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How effective is the author’s response to the statistics in Paragraph 8 that demonstrate that wind power produced a minimal amount of the nation’s electricity in 2012? A. Effective; the author refutes the counterclaim by providing evidence that wind power has produced significantly more energy since 2012. B. Ineffective; the author ignores the counterclaim and instead provides exaggerated praise for the possible contributions of wind power in the future. C. Ineffective; the author avoids addressing the counterclaim by attacking the validity of the study by the AWEA in 2012. D. Effective; the author acknowledges the counterclaim and explains the U.S. Department of Energy’s plan to increase the use of wind energy in the future.