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Of all the times for the U.S. to be discouraging domestic [#permalink]
12 Jan 2013, 03:18
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Of all the times for the U.S. to be discouraging domestic production of oil and natural gas, right now might be the worst. Libya's descent into chaos is fueling a rapid rise in oil prices, and unrest in other oil-producing countries in the Middle East and North Africa has led some analysits to predict unprecedented oil-price spikes may be looming. If the statements above are true, which of the following inference can be most properly drawn? A) The oil prices at present are the highest of what they might have been in the last few decades. B) Libya is a major oil producing country. C) If US allows oil domestic oil production, it may be able to avoid any further price increase. D) The oil price increases that are predicted by analysts may be larger than those in the recent past. E) Unrest in oil producing countries in Middle East has impacted overall oil production.
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Re: Oil-y CR problem -2 [#permalink]
12 Jan 2013, 12:02
I think C, but this does not sound like a GMAT question at all.
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Re: Oil-y CR problem -2 [#permalink]
13 Jan 2013, 12:07
commdiver wrote: I think C, but this does not sound like a GMAT question at all. I also went for C, but still not able to understand the reason and explanation why it is wrong. Will reveal OA in some time.
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Re: Oil-y CR problem -2 [#permalink]
13 Jan 2013, 14:38
The first sentence of the question stem states that it is a bad time for the US to discourage domestic oil production. The second sentence of the question stem states that oil prices are about to rise because of unrest in Libya. One can assume that if the US cuts domestic oil product, therefore increasing their reliance on imported oil, prices will soar because of the unrest in Libya. Therefore, C is correct. I hope that helps
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Re: Oil-y CR problem -2 [#permalink]
13 Jan 2013, 15:14
commdiver wrote: The first sentence of the question stem states that it is a bad time for the US to discourage domestic oil production. The second sentence of the question stem states that oil prices are about to rise because of unrest in Libya. One can assume that if the US cuts domestic oil product, therefore increasing their reliance on imported oil, prices will soar because of the unrest in Libya. Therefore, C is correct. I hope that helps  C is not correct as per OE I have. The official explanation from the source against C is "What the passage states is that this is a bad time for US to curb domestic production. What we can infer is that if US allows domestic production then the price increase may not be that much or not at all. But, we can not conclusively say that there will not be any further price increase." I am not able to make out much from this particular explanation that how is author saying that , so posted it for clarifications here.
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Re: Oil-y CR problem -2 [#permalink]
17 Jan 2013, 16:12
joshnsit wrote: commdiver wrote: The first sentence of the question stem states that it is a bad time for the US to discourage domestic oil production. The second sentence of the question stem states that oil prices are about to rise because of unrest in Libya. One can assume that if the US cuts domestic oil product, therefore increasing their reliance on imported oil, prices will soar because of the unrest in Libya. Therefore, C is correct. I hope that helps  C is not correct as per OE I have. The official explanation from the source against C is "What the passage states is that this is a bad time for US to curb domestic production. What we can infer is that if US allows domestic production then the price increase may not be that much or not at all. But, we can not conclusively say that there will not be any further price increase." I am not able to make out much from this particular explanation that how is author saying that , so posted it for clarifications here. Finally, I got the error in C. C) says that "If US allows oil domestic oil production, it may be able to avoid any further price increase." This subtle devilish  "any" is the problem in this option and ,if we go by this choice, this will mean that at any cost, the prices will not rise. But, this can not be proven based on this argument. The prices may remain flat or even dip in the future. The correct option D is a corroboration of what the last sentence of this argument says: D) The oil price increases that are predicted by analysts may be larger than those in the recent past.
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