Maria does not expect any significant impact on her own cost of living if the Esterian oil price jumps as projected.
Question type: Weaken.
B.
. Since it says that groceries must be transported and that has to be affected by the price hike. This will definitely weaken Maria’s position.
C. Not relevant.
D. This option did not directly connected to oil price hike. So irrelevant to the argument.
E. Irrelevant.
Over the coming two months, the price of oil in Esteria is projected to increase by enough to approximately double the price paid by Esterian drivers for each gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel. Maria, who lives and works in a large Esterian city, has no car, commutes on electric-powered public transit vehicles, and uses household power derived from hydroelectricity and natural gas. Since she does not use oil-based fuel in any of her everyday activities, Maria does not expect any significant impact on her own cost of living if the Esterian oil price jumps as projected.
Which of the following, if true, most weakens Maria's line of reasoning?
(A) Esteria's public-transit systems, including the one on which Maria makes her daily commute, are funded by a fixed-percentage tax charged on all purchases of gasoline or diesel fuel within Esteria.
(B) Groceries and other essential items must be transported into Maria's city on small-to-medium-sized diesel-powered trucks.
(C) If the price of gasoline climbs as projected, many companies in Maria's city will allow employees who live in the surrounding suburbs to work from home one to two days per week.
(D) Newly enacted environmental legislation will increase by one-half the amount that Maria must pay for electrical power.
(E) The economists who have predicted the upcoming increase have been correct in nearly all of their recent predictions concerning the Esterian economy.
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