Essay.

CLAIM: Hybrid cars are better for the environment than conventional cars.

COUNTERCLAIM: Hybrid batteries will pollute the landfills when they can no longer deliver power to the cars.

Which of the following is the most relevant rebuttal to the counterclaim?

A. Manufacturers are developing recycling plans to reduce the number of hybrid batteries that make it to landfills.
B. Even though the hybrid batteries don't last forever, they are expected to last for at least 100,000 miles of driving.
C. It doesn't really matter how many batteries are in the landfills as long as the carbon dioxide emissions are kept down.
D. Using less gasoline per mile compensates for the dead batteries in the landfills, so hybrids are still better than gasoline-powered cars.