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The major reason that glycolysis is not as energy productive as respiration is that

A) \[NA{{D}^{+}}\] is regenerated by alcohol or lactate production, without the high-energy electrons passing through the electron transport chain.

B) it is the pathway common to fermentation and respiration.

C) it does not take place in a specialized membrane-bound organelle.

D) pyruvate is more reduced than \[C{{O}_{2}};\] it still contains much of die energy from glucose.