CAULK : LEAKAGE ::

(A) Digital partitioning algorithms could be applied to electronic, and not just optical circuits.
(B) The speed of photons could be shown to be significantly greater than that of electrons.
(C) The precision level in basic operations can be substantially increased without great expense.
(D) The accuracy of electronic circuits used to preprocess input data and post- process data could be greatly increased.
(E) The microchips optical computer systems were shown to require an increasing density of interconnections.

(A) expose the fragile ecological conditions which modern irrigation technologies must ameliorate
(B) argue that new irrigation technologies would ultimately be less efficient than a reconfiguration of the North American diet
(C) argue that efficient water-use is dependent upon a mixture of various modern methods
(D) provide an overall view of possible methods for lessening the strain on sources of freshwater
(E) describe the cycle by which aquifers are depleted and then replenished through technology