Which of these is the best assessment of the "Faustian bargain" with regard to nuclear energy?
a. Nuclear energy is far too expensive to compete with oil and natural gas, even if it makes the United States more energy independent.
b. Renewable energy is less expensive and has fewer risks than nuclear energy
c. Citizens would have to be willing to pay for expensive construction costs.
d. Concerns about a nuclear disaster and the storage of radioactive waste are so severe that they overbalance the advantages of using nuclear power.
e. All of these are good assessments.
d
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Powers that are NOT given to the federal government, and therefore are reserved to the states, come from the ______ Amendment to the Constitution.
a. 1st b. 5th c. 10th d. 15th
What was the purpose of the Hatch Act?
a. to prohibit federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity b. to limit congressional control of the federal bureaucracy c. to prohibit awarding government jobs based on partisan loyalty d. to authorize greater use of discretion in bureaucratic decision making