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Charles argues that recessions decrease car pollution since fewer people commute to their jobs during recessions.

In order for overall car pollution to decrease because fewer people are commuting to work, it must be true that increased car pollution resulting from other kinds of driving do not outweigh the commuters’ reductions.

Charles’s argument depends on the assumption that the decrease in car pollution resulting from fewer commuters driving will not be outweighed by other drivers creating more pollution.

Fewer commuters driving could still cause an overall decrease in car pollution even if another group increases their driving. Charles only needs to assume that any increase in other drivers’ pollution won’t outweigh the commuters’ reduction.

A decrease in pollution from commuters could still reduce pollution overall even if commuters are a minority of drivers. The conclusion still follows even if the reduction in pollution is small.

The argument is limited to air pollution due to automobile exhaust, so Charles doesn’t need to assume that pollution from trains or buses won’t increase.

This must be true in order for the conclusion to follow. If the commuters’ reductions in pollution were outweighed by increases in pollution from other drivers, then overall pollution would not decrease.

Fewer commuters driving could cause an overall decrease in car pollution regardless of how many non-driving commuters lose their jobs, so this is irrelevant.

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