Multiple choice

Which of the following is a drawback to the use of oil shale to produce energy?

  1. Oil shale occurs only in areas with a lot of water resources

  2. Processing, mining, and waste disposal are expensive.

  3. Most of the world's oil shale occurs in unstable countries

  4. oil shale can be mined only in arid regions
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Extracting oil from oil shale is energy-intensive and requires significant water, while the mining and processing generate large volumes of waste rock, making it economically and environmentally costly.

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