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October 2003 LSAT Section 3 Question 7

In Western economies, more energy is used to operate buildings than to operate transportation. Much of the decline in...

capoleway@gmail.com on February 23, 2021

Why is the answer A and not E?

Why is the answer A and not E? I don't understand how you can eliminate E.

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Emil-Kunkin on March 30 at 06:13PM

The author simply doesn't have to believe that new technological principles will be used to improve energy efficiency. There is no reason we could improve it using our existing principles, but better. A is correct because the author must believe that the cost of the energy saving tech will not be too high. If it is too high, people will not use it and we will not realize those savings.