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Read the following early draft of an essay and then choose the best answer to the question or the best completion of the statement
(1) Seaweed-based fuel could one day power your car. (2) It is more than just an ingredient in a purifying face mask or a sushi roll. (3) According to new research, seaweed has the potential to become an
advanced biofuel known as biobutanol
(4) In the past, US scientists have looked to the possibility of algae-based biofuels, but most of these explorations have shled away from kelp and seaweed. (5) One reason why seaweed may not have taken
off as a potential fuel source
is the fact that it's not a major part American culture (6) In contrast, in Asian countries such as Japan, there has been a long history of seaweed in the cuisine (7) Japanese researchers are much more
familiar with it and have spent decades studying its potential uses
(8) A second reason for the US avoidance of seaweed 2 based biofuel is the country's lack of experience with seaweed farming (9) The U. S. is no stranger to seaweed harvesting (10) However, for the
biobutanol project to be environmentally sustainable, seaweed cannot be harvested, it must be farmed (11) "One of the challenges of harvesting a natural seaweed bed is you can only (use) a certain percent of
the bed if you don't want to have a negative environmental impact," Nikesh Parekh, CEO of Bio Architecture Lab, said
(12) Farming enough seaweed to support mass production of a biofuel would be very expensive initially, but it could pay off handsomely (13) They say that the seaweed-based fuel would work better in
automobiles than ethanol and be easier to transport
In context, which of the following sentences would best be inserted between sentences 9 and 10?
O a. New research shows that seaweed may also possess the power to repair tissue damage in heart attack patients
O b. Planting a large-scale seaweed farm will likely meet with stiff opposition
c. Maine Seaweed Co., for instance, harvests the seaweed naturally available along the U. S. coast
Od. Some say that seaweed-based fuel may one day be competitive with petroleum
Value: 1
In context which of the following best be inserted between 9 and 10?