LSAT 129 – Section 1 – Question 20

LSAT 129 - Section 1 - Question 20

June 2009

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT129 S1 Q20	+LR +Exp	Main conclusion or main point +MC	A 3% 157 B 1% 151 C 86% 164 D 4% 152 E 6% 159	137 146 155	+Medium	146.023 +SubsectionMedium

Industrial engineer: Some people have suggested that the problem of global warming should be addressed by pumping some of the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels into the deep ocean. Many environmentalists worry that this strategy would simply exchange one form of pollution for an equally destructive form. This worry is unfounded, however; much of the carbon dioxide now released into the atmosphere eventually ends up in the ocean anyway, where it does not cause environmental disturbances as destructive as global warming.

Summarize Argument: Counter-Position

The industrial engineer claims that environmentalists’ worry that pumping carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels deep into the ocean would cause an equally destructive form of pollution is unfounded. This is because lots of carbon dioxide released already ends up in the ocean, and the consequences are less destructive than global warming. Because it is less destructive, it is not an equally destructive form of pollution.

Identify Conclusion

The conclusion is the industrial engineer’s response to the concerns about equally destructive pollution: “This worry is unfounded”

Global warming from the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere could be reduced by pumping some of that carbon dioxide into the deep ocean.

This is context that describes the solution under consideration.

Environmentalists worry that the strategy of pumping carbon dioxide into the deep ocean to reduce global warming would simply exchange one form of pollution for another, equally destructive one.

This is context that describes the environmentalists’ worry - that the industrial engineer says is unfounded.

Worrying that pumping carbon dioxide into the deep ocean to reduce global warming would simply exchange one form of pollution for another, equally destructive, form is unfounded.

This accurately rephrases the conclusion. The industrial engineer claims that the environmentalists’ worry - that the solution under consideration would just exchange one form of pollution for another - is unfounded.

Much of the carbon dioxide now released into the atmosphere ends up in the ocean where it does not cause environmental disturbances as destructive as global warming.

This rephrases the premises used to support the claim that the environmentalists’ worries are unfounded.

To reduce global warming, the strategy of pumping into the deep ocean at least some of the carbon dioxide now released into the atmosphere should be considered.

This answer choice goes too far. The industrial engineer claims that the worries about this solution are unfounded, but doesn’t go so far as to advocate for that solution.

LSAT 129 – Section 1 – Question 20

LSAT 129 - Section 1 - Question 20

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