It is widely believed that the most environmentally sensible thing to do is to buy food from local farmers whenever it is available. But the distance that food travels turns out to be only a small part of its environmental impact. Certain foods can be produced with far less impact in some places rather than others. So, sometimes it is environmentally preferable to buy food that is not produced locally, rather than buy locally produced food.

BOLDFACE plays which one of the following roles in the argument?

A) It is a principle upon which the reasoning in the argument is based.

B) It is a general principle that is used to support a particular activity that falls under it.

C) It is a general principle that is used to reject a particular activity that is not compatible with it.

D) It is a view that is rejected by the argument.

E) It is the conclusion of the argument.

The bold statement is a belief that is rejected by the conclusion. The conclusion is 'sometimes it is environmentally preferable to buy food that is not produced locally, rather than buy locally produced food'.
Going through the answer choices, only D fits.
Answer D.
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After Bf, sentence starts with BUT - - - > something going against what is written before.

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[quote="souvonik2k"]It is widely believed that the most environmentally sensible thing to do is to buy food from local farmers whenever it is available. But the distance that food travels turns out to be only a small part of its environmental impact. Certain foods can be produced with far less impact in some places rather than others. So, sometimes it is environmentally preferable to buy food that is not produced locally, rather than buy locally produced food.

BOLDFACE plays which one of the following roles in the argument?

A) It is a principle upon which the reasoning in the argument is based.

B) It is a general principle that is used to support a particular activity that falls under it.

C) It is a general principle that is used to reject a particular activity that is not compatible with it.

D) It is a view that is rejected by the argument.

E) It is the conclusion of the argument.

The bold statement is a belief that is rejected by the conclusion. The conclusion is 'sometimes it is environmentally preferable to buy food that is not produced locally, rather than buy locally produced food'.
Going through the answer choices, only D fits.
Answer D.[/quote

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