There are hopeful signs that we are shifting away from our heavy relia
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01 Nov 2023, 11:37
There are hopeful signs that we are shifting away from our heavy reliance on fossil fuels: more than ten times as much energy is generated through wind power now than it was in 1990.
Option Elimination -
(A) generated through wind power now than it was - "as much...as" and not "as much ... than."
(B) generated through wind power now as it was - Think of it for a minute. We want to convey that ten times as much energy is generated now as generated in 1990. "It" somehow wrongly refers to the generation and doesn't make sense. If we say "it" refers to "more than ten times as much energy." That energy was generated in 1990, and we can't emit the same energy in its essence. Energy now can be the same in terms of magnitude as in 1990 but not the same energy in the literal sense. On the contrary, "as was the case" is adverbial, referring back to "generated," which is acceptable.
(C) generated through wind power now as was the case - ok. "as was the case" is adverbial, referring back to "generated," which is acceptable.
(D) now generated through wind power as it was - wrong for the same reason above in B.
(E) now generated through wind power than was the case. "as much...as" and not "as much ... than."