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Alivia's government has approved funds for an electricity-generation project based on the construction of a pipeline that will carry water from Lake Cylus, in the mountains, to the much smaller Lake Tifele, in a nearby valley. The amount of electricity generated will be insufficient by itself to justify the project's cost, even if the price of imported oil-Alivia's primary source of electricity-increases sharply. Nonetheless, the pipeline project is worth its cost, because ——

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Which of the following most logically completes the argument?

  • A the price of oil, once subject to frequent sharp increases, has fallen significantly and is now fairly stable
  • B the project could restore Lake Tifele, which is currently at risk of drying up and thus of being lost as a source of recreation income for Alivia
  • C the government of Alivia is currently on excellent terms with the governments of most of the countries from which it purchases oil
  • D it would cost less to generate electricity by moving water from Lake Cylus to lake Tifele than to do so by moving water from Lake Cylus to another valley lake
  • E Alivian officials do not expect that the amount of electricity used in Alivia will increase substantially within the next ten years

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