One of the problems with finding new fossil fuel deposits in developing countries is that ________

A) their governments seldom allow extraction of the deposit without meeting expensive environmental regulations
B) their governments seldom allow extraction of the deposit without imposing huge taxes to fund new social benefits for the country
C) international companies move in to harvest the new deposit, and very little money or resource remains in the country
D) it is very expensive to transport the deposit elsewhere
E) those countries tend to keep the resource for themselves, not sharing with other countries


C

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