Specific Purpose: After listening to this persuasive debate the audience
should be able to decide if they should drive electric cars or gas
powered cars.
Moderator
Introduction (include
in all outlines)
1.
I. Attention-Getter: As technology advances, many people transition from more classic and common
forms of energy
to newer, more convenient, and more environmentally friendly forms of energy. This can be seen in the rising advent of electric cars over classic
gas-powered vehicles.
2. II.
Personal Credibility: Most of us drive gas powered cars and we have also done research
on electric cars.
3. III.
Thesis: There are still those who choose to continue
utilizing gas-fueled cars and argue that they are in fact more convenient than
electric cars for a variety of different reasons.
4. IV.
Preview Main Points
Among the points debated
between people who prefer gas or electric
cars are cost, convenience, and environmental effects.
Here arguing for gas-powered cars are Mark and Brandon, and arguing for electric
cars are Patrick and John.
Patrick/John
Introduction: As stated by Thomas Jefferson: "We are living in a revolutionary
age and we must adapt."Electric cars are becoming
more of a sensation in the automobile industry due to its
convenience, safe emissions, and its cheaper
price tag. They can do exactly what an ordinary
gas powered car does.
There is no reason to buy an expensive gas guzzling car, when you can buy an affordable and more environmentally friendly electric car.
Mark/Brandon
Introduction: Gas powered cars- “Change is the law of
life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” JFK.
There is a reason why Gas powered
cars dominate the market.
In this speech we will show that it is not only more convenient, by why people
chose to make it that way. We will also cover business
practices, and the environmental impact
which may surprise
you. Gas powered cars are the way of the future and have been since the initial
death of the electric car.
[Transition: Let’s
start by looking at the convenience that each type of vehicle provides.] Body
I. First main point: Convenience Electric cars
A.
Subpoint: With electric cars you don’t
have to look for a gas station,
you can just charge your electric
car at the convenience of your own home.
B. Subpoint: Electric cars
are also less noisy than gas powered cars.
(Fleetcarma.com)
B. Subpoint:
Gas cars also are more powerful-(“Travelling distance
(Range): The cars can travel only about a 100 miles on an average,
and on a single charge...” -gearheads.org)
[MODERATOR TRANSITION: Now that the convenience of both types
of vehicle has been discussed, next we will look at
the price to be paid for that convenience.]
II. Second main point: Cost/ Business Practices Patrick/John Pro electric cars
Mark/Brandon gas cars
A.
Sub Point: Electric cars are 2 cents per mile making
it more affordable than Gas.
A.
Sub Point - All these government breaks promote bad business/ bad for capitalist market
B.
Subpoint: The cost of
electricity is stable all around the country making electric cars a much more dependable option and cheaper.
(AAA.com)
B. Subpoint Historically gas cars proved superior Henry
Ford, Ferdinand Porsche, and even
Thomas Edison tried developing this technology (https://energy.gov) yet Gas powered cars proved to be superior.
[MODERATOR TRANSITION: After the financial tolls of each vehicle are taken into consideration, there
is still the matter of the toll each may have on the environment.]
III.
Third main
point: Environmental
Third
Main Point Patrick/John Pro electric cars
A. Subpoint
Electric cars are
mostly known for being safe
for the environment because they
do
not burn off any fossil fossil fuels.
Third Main Point Mark/Brandon Pro gas cars
A.
Subpoint -
Electric cars are coal powered“The US
gets about a third of its electricity from
coal-fired power, IEA says, and more than 40% of total electricity worldwide
comes from burning
coal.” (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/08/electric-car-emissions-climate-change)
B.
Subpoint Electric cars produce
low or no emissions into the environment compared to its gas
powered competitor. Air pollution. (ucsusa.com)
(JOHN) (SHOW
SLIDES OF CARS)
[MODERATOR TRANSITION: As was shown
here, both electric
and gas-powered vehicles
have their own detriments to the environment at different degrees.
Now, both groups
will summarize their
arguments.]
Conclusion
Conclusion:
Patrick/John Electric
I.
Summary: There
are three important aspects of electric cars that we have talked about. We have talked about the convenience of electric
cars, the cost of electric cars and the environmental factors.
II.
Clincher: Gas
guzzling cars are in no way the car of the future, if there is even going to be
a future with all of the pollution from their emissions,
potentially causing environmental damage. We hope you will consider in the future
to purchase an electric car.
Conclusion: Brandon/Mark
I.
Summary: Gas
cars are superior. Gas cars are quicker to fuel, have more power, are more business friendly historically, and
present day. Even environmentally gas cars are arguably better for the environment.
II.
Clincher: Ask
if electric cars are really the way of the future, when they cause more damage
or at least equal damage to the environment as gas powered cars.
Conclusion: Moderator
I.
Summary: There
are many pros and cons to both gas-powered cars and electric cars. The cost, convenience, and environmental
effects varies for both.
II.
Clincher: When
a new, advanced “upgrade” of existing but still functional technology appears,
one must take all the negatives and positives of both in to heavy
consideration for which one works better for
them.
