Which of the following is a correct statement about the production of shale oil in the U. S.?

Question 44 options:

a)

If political factors make petroleum expensive or impossible to obtain, the use of shale oil might increase.

b)

Development of new technology that reduces the cost of extracting shale oil is impossible due to environmental dangers.

c)

If petroleum becomes more expensive due to dwindling supplies, shale oil use still won't be economically feasible since it is so expensive to produce.

d)

Shale oil is an abundant resource and it is currently less expensive than petroleum to produce, but is not widely used.

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Charlotte

4 February, 02:47

Which of the following is a correct statement about the production of shale oil in the U. S.?

Question 44 options:

a)

If political factors make petroleum expensive or impossible to obtain, the use of shale oil might increase.

b)

Development of new technology that reduces the cost of extracting shale oil is impossible due to environmental dangers.

c)

If petroleum becomes more expensive due to dwindling supplies, shale oil use still won't be economically feasible since it is so expensive to produce.

d)

Shale oil is an abundant resource and it is currently less expensive than petroleum to produce, but is not widely used.

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Beautiful · Answer 1

a) If political factors make petroleum expensive or impossible to obtain, the use of shale oil might increase.

Explanation:

The importance of shel oil is that it is widely abundant in the US, the main problem is that to this day it is still too expensive, or at least more expensinve than oil, and it has a lot of enviromental hazards, so the positive does not outweights the negative, the only way in which production would increase is if political problems made petroleum expensive.

Hailie Macias · Answer 2

The answer is A.

If political factors make petroleum expensive or impossible to obtain, the use of shale oil might increase.