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Analyst: Any new natural-gas-powered electrical generation station needs to be located close to a natural-gas pipeline, a large body of water for cooling, and transmission lines. It also must be situated in a region where residents will not oppose construction. Our country has an extensive system of transmission lines, but our natural-gas pipelines run in the vicinity of only three of our large bodies of water, and residents would oppose any significant construction projects near these bodies of water.
19.
The analyst's statements, if true, most strongly support which one of the following statements about the analyst's country?
a
Future electrical needs will have to be met by alternatives to natural-gas-powered generation.
b
If a new natural-gas-powered electrical station is built in a region, many residents will move away from that region.
c
No site would be suitable for constructing a natural-gas-powered electrical station unless the existing system of natural-gas pipelines is expanded.
d
There currently is no natural-gas-powered electrical generation station near any of the three largest bodies of water.
e
Many residents who would oppose the construction of a new natural-gas-powered electrical station in their region would not oppose the construction of new transmission lines there.