Author Question: The more than 100 nuclear power plants planned 30 to 40 years ago were never built in large part due ... (Read 74 times)

mcmcdaniel · **on:** Jul 16, 2018

The more than 100 nuclear power plants planned 30 to 40 years ago were never built in large part due to

A) increasing incidents of terrorism directed against nuclear plants.
B) decreased demand for electricity and increased costs of safety features in construction.
C) pressing demand for electricity, which required simpler coal-fired power plants that could be built faster.
D) budget constraints stemming from the 2008 recession.

Question 2

Flea beetles alone are unlikely to eliminate all of the leafy spurge in a region. Instead, the number of leafy spurge plants and the number of flea beetles in a particular community may stabilize.

At this point, both the leafy spurge and flea beetle populations A) have exhibited exponential growth followed by a crash.
B) have experienced constant growth.
C) are still experiencing exponential growth.
D) are experiencing environmental resistance.