The topic of this Penn & Teller's show is about recycling. They are arguing that recycle--which most of us believe is a good thing to do--is pointless. Wasting time, energy, and huge amount of money from our tax. They list the reasons that people believe why recycling is good and prove it wrong point by point. They point out that recycling wast more energy in the process than the overall saving. Second evidence, recycle waste about three times of money than simply throw it away. They also argue that the worker hired for recycle is wasting of the payers' tax money. Next, they indicate that some trees are planted for making paper, like we plant wheat for food. After that, they mention the pollution brought by the recycle was not saving the environment but rather destroy it. One last, they show that if we built a 35 mile wide land fill, it could hold our trash for 1000 years. It's not small but it is just a small part of United States. In addition, the methane producing from the trash can also be a source for our electricity.
I think that the evidences they provided are convincing. They not only show their point but also show the interview from the opposite point of view. They proof what we think is correct to do was wrong. Since they do it point by point, it is easy to follow. They did consider the need and desire for their audiences, However, it might make the people with opposite view point angry at the same time. They build up their logos by providing the data and statistic. They also build up the pathos by interview the expert form both side. I did not see the ethos, unless the cursing could count as ethos.
The strategies I might use to prove my point is provide as many data and statistic as I can from both side.
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