原文： Such innovations reduce
production waste but do not alter the number of
products manufactured nor the waste generated
from their use and discard; indeed, most companies
invest in ecoeffi ciency improvements in order to
increase profi ts and growth. Moreover, there is no
guarantee that increased economic growth from
ecoeffi ciency will come in similarly ecoeffi cient ways,
since in today’s global markets, greater profi ts may
be turned into investment capital that could easily be
reinvested in old-style eco-ineffi cient industries. Even
a vastly more ecoeffi cient industrial system could,
were it to grow much larger, generate more total
waste and destroy more habitat and species than
would a smaller, less ecoeffi cient economy.
3. The passage implies that which of the following is a
possible consequence of a company’s adoption of
innovations that increase its ecoeffi ciency?
(A) Company profi ts resulting from such innovations
may be reinvested in that company with no
guarantee that the company will continue to
make further improvements in ecoeffi ciency.
(B) Company growth fostered by cost savings from
such innovations may allow that company to
manufacture a greater number of products that
will be used and discarded, thus worsening
environmental stress.
(C) A company that fails to realize signifi cant cost
savings from such innovations may have little
incentive to continue to minimize the
environmental impact of its production
processes.
(D) A company that comes to depend on such
innovations to increase its profi ts and growth
may be vulnerable in the global market to
competition from old-style eco-ineffi cient
industries.
(E) A company that meets its ecoeffi ciency goals is
unlikely to invest its increased profi ts in the
development of new and innovative ecoeffi ciency
measures
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Such innovations reduce
production waste but do not alter the number of
products manufactured nor the waste generated
from their use and discard
原文说不改变数量，怎么答案里说的是manufacture a greater number of products that will be used and discarded......
Even a vastly more ecoeffi cient industrial system could,
were it to grow much larger, generate more total
waste and destroy more habitat and species than
would a smaller, less ecoeffi cient economy.作者: dragondragon 时间: 2012-7-23 22:46
【原文】这些革新减少了生产消耗，但不减少产量，也不减少产品在使用时产生的垃圾；其实，多数公司投资生态效能是为了增加利润。而且，不能保证，生态效能带来的经济增长会改善生态环境，因为很多利润被投资到老旧的，不生态的企业。即使是生态企业，发展扩大后，也会比小的、不生态的企业产生更多的垃圾，更破坏生态环境。
【问题】采用生态革新的后果？
【选项】A. 不能保证，公司将生态革新带来的利润用于进一步提高生态效能。
●文中没有讲进一步提高生态效能，只是说很多利润被投资到老旧企业。will come in similarly ecoefficient ways 不等于 further improvements in ecoefficiency，意为：能够同样以生态效能的方式到来，即改善生态环境。作者: JUNO1031 时间: 2012-7-28 09:47
请问a项的中文意思是什么啊 Company profi ts resulting from such innovations may be reinvested in that company with no guarantee that the company will continue to
make further improvements in ecoefficiency
