Name: Anthony Grant

ID#: 1301242

Course: Academic Writing II

Title: Argumentative Essay Sentence Outline

Topic #: 1

Lecturer: Ms. Burris

Topic: Using coal to fuel Jamaica’s Bauxite Industry will do more harm than good.

(agree/disagree)

Narrowed Topic: Using coal to fuel Jamaica’s Bauxite Industry will do more harm than good.

Audience: Government, citizens near bauxite areas, economists, general public and engineers.

Purpose: To convince the audience that using coal fuel bauxite will do more harm than good to

the environment, health and economy.

Thesis statement:
Using Coal to fuel Jamaican Bauxite will do more harm than good more harm than good as

health and environmental problems will occur.

I. Burning coal in a large amount to fuel a bauxite will create serious health risk as we
breathe in the emission from the atmosphere.

A. Burning coal releases particulate matter into the air, which causes respiratory
ailments – especially long-term or chronic health effects (GreenPeace, 2012).
B. (GreenPeace, 2012) went on further to state that, another by-product of coal
burning is mercury, which infiltrates the food chain and attacks the nervous
system. Young children and babies, whose nervous systems are still
developing, are particularly vulnerable.
C. According to an article written in the New York Times on August 17 2016 by

Edward Wong, An exposure to coal can cause major pre mature birth, which

result to death in the fetus.

II. Not only does using coal to fuel the bauxite will cause serious health problem to

human but it does causes major environmental problems:

A. (Hay, 2012) claims that the burning of coal destroys ecosystems and releases

toxic levels of minerals and gases into water and air.

B. A lot of the damage that will be done to the environment is irreversible.

(OECD Observer, 2001)

C. Coal releases carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which will warm the earth’s

atmosphere and hence a huge change in the climate which will be catastrophic

to human and plants (GreenPeace, 2012)

 Counterclaim: Using coal to fuel Jamaica’s bauxite will do more be more beneficial

to Jamaica society.

(a) Coal is the cheapest fuel and hence we can save money. (Stephen Moore,

Fueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy, 2016)

(b) Based on what is written on CoalEducation.org, Coal is readily available as it

is mostly fossil fuels and made from wood carbon fiber.

Refutation: Using Coal to fuel Jamaica’s bauxite is bad and will do more harm than good

(a) Coal may be the cheapest fuel however, it is the dirtiest. (2016 Jamaican

Bauxite Institute)

(b) Coal is readily available however it is not good to have it in abundance too

much carbon will cause the ozone layer to deplete and cause a smog similar to

the situation in China.

References
(2016, October 4) http://www.coaleducation.org/q&a/10_reasons_why_coal.htm

(2016, October 4) http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/world/asia/china-coal-health-smog-

pollution.html?_r=0

(2016, October 4) http://www.jbi.org.jm/pages/industry

OECD. (2001, May 14). OECD Observer. Retrieved from

http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/archivestory.php/aid/459/HARVARD_SCIENTIST_
WARNS_ENVIRONMENTAL_DAMAGE_IRREVERSIBLE.html
https://www.mona.uwi.edu/physics/sites/default/files/physics/uploads/CLIMATE%20ENERGY

%20NEXUS%20COAL%20(1).pdf

Fueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy

http://www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/campaigns/climate-energy/problems/coal/