An example of how large, centralized, and geographically concentrated energy sources are vulnerable to disruption by unexpected events is
A) the breakage of wind turbines in North Dakota by flooding
B) the disruption of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico by Hurricane Katrina
C) fires that destroyed solar panels in the southeastern California desert
D) loss of oil production in Alaska when an earthquake fractured the pipeline
E) an earthquake that fractured the Hoover Dam
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