Question

The increase in use of electricity and oil as well as the expectation that dependency on foreign oil will _________over the next ten years has lead to the restructuring of current energy policies.
(1 point)
Responses

double
double

triple
triple

decrease
decrease

stay the same

1 answer

The most appropriate choice to fill in the blank in this context is "decrease." The sentence would thus read:

"The increase in use of electricity and oil as well as the expectation that dependency on foreign oil will decrease over the next ten years has led to the restructuring of current energy policies."

This makes sense because if the expectation is for dependency on foreign oil to decrease, it supports the idea of restructuring energy policies.