Question

Some politicians claim to support the environment in speeches they make around the country. However, to get to those speeches they ride in gas guzzling, pollution creating private planes. They therefore clearly don’t believe a word of what they say and are actually making the environmental problem worse. Which one of the following, if true, would best weaken the argument above? (Points : 1) Some of the politicians try to hide the fact that they travel by private plane to their speeches around the country. Most people who hear the politicians’ speeches on the environment are unconvinced by their arguments. A majority of voters surveyed agree that politicians sometimes make society’s problems worse. Improvements to the environment brought about through the politicians’ public support of environmental regulations more than offset the damage done to the environment by the politicians’ private planes.

Answer 1

Answer: Improvement to the environment brought about through the politicians' public support of environmental regulations more than offset the damages done to the environment by the politicians' private plane.

Explanation:

The above answer accept the fact that the politicians' affect the environment negatively by their planes but this has been erased by their more positive contribution to the economy through environmental regulations.

The fact that politicians' hide the facts that they travel by private plane in their speeches or that the people are not convinced of their speeches as regards the environment or the majority of people believe that they make society problem worse non of these debunks the claim that the politicians' do not believe what they say but are only making the environment worse by flying in private plane that pollutes the environment.