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Kim: Some people claim that the battery-powered electric car represent [#permalink] New post   21 Feb 2020, 02:10
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Kim: Some people claim that the battery-powered electric car represents a potential solution to the problem of air pollution. But they forget that it takes electricity to recharge batteries and that most of our electricity is generated by burning polluting fossil fuels. Increasing the number of electric cars on the road would require building more generating facilities since current facilities are operating at maximum capacity. So even if all of the gasoline-powered cars on the roads today were replaced by electric cars, it would at best be an exchange of one source of fossil-fuel pollution for another.

The main point made in Kim’s argument is that


(A) replacing gasoline-powered cars with battery-powered electric cars will require building more generating facilities

(B) a significant reduction in air pollution cannot be achieved unless people drive less

(C) all forms of automobile transportation are equally harmful to the environment in terms of the air pollution they produce

(D) battery-powered electric cars are not a viable solution to the air-pollution problem

(E) gasoline-powered cars will probably remain a common means of transportation for the foreseeable future
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Re: Kim: Some people claim that the battery-powered electric car represent [#permalink] New post   25 Feb 2020, 03:42
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This passaage argues that electrical vhecle can solve the problem of air pollution. As author says e-vhecle making will just change the application in which the fuels are burned.
Answer D supports this reasoning.

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Re: Kim: Some people claim that the battery-powered electric car represent [#permalink] New post   11 May 2021, 07:37
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A is too specific and talks only about one part of the argument.
B is out bc we dont know whether driving less can reduce air pollution.
Future predictions are not part of the argument So, E is out.
In case of C, we dont know if "all forms of automobile" are equally harmful, comparison is only bw electric and gasoline-powered cars.
That leaves us D, which is the closest to main point.
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Re: Kim: Some people claim that the battery-powered electric car represent [#permalink] New post   19 May 2021, 05:08
It can be inferred from the argument that the author's, main focus is on the air pollution. So even if the gasoline in cars is replaced by electric battery, the electric power is generated by burning fuel. Hence, Options (D) is the correct answer to this question.
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Re: Kim: Some people claim that the battery-powered electric car represent [#permalink] New post   29 Aug 2021, 22:46
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Bunuel wrote:
Kim: Some people claim that the battery-powered electric car represents a potential solution to the problem of air pollution. But they forget that it takes electricity to recharge batteries and that most of our electricity is generated by burning polluting fossil fuels. Increasing the number of electric cars on the road would require building more generating facilities since current facilities are operating at maximum capacity. So even if all of the gasoline-powered cars on the roads today were replaced by electric cars, it would at best be an exchange of one source of fossil-fuel pollution for another.

The main point made in Kim’s argument is that


(A) replacing gasoline-powered cars with battery-powered electric cars will require building more generating facilities

(B) a significant reduction in air pollution cannot be achieved unless people drive less

(C) all forms of automobile transportation are equally harmful to the environment in terms of the air pollution they produce

(D) battery-powered electric cars are not a viable solution to the air-pollution problem

(E) gasoline-powered cars will probably remain a common means of transportation for the foreseeable future


Took some time to eliminate C but later realized that it was easy to eliminate C if one focus on the keyword present in the options choice. Let's look at the option choice


(A) replacing gasoline-powered cars with battery-powered electric cars will require building more generating facilities That's not why the author wrote the passage, so eliminate

(B) a significant reduction in air pollution cannot be achieved unless people drive less Nowhere the impact of driving on pollution was mentioned

(C) all forms of automobile transportation are equally harmful to the environment in terms of the air pollution they produce Notice the keyword "all forms", the argument only focuses on "batter powered cars" so this is out of scope

(D) battery-powered electric cars are not a viable solution to the air-pollution problem Yes as the per the last statement

(E) gasoline-powered cars will probably remain a common means of transportation for the foreseeable future No future reference present in the argument
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