Multiple Choice
Some power plants extract energy from the warm ocean currents. A major disadvantage to these power plants is that
A) the efficiency is quite low.
B) there is no low temperature reservoir.
C) the amount of heat released to the environment is unacceptable.
D) the cost of warm ocean water is quite high.
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