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09 Jun 2018, 06:31
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Unlike the more traditional energy sources of coal, gas, and nuclear energy, energy from the sun produces no major problems. It produces no pollution and requires no transportation from foreign lands. It threatens no one with radiation dangers and is not controlled by powerful corporations. Therefore, we should encourage people to use solar energy.
Which of the following statements, if true, most seriously weakens this argument?
(A) There have been very few studies of solar energy use by households
(B) The cost of oil and gas could be regulated to make it less costly for home consumption
(C) The cost of the equipment required to collect enough solar energy for a family of four equals the amount a family now pays for oil, gas, or nuclear produced energy in one year
(D) Most critics of solar energy are connected to energy monopolies
(E) An effective way for families to capture and store solar energy has not yet been developed
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Which of the following statements, if true, most seriously weakens this argument?
(A) There have been very few studies of solar energy use by households
(B) The cost of oil and gas could be regulated to make it less costly for home consumption
(C) The cost of the equipment required to collect enough solar energy for a family of four equals the amount a family now pays for oil, gas, or nuclear produced energy in one year
(D) Most critics of solar energy are connected to energy monopolies
(E) An effective way for families to capture and store solar energy has not yet been developed
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09 Jun 2018, 08:33
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A) Does not weaken the argument seriously. There have been only A FEW studies but there have been studies and even a few studies could be helpful.
B) If cost of O&G can be regulated, it does not mean that the cost will be lesser than that of solar energy. This statement also does not talk about the other advantages of solar energy mentioned in the argument.
C) Eliminated this option because I could not find the comparison of times - cost of solar equipment does not have unit in this example and therefore, no definitive conclusion could be made.
D) We are not concerned with what the energy monopolies think with regards to this argument.
E) If the effective way of capturing and storing energy has not been discovered yet, it is the biggest weakener for advocating against the use of solar energy rather than other energy sources. Thus, it is a perfect weakener and hence the correct answer.
09 Jun 2018, 08:46
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I would like better if the question sounded like:
Therefore, people should begin use solar energy.
Which of the following statements, if true, most seriously weakens this argument?
The original one is not that bad too.
So.
A. Ok, there have been few studies. We can non understand from that should we encourage people to use solar energy or not.
B. It is not connected to use of solar energy at all. We have no link.
C. Ok, it is additional fact. But we can not say, does it help encourage or not.
Even if it is the question of only money, we can not tell anything. And again it is not only about money.
D. Does not give us anything.
E. That is it. The global concern!
An effective way for families to capture and store solar energy has not yet been developed
So we get all advantages of solar energy all sunny summer, but maybe it will be a rainy autumn withot sun, and we can not storage solar energy, so we will not have energy.
