A radio ad is promoting the increased use of E85 fuel as being economically and environmentally beneficial. There is no mention of disadvantages. You should be skeptical of this ad because ________

A) ethanol fuel may lead to an increase in food prices
B) it may take more energy to produce the ethanol than it contains
C) only certain cars are designed to run on this fuel blend
D) fossil fuels are required to produce the ethanol required for this blend
E) All of these are reasons to be skeptical.


E

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