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Automobile manufacturers make money by selling cars. Cars pollute and use fossil fuels. Traditionally, American auto manufacturers have encouraged customers to buy bigger and more powerful cars. This lack of incentive to improve energy efficiency is known as a:_____________

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Harmful Positive-feedback loop

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The reason is that the harmful positive feedback mechanism is the encouragement of doing same harmful act over and over again and in greater number. In this case, the automobile manufacturers make money by encouraging people to buy a product that is not environment friendly. So purchasing of automobile is harmful to society and automobile companies encourage the consumers to buy larger automachinery which is harmful positive feedback mechanism.

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