PrepTest 106, Section 4, Question 17
Recently, a new school of economics called steady-state(440 more words not shown)
A steady-state economist would be(27 more words not shown)
- Aa manufacturer's commitment(5 more words not shown)
- Ba manufacturer's decision(10 more words not shown)
- Ca manufacturer's implementation(11 more words not shown)
- Da manufacturer's conversion(12 more words not shown)
- Ea manufacturer's reduction(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Steady-state economists want to satisfy wants while using resources better. Recycling, wasting less, and obtaining the same result with less fuel would fit that approach.
What we’re looking for
We're looking for the option they would be least likely to endorse as a means to that goal. It doesn't have to be something they'd oppose for every possible reason; it may simply fail to show the required benefit.
Working the answers
- A
Recycling packaging is the kind of improved resource use explicitly offered as conservation. It fits the goal.
- BCorrect
A cheaper fuel isn't necessarily a more efficient or less wasteful fuel. The manufacturer might spend less while consuming just as much—or more. Nothing here shows better resource management, whereas the other choices identify ways to reduce waste or resource use.
- C
Fewer defective products means fewer resources spent producing things that fail to serve their purpose. That's a conservation benefit.
- D
Greater fuel efficiency directly improves how resources are used. This fits the distinction between using resources better and simply using more.
- E
Eliminating overproduction removes excess output rather than requiring consumers to give up the products they want. It can conserve the resources spent on that unnecessary production.
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