A screening curve exhibiting utility prices is only useful as long as the fuel price assumptions going into the curve are reflective of actual cost

What will be an ideal response?


That is true—utilities can be blindsided by unpredictable changes in cost. At the
beginning of the 1970s, oil-fired power plants looked very good. After the 1970s and 1980s
energy crises, this turned out to be really wrong.

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The Wasatch Mountains in Utah are examples of ______________ mountains

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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A(n) ____ orbit is one where the orbiting object is always above the same location on Earth's surface

a. closed b. elliptical c. geosynchronous d. hyperbolic e. parabolic

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A box is to be moved across a level surface. A force of magnitude 200 N may be applied at an angle of 30° below the horizontal to push the box or at an angle of 30° above the horizontal to pull the box, either application sufficient to overcome friction and move the box. Which application will cause the box to have the greater acceleration?

a. the one below the horizontal b. the one above the horizontal c. both give equal acceleration d. more information is needed

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What is the approximate latitude of the observer in the diagram below?



a.
20° N
b.
20° S
c.
70° N
d.
70° S
e.

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