vjsharma25 wrote:
Baumgartner's comparison of the environmental hazards of gasoline-powered cars with those of electric cars is misleading. He examines only production of the cars, whereas it is the product's total life cycle-production, use, and recycling-that matters in determining its environmental impact. A typical gasoline-powered car consumes 3 times more resources and produces 15 to 20 times more air pollution than a typical electric car.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of the argument?
(A) Baumgartner makes a deceptive comparison between the environmental hazards of gasoline powered and electric cars.
(B) The use of a typical gasoline-powered car results in much greater resource depletion than does the use of a typical electric car.
(C) Baumgartner uses inaccurate data in his comparison of the environmental hazards of gasoline-powered and electric cars.
(D) The total life cycle of a product is what matters in assessing its environmental impact.
(E) The production of gasoline-powered cars creates more environmental hazards than does that of electric cars.
Statement 1- Proper comparison is not done between gasoline-powered cars and electric cars
Statement 2- Because only one aspect is examined there are other factors too such as product's total life cycle-production, use, and recycling(Note all factors matters, may be in combination we don't know that)
Statement 3- comparison of some aspects of electric cars and gasoline cars is done
A- Can be inferred clearly
B- Nothing about depletion is mentioned (May be more electric cars are used and resource depletion because of electric car is more)
C- Data is not inaccurate only other aspects are not taken into consideration
D- Well there are other factors mentioned too, we cannot conclude this.
E- Nothing like this is mentioned in passage
hence A is clear Answer