The United States Department of Energy (DOE) promotes programs encouraging producers and consumers to use energy more efficiently. When energy is inexpensive, why would it be necessary to conserve energy?
A.
Conserving energy will make it unprofitable for new energy producers to emerge.
B.
Reducing energy use has an added benefit of reducing pollutants like carbon dioxide.
C.
Using excessive amounts of energy will cause prices to rise uncontrollably.
D.
Conserving energy allows producers to sell the unused energy at higher prices