Argument Map Directory[]
Argument maps are a way to organize issues (questions to be answered), ideas (alternative answers for a question), and arguments (statements that support or detract an idea or other argument).
Question: What energy source should we focus on?[]
Proposition: Solar[]
PRO: [America has enough money to develop solar, even if it is not cost effective now][1]
CON: [Solar is not nearly as cost effective as coal/oil or wind][2]
Proposition: Wind[]
PRO: [Wind has a high enough efficiency][3]
PRO: [Wind has a low enough production cost][4]
CON: [Wind is highly unreliable and takes up quite a bit of space][5]
Proposition: Bill Gates' Nuclear (Traveling wave reactor -- TWR)[]
PRO: [TWR runs off the waste created by our current reactors][6]
PRO: [TWR leaves very little waste behind][7]
PRO: [TWR reactor life is about 60 years][8]
PRO: [TWR is a large scale, long term solution][9]
Question: What is the right measure to use when talking about the wealth of a country?[]
Proposition: Gross National Product (GNP)[]
PRO: [Money eases the exchange of product and services][10]
CON: [GNP does not measure life satisfaction][11]
Proposition: Gross National Happiness (GNH)[]
PRO: [GNH has multidimensional poverty measures from ophi.org.uk][12]
CON: [GNH just measures the present environmental damage][13]
Proposition: Gross National Health (GNH)[]
PRO: [Health is both mental and physical, which is even better than just happiness][14]
PRO: [Details looking at health/wellbeing could be included in both GNH and GPI][15]
Proposition: Genuine Progress Index (GPI)[]
PRO: [GPI takes into account more environmental variables than GNH][16]
PRO: [GPI goes further than GNH to try to incorporate long term environmental damage][17]
CON: [GPI does not have an effective development/poverty metric][18]