valuation? O it is equal to consumer surplus If it is higher, a consumer gets less consumer surplus when the item is on sale O It has nothing to do with consumer surplus O If it is higher, a consumer gets more consumer surplus when the item is on sale
QUESTION 11 4b) All animals must get oxygen to their cells. Which of the following organs is NOT involved in this critical function? O lungs O gills O moist cuticle of amphibians O capillary beds liver QUESTION 12 c) Animal reproduction does not include which of the following? spores Ogametes O meiosis fertilization O embryo QUESTION 13 Sa) Extinction of taxa is often the result of interaction with other organisms. Which of the following is an example of an organism-induced...