PT145.S2.Q1

PrepTest 145 - Section 2 - Question 1

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Support An electric utility has determined that a new power plant is needed and has decided to build either a natural gas-fired plant or a waste-to-energy plant that would serve as both a trash incinerator and a power plant. █████████████ ████████ ███ ███████████████ █████ █████ ███████ ███████ █████ █████ ██ ████ ███ █████████ ██ ███ █████████ ██████ █████████████████ ████ ████ ███ ██ █████████ ███████ ██ ████ ███████

Summary

Environmentalists support the building of a waste-to-energy plant—which doubles as both a power plant and trash incinerator—despite the fact that it will produce more air pollution than gas-fired power plant.

Notable Assumptions

We’re told that the environmentalists support the waste-to-energy plant rather than the gas-fired one, but we’re not told exactly why. Given that the waste-to-energy plant also serves as a trash incinerator, it’s likely that this additional function is what makes it preferable to a gas-fired plant.

The environmentalists’ position would be justified by an answer that describes an advantage to having a power-plant with a trash-incinerating function.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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