What is vog, and who named it? What are its risks? What will be an ideal response?
Vog is volcanic smog. The name was coined by residents of Hawaii who have been breathing it since
Kilauea began erupting in 1983. The volcano releases a lot of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide, the
latter of which produces a haze and unpleasant sulfur odor. Vog may have long-term health risks.
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A. The gravitational attraction would overcome the rate of thermal expansion leading to a black hole. B. The gaseous material of the universe is too widely dispersed to allow for the formation of stars of this mass. C. Fusion cannot take place at these higher mass levels. D. The rate of thermal expansion would overcome gravitational attraction leading to explosion.
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A grass root organization is attempting to preserve a stretch of forest that is being considered for purchase by a manufacturing plant. The organization's main strategy is to inform the nearby housing developments of the effect on their home values if
the manufacturing plant goes versus the preserved forest. This approach is using ________. A) scare tactic valuation B) market valuation C) contingent valuation D) travel-cost valuation E) hedonic valuation
What costs are associated with transactions that can result in damage to the environment, human health, and property?
- internal costs - tangential costs - traditional market costs - external costs