Explain why evidence supports a position

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1. A position is an opinion on an issue that can be supported with evidence and reasoning.

For example, a position on coal might be "The United States should decrease its reliance on coal power."

2. Evidence is facts, data, experiences, and beliefs. In this class, we will focus on evidence pulled from reliable, external sources that we cite; however, we will have opportunities to use and discuss evidence based on personal experience as well as ethical and moral beliefs.

An example evidence for the above position on coal power is "Coal power plants accounted for 59% of the carbon dioxide emissions from US electricity generation in 2021 (EPA.gov)"

3. Reasoning explains why evidence supports a position. Often, people are unclear in their arguments and rely on the reader to make logical jumps of their own, which might differ from reader to reader. To avoid this problem, in this class, we will explicitly state why data, facts, etc. are important in our arguments.

An example of reasoning why the above evidence supports the position stated on coal power is "Because coal power plants contribute disproportionately to carbon dioxide emissions compared to other sources of electricity generation, they are an inefficient source of power and we should reduce our use of them in the United States."

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