Reducing water consumption is a good way to ensure proper savings for every community. The author states that he predicts an increase in profits if showerheads are modified in all the buildings. At the first glance, it seems quite obvious that the prediction can be true. However, the argument is rife with numerous yawning lacunae ang glaring fallacies and thus fails to make a cogent case for favoring the author’s prediction. There are predominantly three questions that needs to be answered by the author to ensure that his claim is reasonable.
Firstly, the author needs to clarify if showerheads are the primary reason for additional costs on water. There are many activities like gardening, house cleaning, washing utensils and clothes that need high levels of water. So, the author has to answer if showerheads use water higher than all these other activities. It can be possible that gardening consumes more than 50% of water and the water through showerheads is just 5%. In this case, it would be impractical to act on replacing showerheads as the consumption is quite low already. If the above assumption is true, the author’s claim will remain baseless.
Continuing with the previous assumption, the author needs to confirm his claim by comparing the current reading with the previous readings, because if there is no change in the readings between the two months, it would be a waste of additional resources for modifying other showerheads in the remaining buildings. So, it is essential to compare the readings and act accordingly.
Another claim that the author makes is that the cost of water might surely decrease this month. However, he fails to mention the changes in the cost of water in the previous months. It is possible that the cost of water has increased drastically in the past month, and in this case, no savings can be seen for sure. If the price of water decreases, then there is no need to spend additional amounts on modifying the showerheads, as it would result in additional expenses for the community. So, unless the author answers about the cost of water in the given months, his claim cannot be justified.
Even if showerheads are put, it is not given that people use it often, people can use buckets or other containers for bathing. Then theres no use
The key takeaway that author mainly assumes is that all the people use showerheads daily. However, he hasn’t mentioned about the usage of showerheads in the letter. It might have been the case that people in the community preferred anything but showerheads as part of their daily activities, and if it is so, the author’s prediction surely gets ruled out. The people can use buckets or tubs for bath, and it can be possible that they never used the showerheads because of the low-pressure of water in the community. So, the author needs to answer if most of the people in the community use showerheads daily.
In summation, after examining various possibilities and examining the bases of the claims made by the author, I would like to state that although the author’s prediction might seem convincing at the first glance, it is not persuasive enough for the people in the community to accept modifying their showerheads.
Reducing
water
consumption is a
good
way to ensure proper savings for every
community
. The
author
states that he predicts an increase in profits if
showerheads
are modified
in all the buildings. At the
first
glance, it seems quite obvious that the
prediction
can be true.
However
, the argument is rife with numerous yawning lacunae ang glaring fallacies and
thus
fails to
make
a cogent case for favoring the
author’s
prediction
. There are
predominantly
three questions that
needs
to
be answered
by the
author
to ensure that his
claim
is reasonable.
Firstly
, the
author
needs
to clarify if
showerheads
are the primary reason for
additional
costs
on
water
. There are
many
activities like gardening,
house
cleaning, washing utensils and clothes that
need
high levels of
water
.
So
, the
author
has to
answer if
showerheads
use
water
higher than all these other activities. It can be possible that gardening consumes more than 50% of
water
and the
water
through
showerheads
is
just
5%.
In this case
, it would be impractical to act on replacing
showerheads
as the consumption is quite low already. If the above assumption is true, the
author’s
claim
will remain baseless.
Continuing with the previous assumption, the
author
needs
to confirm his
claim
by comparing the
current
reading
with the previous
readings
,
because
if there is no
change
in the
readings
between the two
months
, it would be a waste of
additional
resources for modifying other
showerheads
in the remaining buildings.
So
, it is essential to compare the
readings
and act
accordingly
.
Another
claim
that the
author
makes
is that the
cost
of
water
might
surely
decrease this
month
.
However
, he fails to mention the
changes
in the
cost
of
water
in the previous
months
. It is possible that the
cost
of
water
has increased
drastically
in the past
month
, and
in this case
, no savings can be
seen
for sure. If the price of
water
decreases, then there is no
need
to spend
additional
amounts on modifying the
showerheads
, as it would result in
additional
expenses for the
community
.
So
, unless the
author
answers about the
cost
of
water
in the
given
months
, his
claim
cannot
be justified
.
Even if
showerheads
are put
, it is not
given
that
people
use
it
often
,
people
can
use
buckets or other containers for bathing. Then
theres
no
use
The key takeaway that
author
mainly
assumes is that all the
people
use
showerheads
daily.
However
, he hasn’t
mentioned about the
usage of
showerheads
in the letter. It might have been the case that
people
in the
community
preferred anything
but
showerheads
as part of their daily activities, and if it is
so
, the
author’s
prediction
surely
gets
ruled out. The
people
can
use
buckets or tubs for bath, and it can be possible that they never
used
the
showerheads
because
of the low-pressure of
water
in the
community
.
So
, the
author
needs
to answer if most of the
people
in the
community
use
showerheads
daily.
In summation, after examining various possibilities and examining the bases of the
claims
made by the
author
, I would like to state that although the
author’s
prediction
might seem convincing at the
first
glance, it is not persuasive
enough
for the
people
in the
community
to accept modifying their
showerheads
.