hard · LSAT Logical Reasoning
Over the past decade, coastal towns that installed offshore wind turbines saw their local fish catches rise substantially, whereas comparable towns without turbines saw no such rise. Marine biologists concluded that the turbines' underwater foundations, by acting as artificial reefs, increased local fish populations.
Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the biologists' argument?
- Only the turbine towns adopted electronic catch-reporting systems that record many landings previously missed.
- The turbine foundations were built with techniques known to produce stable underwater structures.
- Throughout the decade, the turbine towns and the non-turbine towns were subject to the same regional fishing quotas and the same ocean-temperature trends.
- During the decade, the towns that installed turbines also imposed far stricter limits on commercial trawling than the towns without turbines did.
- Offshore wind turbines generate electricity at a substantially lower lifetime cost than coal-fired plants serving the same coastal regions, even after installation and maintenance are included.
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