I think the answer is C. Not positive though
This student's primary goal most likely is to "Obtain an academic degree".
A dissertation is an archive submitted in help of candidature for a scholarly degree or expert capability introducing the creator's exploration and discoveries. As in the given scenario, a student study on the attack patterns of al qaeda terrorists for obtaining academic degree.
First of all, it is necessary to understand the concept of monopoly, which is the event of a single person or enterprise controlling the supply of a particular commodity. Following that logic, a natural monopoly can be understood as a given industry wherein high infrastructural costs and other barriers to entry relative to the size of the market give the largest - usually the first supplier - in the market a virtually overwhelming advantage over competitors.
Therefore, it is possible to affirm that the lesta likely choice to be allowed to function as a natural monopoly in a society economy is food distribution, which can be performed by several different enterprises/individuals.
On the other hand, watershed management, electricity generation and hazardous waste disposal, due to their high cost of capital, creating economies of scale that are large in relation to the size of the market.
Answer: A. Mechanical Energy