Question ID:PT54 S2 Q7 Passage:Environmentalist: The excessive atmospheric buildup of carbon dioxide, which threatens the welfare of everyone in the world, can be stopped only by reducing the burning of fossil fuels. Any country imposing the strict emission standards on the industrial burning of such fuels that this reduction requires, however, would thereby reduce its gross national product. No nation will be willing to bear singlehandedly the costs of an action that will benefit everyone. It is obvious, then, that the catastrophic consequences of excessive atmospheric carbon dioxide are unavoidable unless _______. Stem:Which one of the following most logically completes the argument? Correct Answer Choice:CChoice A:all nations become less concerned with pollution than with the economic burdens of preventing it Choice B:multinational corporations agree to voluntary strict emission standards Choice C:international agreements produce industrial emission standards Choice D:distrust among nations is eliminated Choice E:a world government is established