Conclusion Baumgartner's comparison of the environmental hazards of gasoline-powered cars with those of electric cars is misleading. ██ ████████ ████ ██████████ ██ ███ █████ ███████ ██ ██ ███ █████████ █████ ████ ███████████████████ ████ ███ ████████████████ ███████ ██ ███████████ ███ █████████████ ███████ █ ███████ ████████████████ ███ ████████ █ █████ ████ █████████ ███ ████████ ██ ██ ██ █████ ████ ███ █████████ ████ █ ███████ ████████ ████
Baumgartner’s comparison of environmental hazard is misleading. Why? Because he neglects elements essential to determining environmental impact.
The conclusion is a critique of Baumgartner’s comparison: “Baumgartner’s comparison of the environmental hazards of gasoline-powered cars with those of electric cars is misleading.”
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This is a good restatement of the conclusion. The rest of the argument supports this by showing that Baumgartner has neglected vital considerations.
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This is premise. It provides support for the idea that including the use of different cars is necessary to accurately compare environmental impact.
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The author claims that Baumgartner is considering an incomplete set of information. That’s not the same as inaccurate data. Baumgartner’s production data may be 100% accurate, but the resulting comparison is still misleading.
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This is a sub-conclusion. Because the total life cycle is what matters, Baumgartner is using incomplete information when he only considers production. (D) supports the conclusion that Baumgartner’s comparison is misleading.
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The author doesn’t address this. We know that the author believes that gas-powered cars use more resources, but we can’t assume that the author also believes they create more environmental hazard.
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