Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is putting the pressure on the U$.$S$.$ government to help subsidize chip

manufacturing, insisting the current reliance on plants in Taiwan and Korea as "geopolitically unstable."

Which panel of Figure $12\mathrm{.}1$ would represent a situation where the above lobby action is successful given the

current increasing usage of chips?

Figure $12\mathrm{.}1$

a$)$ A

b$)$ B

c$)$ C

d$)$ D