Oil and oil products remain the main fuel for cars, planes, ships, and power plants. The amount of oil still in the earth is finite. Given this information, the supply of gasoline is:

A. unit elastic.
B. relatively elastic.
C. relatively inelastic.
D. greater than the quantity demanded.


Answer: C

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