Lionel works for an energy company interested in drilling for oil off the coast of a small island. The representative for the local fishing industry, Rochelle, says that locals are vigorously opposed to Lionel’s idea. A town meeting is held. Lionel explains how his company is dedicated to practicing the safest drilling techniques. He explains that oil piped from the ocean’s floor is purer and that it can be harvested in a more efficient way than an oil rig on land. Lionel also emphasizes how much the trucks carrying fish to the markets all over the country would save if local oil was able to be used. Rochelle fires back that in the past, serious accidents with offshore oil drilling have been reported. She points out that if there were a spill, the resulting death of fish would cost the local fisherman their livelihood. Local opinion on the issue is split. Before the town agrees to side with Lionel’s energy company or Rochelle’s local fish industry, officials order a report from a biotechnologist. Everyone agrees to go with what the biotechnologist recommends. Which side do you think the biotechnologist will agree with? Why?

In ledland, unemployed adults receive government assistance. to reduce unemployment, the government proposes to supplement the income of those who accept jobs that pay less than government assistance, thus enabling employers to hire workers cheaply. however, the supplement will not raise any worker's income above what government assistance would provide if he or she were not gainfully employed. therefore, unemployed people will have no financial incentive to accept jobs that would entitle them to the supplement.which of the following, if true about ledland, most seriously weakens the argument of the editorial? (a) the government collects no taxes on assistance it provides to unemployed individuals and their families.(b) neighboring countries with laws that mandate the minimum wage an employer must pay an employee have higher unemployment rates than ledland currently has.(c) people who are employed and look for a new job tend to get higher-paying jobs than job seekers who are unemployed.(d) the yearly amount unemployed people receive from government assistance is less than the yearly income that the government defines as the poverty level.(e) people sometimes accept jobs that pay relatively little simply because they enjoy the work.