Columnist: Although it is our civic duty to protect the population against hazards to public health, Conclusion we should not reroute high-tension power lines away from heavily populated areas. ████ ██ ███████ ███ ███████ █████████ ██████ ██ ███████ ██ ██████████ ███ ██████████ ████ ███████ ██████████████████ ███████ ██ ██████ ███████
The author concludes that we should not reroute high-tension power lines away from heavily populated areas. Why? Because our resources should be spent to protect ONLY against well-substantiated threats to public health.
Is having high-tension power lines near heavily populated areas a well-substantiated threat to public health? It might be...the premises don’t say it isn’t. So the author’s conclusion isn’t justified by the premise right now. In order to make the argument valid, we want to establish that high-tension power lines near heavily populated areas is NOT a well-substantiated threat to public health. This would then justify a claim that we shouldn’t spend resources trying to reroute the lines.
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(A) doesn’t establish that high-tension power lines in heavily populated areas is not a well-substantiated threat. So it doesn’t guarantee that we shouldn’t reroute the lines.
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(B) doesn’t establish that high-tension power lines in heavily populated areas is not a well-substantiated threat. So it doesn’t guarantee that we shouldn’t reroute the lines.
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(C) doesn’t establish that high-tension power lines in heavily populated areas is not a well-substantiated threat. So it doesn’t guarantee that we shouldn’t reroute the lines.
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If no investigation has shown any health threat from these lines, then the potential threat isn’t well-substantiated. In connection with the premise, this allows us to conclude we shouldn’t use any resources toward protecting the population from high-tension power lines.
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(E) doesn’t establish that high-tension power lines in heavily populated areas is not a well-substantiated threat. So it doesn’t guarantee that we shouldn’t reroute the lines.