Even though Japan is currently rethinking their nuclear energy policy, why did they choose to build all the nuclear power plants in the first place?
A) Japan has significant industrial energy needs and very little fossil fuel reserves.
B) Japan can use seawater to cool their nuclear power plants.
C) Air pollution concerns prompted Japan do build many nuclear power plants.
D) Japan exports most of their refined fossil fuels so there isn't enough for domestic use.
E) Japan is trying to help reduce global warming by following an energy policy that requires a large percentage of energy from nuclear sources.
Question 2
Canada possesses massive deposits of an unconventional resource called
A) high technology extraction reserves.
B) unprofitable reserves.
C) potential reserves.
D) fracking.
E) oil sands.
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