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CAPE Environmental Science Unit 1 · 2013 · Paper 2 · Question 5(a)(iii)

A government introduced a 100% tax refund on purchasing and installing solar water heaters in 1978. Figure 5 tracks sales from 1974 to 1990.

Evaluate the effectiveness of the tax incentive in modifying citizen behaviour regarding natural resource use, citing actual data values from Figure 5.

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  1. 5(a)(i)Describe how a tax incentive works as a mechanism to manage natural resource use.[3 marks]
  2. 5(a)(ii)Calculate the average annual increase in solar water heaters sold during the first five years following the introduction of the tax incentive policy.[3 marks]
  3. 5(b)(i)Provide the correct answer distinguishing a renewable resource from an inexhaustible resource, and explain why the student's statement that they are identical…[4 marks]
  4. 5(b)(ii)Explain how technological factors can affect natural resource use in the Caribbean, and explain why the student's response focusing on population growth was…[4 marks]

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