#18 - Global Reference, Must Be True, Purpose

[Administrator]

Complete Question Explanation

The correct answer choice is (D).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C):

Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice.

Answer choice (E):

This explanation is still in progress. Please post any questions below!

[lanereuden]

I think it’s D and not E or C because the author acknowledges people were mystified by the other idea, but was not himself all that definite on where he stood/where he felt others stood in general.

[Erik Shum]

Hi Lane,

You are correct in your important observation that the author does not pick a side in the ecological versus industrial debate. The author's focus is on the polarization of the two sides over the long course of the debate.

I am not sure what you mean by "people were mystified by the other idea".

As the author does not engage in the ecological versus environmental debate, but studies the history of that debate, that eliminates all but the correct answer choice (D).