In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine the neutral choice based on your inference from the statement and your commonsense knowledge. The neutral choice is a sentence that neither agrees nor disagrees with the statement. Indicate your answer as '1', '2', or '3', corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence. If sentence X agrees with sentence Y, one's correctness follows from the other one. If sentence X disagrees with sentence Y, they can not be correct at the same time.

Statement: The EPA finds that the benefits of a 590,254 tons of hydrocarbons reduced per year by the rule more than offsets the increase in oxides of nitrogen of 25,440 tons per year which will result. Choices: 1. The EPA sees no benefit in reducing hydrocarbons. 2. The EPA is correct in their assessment and is not politically motivated. 3. Reducing hydrocarbons offsets the increases in oxides.

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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2