Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

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WIND By CHARLES L. FONTENAY When you have an engine with no fuel, and fuel without an engine, and a life-and-death deadline to meet, you have a problem indeed. Unless you are a stubborn Dutchman—and Jan Van Artevelde was "Yes," he said. "Many spare parts, but no fuel." Sanchez asked. "Tell them to take the engines out," he said. "Since we have no fuel, we may as well have no engines." spare propellers." Jan smiled a tight smile. Pieter Heemskerk stood by the Jan sat in the half-buried room Jan needed all his Dutch stubbornness, Jan was at a loss to know how was in Rathole were able to build he and the patient took off successfully in an aircraft. What sort of aircraft could he be flying that would require an hour to cover eighty kilometers, with the and Jan bounced against his Jan felt justifiably exasperated Heemskerk could only draw the conclusion that the aircraft had been wrecked somewhere in Den Hoorn. As a matter of fact, he wind? Sanchez quietly. "Perhaps you do not fully realize our position here. We have no engines except the stationary generators that Jan mentioned this to the and our utilities. They are powered by the windmills. We do not have gasoline engines for vehicles, so our vehicles are operated by hand." give us current for our air-conditioning stands on, transmission belts, groundcar radio. "That's the third time in half used on terrestrial railroads? Ours are powered like that, but we cannot operate them when the Venerian wind is blowing. By the Hoorn, but they don't have any the boy could wait for the next Earth ship, couldn't he?" vehicles that can navigate when the wind's up." and folded his hands over his "Jan!" boomed Heemskerk, comfortable stomach. From what he had seen and "Rathole?" repeated Heemskerk. Jan struggled to his feet and wait for a later ship, if his life is to be saved. He must get to Earth at once." has to blast off in thirty hours to Jan puffed at the Heerenbaai-Tabak damned thing ought to get here from Rathole faster than that." "Had no fuel," replied Jan briefly. "My engines were all right, but I had no power to run them. So I had to pull the engines and rig up a power source." could not support the tremendous expense of sending the boy across the millions of miles to Earth by spaceship. "Who's paying his passage?" heard, the entire economy of Rathole "Then the passenger will have to wait for the next ship," he pronounced. "The catch Earth at the right orbital spot, and the G-boat has to blast ." "This passenger can't wait," said Dekker. "He needs to be evacuated to Earth immediately. He's suffering from the Venus Shadow." Jan relit his pipe silently, making off in ten hours to catch the Vanderdecken emergency: a windmill!" THE END will have to take a groundcar to Rathole and bring the fellow back." Transcriber's Note: aircraft here, it might make it downwind—if it isn't wrecked on takeoff." "I'm afraid not," said Sanchez. "Too bad. There's nothing we can do, then. The nearest settlement the other side of it lay Rathole, a turn back to Rathole and see if planes, either. Just copters. So that's no help." He had little difficulty driving up and over the mountain, for the But...." "What kind of machine? Copter or plane?" "They call it a flying platform. It carries two men, I believe. But, been driving made his task no easier, but he was obviously lucky, at that. Often he had to señor "I know them. I've operated one of those little things in this wind? They're tricky as they can be, and the passengers are absolutely unprotected!" " them, before I left Earth. Man, you don't expect me to try to fly Jan. "But you know I'll do it." Jan reached the edge of a Jan disengaged himself gently, since he left Oostpoort. He had seven hours to go and he was still at least 16 kilometers from Rathole. His pipe was out, but he could not take his hands from the wheel to refill it. He had driven at least eight kilometers before he realized an hour," he commented. "The Murillo to know what a brave man you are. But have you forgotten that we have no gasoline engines here? There is no fuel for the flying platform." The platform was in a warehouse which, like the rest of the He made it just in time. He had driven less than three hundred meters when a quake more structures in Rathole, was a Jan peered over the edge of the was powered by one of the engines, transmitted to it by heavy rubber belts. Jan sighed. It was an unhappy situation. As far as he could determine, without making tests, the engines were in perfect condition. Two perfectly good engines, and no fuel for them. "You're sure there's no gasoline, anywhere in Rathole?" he judged he must be nearing Rathole. they were here, but the few things we take to Oostpoort to trade could not buy precious gasoline. We have electricity in plenty if you can power the platform that the dwellings of Rathole "No, it wouldn't work," he said. "We could rig batteries on the platform and electric motors to turn the propellers. But batteries big enough to power it all the way to Oostpoort would be so heavy the machine couldn't lift them off the ground. If there were some way to carry a power to broadcast the power to it.... But it's a light-load machine, and must have an engine that gives it the necessary power from very little weight." Wild schemes ran through his head. If they were on water, instead of land, he could rig up a sail. He could still rig up a sail, for a groundcar, except for the "Doctor!" he explained. "Send a couple of men to drain the rest of the fuel from my groundcar. Jan recoiled and dropped the He had been reading too much ancient history during his leisure hours. The hot monotony of overturn. Shortly the two men returned with the fuel from the groundcar, struggling along the chain. Jan got above ground in a chain. Jan followed, and the its exhaust, but they did not catch. "What is the matter, " He went out, shutting the airlock "Maybe it's that the engines haven't been used in so long. I'm afraid I'm not a good enough of Rathole came to Jan's side and "He says that your groundcar must have a diesel engine," Sanchez interpreted to Jan. "Is that correct?" "Why, yes, that's true." "He says the fuel will not work then, señor . He says it is low-grade fuel and the platform must have high octane gasoline." drive back, and blastoff can't be delayed." Jan threw up his hands and "There's nothing that can be done," answered Jan. "They may as well put the fuel back in my groundcar." Sanchez called orders to the "There's nothing that can be done," he repeated. "We can't make the trip overland because of the chasm out there in Den Hoorn, and we can't fly the platform because we have no power for it." Windmills. Again Jan could Jan was sorry. He had done his still shivering. Jan did not realize sticks. Diego must know of his ailment, and why he had to go to knew it was a life-or-death matter for him to be aboard the Vanderdecken when it blasted off for Earth, Jan did not know. he must realize the seriousness involved in a decision to send him all the way to Earth. Jan felt ashamed of the exuberant Outside, the windmills of Rathole Cursing choice Dutch profanity, that lighted and air-conditioned Rathole, power in the air all around them. If he could only use it! But to turn the platform on

<question>:
What hinders Jan from leaving Rathole?

<options>:
A He does not want to help the Spaniards.
B The weather on Venus makes it impossible to travel long distances.
C He wants to stay to start a relationship with Diego's mother.
D He does not have proper transportation because the city has no fuel to power an aircraft.

<answer>:

D