Sentences with phrase «effective argument against it»

So my cost effective argument against mitigation is a lot of money spent for little effect might better be spent adapting to the past.

The most effective argument against expanding Wisconsin's statewide voucher program is how much it could cost, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke said Monday.

That he chooses to bypass the «guns don't kill people, people kill people» fact only shows that he has no effective argument against it, preferring instead to continue along the path of «don't confuse me with the facts, my mind is made up».

During an opposition day debate, it was the Tories who made the most effective arguments against the plan.

Not exact matches

It appears to me that the above argument concerning specifically the obliteration of the past and future is not effective, at least against counter-arguments of process philosophers.

This argument, based not strictly on deterrence but on incapacitation of known offenders, is inconclusive, since there are other effective means of protecting the innocent against convicted murderers — for example, imprisonment of murderers for life in high - security institutions.

This is an especially effective counter against the abstract «let the police protect you» counter argument against gun rights.

When all the evidence is weighed together, Prozac, Paxil, and other such popular pills seem to be at best weakly effective against depression — an argument Kirsch presses in his new book, The Emperor's New Drugs.

The data we now have really supports the argument that it provides effective protection against hip fracture, one of the most costly complaints within the Swedish healthcare system, and something that many people of this age die from.

This resource is: - An easy and effective way to structure revision sessions - Based around formulating arguments for and against given statements and is therefore perfect for practising analysis and evaluation - Easily customisable and reusable (just change the statements you wish for students to discuss)

I think this emerging form of emissions accounting provides a valuable way to show how the growing coal (and natural gas) greenhouse - gas emissions commitment will play out, but — because of the competing social and economic values embedded in that extracted energy, along with the equity argument poor countries use against established fossil - powered industrial giants — I'm not sure it leads to a more effective strategy for cutting those emissions.

The «moral hazard» argument against CDR goes something like this: CDR could be a «Trojan horse» that fossil fuel interests will use to delay rapid decarbonization of the economy, as these fossil interests could use the prospect of cost - effective, proven, scaleable CDR technologies as an excuse for continuing to burn fossil fuels today (on the grounds that at some point in the future we'll have the CDR techniques to remove these present - day emissions).

I think a stronger argument against action would be whether there is effective action we can take.

One effective (and under utilized) argument against this line of attack is to point out that no professional organization that has adopted a position statement on climate change has dissented from the consensus view of climate scientist.

Recognizing that litigation results — and the prospects for settlement — often hinge on the presentation of persuasive legal arguments in line with the relevant case law, Mr. Cooper employs an effective mix of case law research and evidence consultation in order to ensure that clients on a tight budget understand all the costs and benefits of proceeding with, or defending against, a legal action.