Thanks for the question! Let’s take a look at what’s going on in the stimulus. From a big picture point of view, the author brings up what happened during the 1970 Clean Air Act, saying that the automobile industry opposed it because they thought it was unnecessary and not feasible. However, we know that it was at least feasible (because of the catalytic converter). Now, we have a similar situation with the government trying to tighten restrictions on car emissions, and the automakers saying that the new restrictions would be too expensive and unnecessary. The author is clearly trying to draw parallels between two scenarios. The author finally concludes that the automobile industry’s position shouldn’t be heeded, and that’s based on the parallels she’s trying to draw. The automobile industry lied at least partially in the past, and so the idea is that they might have now. This is what (D) tells us, and (D) is the correct answer. Hope this helps! feel free to ask any other questions you might have.
