Project 3 Outline

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In this blog post, I will develop my outline for Project 3.

Introducing Your Public Argument
Think about your situation
This type of introduction lets me draw on current events to try to get my audience thinking about my ideas in regard to the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

Developing Strong Supporting Paragraphs

1. List Down Major Supporting Arguments
• Emissions standards will accurately reflect how cars actually perform.
• Proper emissions controlled diesel engines are still the best answer for efficient vehicles
2. List Down Major Criticisms
• Doesn't sound good to lower emissions standards on cars
• We should put everything toward electric cars
• Diesel is the devil
• Fine VW the maximum
3. Select Your Key Support and Rebuttal Points
• Support
• Urea injection makes diesel exhaust clean
• Batteries are extremely energy intensive and environmentally destructive to make
• With lower standards but real world mileage and emissions tests, we will have accurate estimates for how cars actually perform. 
• Rebuttal
• Fine VW the maximum
• The scandal didn't lead to any deaths
• Diesel is the devil
• Urea injection makes diesel exhaust clean
• We should put everything toward electric cars
• Batteries are extremely energy intensive and environmentally destructive to make
4. Write out a Tentative Topic Sentence for Each Support and Rebuttal Point
• While Volkswagen's institutional cheating has encouraged an alarmist and reactionary stance in much of the media, diesel engines that use Selective Catalytic Reduction (urea injection) have remarkably low emissions while maintaining favorable power and fuel consumption.
• As Sergio Marchionne can famously be quoted, producing high density batteries is extremely energy intensive to the point that a gas powered Fiat 500 could go 10,000 miles with the energy it takes to make the battery for the electric Fiat 500.
• While it may sound insane, we should actually the lower emissions and mileage targets  that automakers currently have to shoot for. Why? Because all of these targets are based on inaccurate lab tests. If we lower the targets but set them at an achievable but ambitious level and mandate road testing for mileage and emissions, everyone will benefit. Automakers will be subject to more realistic regulations and customers will have a realistic idea of how their cars will perform in the real world.
5. Gather Evidence - I will cite other sources and find specific data as necessary but I have very in-depth knowledge about the VW scandal myself so it should not be too difficult to write this from my own knowledge.
• http://jalopnik.com/?trending_test_d&utm_expid=66866090-62.H_y_0o51QhmMY_tue7bevQ.4
• http://www.caranddriver.com/
• http://www.roadandtrack.com/
• personal knowledge
6. Develop a Map of Your Argument

Concluding Strategies

Negative/Positive Consequences

As I am writing about the issues that we currently address, I think I will most likely conclude by pointing out the problems with the current system and what we would gain by changing current emissions regulations to be more accurate.

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I read Chloe's Project 3 Outline and her Considering Visual Elements posts. Chloe and I agree on a lot of facets of about visual elements. It was reassuring to read something from someone who essentially agreed with all of my opinions. All in all, what I learned was that while the outlining work was a good start, there is still as lot of work that needs to go into this project to make it good.