In this task, you are given a question and answer for that. The answer will fill in the blank or will complete the unfinished question. Your task is to provide an explanation based on the given question or fill-in-the-blank statement, and answer.

Question: John was redoing the siding on his house when he noticed something interesting. As the temperature increases, the weathering effect 
 Answer: Increases
Chemical weathering increases as: Temperature increases: Chemical reactions proceed more rapidly at higher temperatures.

Question: If Jim climbs to the bottom of a mountain and takes the temperature after taking the temperature at the top of the mountain, which area will he get a higher reading at? 
 Answer: bottom of the mountain
The surface is heated by the Sun and some of that heat radiates back into the air. This makes the temperature higher near the surface than at higher altitudes.

Question: There is a limit on how much gasoline exists, and it is being used normally. However, now gasoline will be more costly to produce, so the gasoline will be used up 
 Answer: faster

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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If the energy cost of obtaining energy increases, the resource will be used even faster.

