Which of these is an argument against continued reliance on oil and natural gas for the Texas economy?

a. Burning fossil fuels creates a greenhouse effect that is causing the Earth's climate to warm.
b. The act of drilling, producing, and transporting oil introduces many opportunities for environmental degradation.
c. As the easy-to-find-and-produce fields dry up, oil companies look for oil

in places that are harder to reach, andmore environmentally sensitive.
d. The chemicals used for "hydraulic fracturing" or " fracking" contain toxic substances.
e. All of these are arguments against continued reliance on oil and natural gas.


e

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