Veritas Prep CR Forum Expert - Karishma - Ask Me Anything about CR

Argument:

As per a recent survey, an average middle-aged person drives his or her car for two thousand miles in a year and 99% of these people own a gasoline-run car.
In addition, the survey suggested that if offered an economical option to switch to electric cars, most of these people would change their gasoline-run cars.

Plan: Implement a plan that would allow all the current owners of gasoline-run cars to switch to electric cars at a minimal cost.

Note that the survey is talking about average middle aged people only. We don't know what part of the population they represent. But the plan is being made for "all current owners".

Objective: Significantly reducing air pollution in Papula in the next 5 years

Find the option that casts doubt on the plan:

A. Though some of the citizens are concerned about the negative environmental impact of air pollution, they will not spend any extra money to protect the environment.
Some citizens could mean very few citizens. Also, are these "some citizens" gasoline car owners - we don't know. So this doesn't directly impact our plan.

B. The budget deficit of the government of Papula is already at alarming levels, and any further increase in the deficit could lead to the bankruptcy of the country.
Irrelevant to our argument.

C. Since Papula is an aging country, with more than half its population near retirement age, the chief consideration for a large number of its citizens is the convenience to drive rather than the costs to do so.
Here is the twist. More than half the population of Papula is near retirement. So the middle age people we talked about forms a smaller part of the population. This casts a doubt on our plan - we don't know what the older people feel about switching. For this older generation, convenience is more important than cost. The parameter on which the older generation judges is different than the one on which the middle aged people judge. The plan is being made keeping the parameter of middle aged people in mind. This again casts doubt on the success of the plan.

D. In the last two decades, Papula has emerged as a major economic hub, leading to an increase in the living standard of its citizens and in the number of cars in the region.
In the last two decades, number of cars has increased. But we are planning to replace all gasoline run cars so it doesn't matter what the actual number of cars is.

E. Since people who don’t own gasoline cars would not be benefitted from the proposed plan, they may strongly oppose the use of taxpayer money on such a plan.
Irrelevant to our argument.

Answer (C)
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