Question

Study the cartoon by Signe Wilkinson.

Answer 1

The answer is C

" The coal miner symbolizes the fossil fuel energy used to create electricity to power devices."

Answer 2

C. The coal miner symbolizes the fossil fuel energy used to create electricity to power devices. This is the correct option.

The man from the cartoon looks happy about using his device but he has a wrong idea about "green energy" since he thinks he is not using any animal fossil to power his device. His i-Pad is plugged in and the power still comes from a power source where a human being is hired to exploit fossil resources. If the energy had come from a true green source, the miner would not have been present. A green source could be powered by the sun or the wind.

These options are not right:

-A.The coal miner symbolizes the hard work that went into creating the internet devices we use today. ( The focus is not set on the origins of internet devices but on the way in which they are powered).

-B. The coal miner symbolizes jobs lost by books being printed online rather than on paper. ( A miner will never be related to printing books. Besides, books cannot be printed on line; they can be downloaded on line).

-D. The coal miner symbolizes the green energy used to create electricity that powers devices. ( A coal miner will not work at a green resource centre. Coal comes from fossils not from the sun or the wind).