PT149.S3.Q26

PrepTest 149 - Section 3 - Question 26

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Support Decreased reliance on fossil fuels is required if global warming is to be halted. ███ ███████ ████████ █████ ████████ ██ ████████ ██████████ ██ ███████ ███████████ ██████ ███████ ████ ████████ ██ ██████ ██████ ███████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ██████████ ██ ███████ ███████████ ██████ ████████

Method of Reasoning

The argument starts by describing something necessary (decreased fossil fuel reliance) to halt a problem (global warming). It then describes one approach (offering economic incentives to develop alternative energy sources) to achieving that necessity (decreased fossil fuel reliance) and concludes that the approach (offering economic incentives to develop alternative energy sources) is required to halt that problem (global warming).

Identify and Describe Flaw

This argument is flawed because it treats one approach to achieving something as a necessary approach to achieving that thing. We know that to halt global warming, we must decrease reliance on fossil fuels. Offering economic incentives to develop alternative energy sources may be one approach to decreasing reliance on fossil fuels, but we can’t infer that it’s required that we take that approach to decrease reliance on fossil fuels. It may be possible to decrease reliance on fossil fuels without offering economic incentives to develop alternative energy and, therefore, offering those economic incentives may not be required to halt global warming.

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26.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

Preventing abuse of ████████████ █████ ████████ █████████ ████ █████████ ████████ █████████ ███████████ ███████ ███████ ███ ███ ███████████ ████████ ██ ██████ ██ ████ █████████ ███████ ███ ██ ██ █████████ ███ ██ ███████████ ███████ ███ ███████████ ███ ███████ ██████████ ███ █████ ██ ████████████ █████ ████ ██ ██████████

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