Throughout a certain nation, electricity has actually become increasingly available to people in urban areas while energy production has been subsidized to help residents of rural areas gain access to electricity. ββββββββ ββββ ββββ βββ ββββββββ ββββ ββ βββ ββββ ββββββββ βββββ βββββββββββ βββββ ββββ ββ ββββββ ββ ββββββββββββ βββββ βββ ββββββ βββββββ βββ ββββββ ββ βββββββ βββ ββββββββ ββββββββ
The author concludes that the energy subsidy failed to achieve its intended purpose of helping residents of rural areas gain access to electricity. As support, the author says that even with the subsidy, many of the most isolated rural populations donβt have access to electricity.
All we know is that βmanyβ of the most isolated rural populations still donβt have access to electricity. It could be the case that the subsidy brought electricity to many (or even most!) of the nationβs rural residents. With just the information given, it is a flawed argument to say that the energy subsidy failed to achieve its intended purpose.
The reasoning in the argument ββ ββββ ββββββββββ ββ βββββββββ ββ βββ βββββββ ββββ βββ ββββββββ
takes for granted ββββ βββ βββββββββ ββββββββ βββββββ βββββ ββββ ββββ ββββββββ ββ βββ βββββββ βββ βββ βββββββ
takes for granted ββββ ββ β βββββββ βββ βββ βββββββ βββ βββββ ββββ ββ βββ βββ ββββββββ ββ ββββββββ ββββ ββββ βββββββ βββ ββββββ ββ βββββββ βββ ββββββββ βββββββ
presumes, without providing ββββββββββββββ ββββ βββ ββββββββ βββββββ ββ βββ βββββββ βββ ββ βββββββ βββ ββββ βββββ βββββββββββ ββ βββ ββββββ βββ ββββ ββ ββββββββββββ βββ βββββ ββββββ ββ βββ ββββββ ββ ββββ
overlooks the possibility ββββ ββββ ββββ ββ βββ ββββββ ββ βββ ββββββ βββ ββββ ββ βββββ βββββ βββββ ββββ ββββββββββ βββββββ ββββββ ββ βββββββββββ βββββββ βββ βββββββ
fails to take ββββ βββββββ ββββ βββ βββββββ βββββ ββββ ββββββ ββββ ββ βββ βββββ βββββββββ ββ βββ ββββββ ββββ ββββββ ββ βββββββββββ ββββ ββ ββββ βββββ βββββ βββββββββ ββ βββ ββββββ ββββ βββ ββββββ ββ ββββ βββ