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How is this a straw man argument? "A straw man is a form of argument and an informal fallacy of having the impression of refuting an argument, whereas the real
by blumio 5y ago
How is this a straw man argument?
"A straw man is a form of argument and an informal fallacy of having the impression of refuting an argument, whereas the real subject of the argument was not addressed or refuted, but instead replaced with a false one. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man"."
- glofish 5y agoYes, that is what this blog does > the typical straw man argument creates the illusion of having completely refuted or defeated an opponent's proposition through the covert replacement of it with a different proposition It defeats anti-renewable fallacies, by making up some easy to defeat fallacies.
- Retric 5y agoIt’s impossible to respond to fallacies without saying them. I can show you examples of every single one of these if you want. This #2 example is interesting as it specifically excludes hydroelectric which is a common refrain in 100% calculations: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20022019/100-percent-renewable-energy-battery-storage-need-worst-case-polar-vortex-wind-solar/?amp https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20022019/100-percent-rene... Now having given an example can I mention how modeling the grid without hydroelectric power is a fallacy?
- stathibus 5y agoBad models are not fallacies.
- Retric 5y agoOversimplification is. Essentially asking how much X do we need then not minimizing X is not answering the question. 10^100 kWh of storage would work, but so would 10^99 kWh, 10^98 ... we care about the minimum not simply any number that’s sufficient.
- stathibus 5y agoFind a real life person who makes the arguments and would agree with your presentation of them.