Consider the Four U

Multiple Choice

Consider the four U.S. non- renewable energy resources: gas, oil, coal, uranium without recycling for plutonium recovery. Assuming that we used each of these for a major portion of our energy needs, for which ones would domestic U.S. resources run out within some 50 years, and which ones does the United States have in much greater abundance?

A) The United States has abundant supplies of all four of these resources.
B) The United States is running out of gas, oil, and uranium, but has abundant coal.
C) The United States is running out of gas, oil, and coal, but has abundant uranium.
D) The United States is running out of all four.
E) The United States is running out of gas and oil, but has abundant coal and uranium.