You are tasked with developing a new national energy policy for the United States. Using your knowledge of energy production and consumption in the United States, which of the following policy recommendations is least pertinent to the United States?

A) Nonoperational nuclear reactors and nuclear waste transport and storage should be addressed.
B) Transportation policy and public transportation should be evaluated and improved.
C) The increasing rate of deforestation attributed to biomass energy should be assessed.
D) The potential to build micro-hydropower facilities at existing dams should be assessed.

The Cascade Volcanic Arc is located in the United States Pacific Northwest, along the Pacific and North American plate boundary. Based on this information, this would be a good location for:

A) micro-hydropower facilities.
B) photovoltaic cells.
C) wind turbines.
D) geothermal heating plants.