The Fort Lonesome and Terre Haute gasification plants were subsidized with public money. According to one observer quoted in Ref. 219, the company would have built the plant in any case
Was this a good or poor use of public money? Try to argue both sides.
Pro (for example): The plants reduced pollution, which is a public good. Public
money is not inappropriate to use to achieve that goal.
Con (for example): Private funds used for private purposes should not be subsidized by the
government, especially when profits will accrue to private individuals or companies and not
be shared with the public entities that supported them.
You might also like to view...
Suppose the distance to a star was doubled but everything else about the star stayed the same. What would happen to the star's luminosity and apparent brightness?
A) Luminosity is decreased by a factor of four and the apparent brightness is decreased by a factor of four. B) Luminosity is decreased by a factor of two and the apparent brightness is decreased by a factor of two. C) Luminosity remains the same, but the apparent brightness is decreased by a factor of two. D) Luminosity remains the same, but the apparent brightness is decreased by a factor of four. E) Luminosity is decreased by a factor of four, but the apparent brightness remains the same.
Which of the following molecules would probably be isolated closest to the bottom of a fractionating tower at a refinery?
A) C4H10 B) C8H18 C) C10H22 D) C20H42 E) C40H82
Which of the following is a cloud of vertical development?
A. cirrus B. cumulonimbus C. nimbostratus D. stratocumulus
A flywheel is used to minimize changes in rotational velocity as the torque or the load changes. The rotational inertia of a flywheel should be chosen to be
A. as small as possible. B. as large as possible. C. anything-it doesn't matter.