Which choice most logically completes the text?

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Some representations of the cataclysmic fate of the comic book planet Krypton illustrate a common trope in disaster stories: people's self-destructive carelessness. Explanations of real-world societal collapse betray a similar pattern. One theory about the downfall of Rapa Nui, for example, argues that residents invited disaster by despoiling the island's Jubaea palm forests, leading to a scarcity of wood for fuel and canoe construction. Archaeological evidence, however, suggests that residents adapted to environmental conditions by relying on grass and other plants for cooking and driftwood for making canoes. Given that other factors-e.g., disease and conflict arising from European contact-played a crucial role in Rapa Nui's eventual demise, it therefore seems _blank

deforestation was merely indirectly responsible for an irreversible collapse of Rapa Nui's subsistence economy.

its residents' focus on environmental challenges prevented them from devoting adequate attention to political issues.

its residents' lack of environmental awareness was ultimately responsible for Rapa Nui's collapse.

its residents would have failed to appreciate the relevance of fictional disaster stories to their own predicament.