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A manufacturer reduces factory emissions by outsourcing a highly polluting production step to another country. From a life-cycle perspective, what is the main concern?

The product automatically becomes carbon neutral Transportation impacts are never relevant to LCA The apparent improvement may be burden shifting rather than a true reduction in total impact Outsourcing eliminates the need to define system boundaries

Correct Answer:

The apparent improvement may be burden shifting rather than a true reduction in total impact

Explanation:

A life-cycle perspective looks across the full system. Moving a polluting step elsewhere may simply shift the burden geographically or to another life-cycle stage rather than reduce overall impact.

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