Despite the risks to the environment, the U.S. Gulf Coast has become an important industrial area because of
A) shrimp trawling and seafood processing.
B) just-in-time inventory management.
C) proximity to markets in Southwest Asia.
D) access to oil imports from Mexico and Venezuela.
E) access to oil and natural gas fields.
Answer: E
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