Cot-Ten, a cotton production company, has recently faced profitability issues based on the use of
Chemical X in its manufacturing process. The main by-product produced when using Chemical X is
covered under stringent environmental regulations, making it very difficult and expensive to dispose of. A
similar processing product, Chemical Y, has recently been discovered, and can be used by Cot-Ten at a
minimal cost of switching. The CEO of Cot-Ten has declared that the company will increase profits by
switching to Chemical Y by the end of the month.
While it may be true that adopting chemical Y is going to increase profits because of minimal cost in switching the argument is flawed since it fails to take into account other counterfactors. It misses if availability of chemical Y is easy enough to be used for production. The argument does not mention if same of chemical Y will be required to do the work as done with certain amount of chemical X. Finally, it omits if chemical Y has other harmful effects on workers, environment and society as a general.
The largest leap in the argument is that the CEO of Cot-Ten assumes that chemical Y is as easily available as chemical X. It is mentioned that chemical Y has been recently discovered and it is very likely the large scale availability of it is not possible yet. Further, even if it is somehow available it is wise to ask if it requires lesser/similar transportation cost to chemical X. In case of high transportation costs the profit is going to be severely impacted and might drop down as well. Hence, it is necessary to find out the logistics of chemical X and check if it is readily available at reasonable handling charges.
Even if the availability was not an issue it is not clear if the running cost of chemical Y will be lower or equal to that of chemical X. It is stated that chemical Y is similar processing product but it is missing other crucial factors like if cost of chemical Y is same as that of chemical X. Or if the amount required for doing some processing is similar or nearly identical for both the chemicals. Although the switching costs are low but in the long run other costs will play a major role. It is essential to examine and quantify the overall production cost incurred using both the chemicals, this comparison will help the company understand the implications of using one chemical over the other in long run.
The argument can be strengthened by validating if there no other negative implications of chemical Y. Even if chemical Y might not be under environmental regulation yet it is important to think if it will be in near future. It is equally essential to also consider the safety of workers, environment and surroundings. Does the usage of this chemical lead to any health issues in employees? Does it adversely affect the air or water or soil in the surroundings? Does it affect environment or ecosystem in any way? Once these questions are answered then we can guage if it is fine to supplant chemical X with chemical Y.
Although the argument presents an interesting argument it lacks certain serious considerations which keeps it from being a logically cogent case. The argument can be strengthened by considering and understanding the logistics, take into account the price factors, and implications of usage on the environment and society as a whole. Since it is mentioned that chemical Y has been recently discovered it certainly casts doubt if it can be immediately useful for the industry and production which generally work at scale. At the end we should remember that we should prohibit use of any such material which even though might be cheaper but causes irrevocable harm to the nature.
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- Company X has just switched to a 4-day workweek, mandating that employees work 10 hours per day fromMonday to Thursday instead of 8 hours per day from Monday to Friday. Although the policy is new,Company X claims that the policy will help to increase prof 50
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 462, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...r or water or soil in the surroundings? Does it affect environment or ecosystem in a...
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Line 9, column 1, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Although” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...supplant chemical X with chemical Y. Although the argument presents an interesting ar...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, hence, if, may, so, then, well, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 41.0 19.5258426966 210% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.4196629213 121% => OK
Conjunction : 21.0 14.8657303371 141% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 42.0 33.0505617978 127% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 63.0 58.6224719101 107% => OK
Nominalization: 18.0 12.9106741573 139% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2613.0 2235.4752809 117% => OK
No of words: 550.0 442.535393258 124% => OK
Chars per words: 4.75090909091 5.05705443957 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.84273464058 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.9432320459 2.79657885939 105% => OK
Unique words: 242.0 215.323595506 112% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.44 0.4932671777 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 853.2 704.065955056 121% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.10617977528 225% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.3339261664 60.3974514979 67% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.52 118.986275619 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.0 23.4991977007 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.28 5.21951772744 44% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.158574846425 0.243740707755 65% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0494133187139 0.0831039109588 59% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0453116902002 0.0758088955206 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.094919399151 0.150359130593 63% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0250978131925 0.0667264976115 38% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 14.1392134831 84% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 48.8420337079 101% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.1743820225 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.27 12.1639044944 84% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.8 8.38706741573 93% => OK
difficult_words: 107.0 100.480337079 106% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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