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Direction: Read the following Passage and Answer the Question given after it.

We have built up an energy intensive society that hundreds of daily acts are dependent on having energy at our ready command. Most of that energy comes from of fossil fuels, Yet, within two centuries we will use up nearly all of the fossil fuel that has been built by millions of years of earth time. Furthermore, extraction and consumption of fossil fuels is polluting our environment. Our appetite is seemingly insatiable. We are now searching different places and using methods that pollute the environment. Since fossil will soon be gone we are searching for alternative.

The author seems to disapprove further extract consumption of fossil fuels. Which of the following is the most likely reason?

A)  Further extraction of fossil fuels is a costly

B)  Further extraction and consumption of fossil fuel lead to conflict between countries

C)  We do not have the technical known-how for ex-traction of fossil fuels

D)  Further extraction and consumption of fossil fuels will lead to world-wide environmental pollution