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Responding higher prices for heating oil and natural gas

Can someone help me in finding out the right answer from the given options. Canadians would ultimately be likely to respond to higher prices for heating oil and natural gas through (i) Turning up their electric blankets and insulating their houses more carefully. (ii) Taking longer summer vacations to the Disney World in bigger convertibles. (iii) Going on diets to lose weight by eating more vegetables and less fast-food. (iv) Replacing tennis and croquet with the skiing and frivolous body building.

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