topic- Gavin Newsom’s electric vehicle mandate set for 2025 is good.
5-6 sources
all claims must be cited
it’s about a 7-minute speech
the teacher’s example outline is below, but can you please write a word-for-word speech and fill out the outline.
Main I Problem: To address the potential for another major drought, some are proposing that the state legislature mandate year-round water conservation, even as soon as next year.
A. (Discuss the very real matter of the long drought we have, with this winter’s rains, only just started to climb out of).
B. (Discuss the proposed idea of year-round water conservation as a proposed solution to alleviate the worst of future droughts).
Main II Solution: The state legislature MUST NOT adopt such a policy! (Notice you are arguing here AGAINST a policy.)
A. (Explain why year-round water conservation would be bad, or why making it mandatory would be bad. This is a value-oriented argument – the value of “bad” – supported by questions of fact.)
1. Cannot really be enforced.
a. Just as we cannot get people to stop texting while driving, no law is going ton ever be able to track and stop those who violate mandates for water conservation.
b. If it cannot be enforced in any real way, mandate is toothless and will not, therefore, do much to help the state save water.
2. And, even if it could be enforced, there is almost no way to make enforcement fair.
a. Some folks may already be conserving water, while others may be unable to for various reasons.
b. The wealthy will continue to water their lavish landscaping, easily be able to afford whatever fines they might be assessed.
B. A better solution is to encourage the use of water conservation via tax credits for water-conscious landscaping, the adoption of water-conscious agricultural practices, and whatever.
1. Rather than the stick (fines and such), the state should use the carrot of tax credits to those who can be shown to be doing their parts to save water.
Main III Counterargument/Rebuttal: So who would say no to this common-sense solution?
A. Some argue that without mandates, the state will simply not be able to guarantee the water savings needed to safeguard against a critical shortage of water when the next drought hits.
1. Could model our laws on those on the books in places like Australia, where water conservation is mandatory year-round.
B. We ought to try every means at our disposal and see what works and what does not before instituting the seemingly drastic measure of year-round mandatory water conservation.
YOUR CALL TO ACTION AT THE END OF SPEECH WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE: Write to the California Water Resources Control Board and tell them NO to year-round water restrictions.
