The author of the argument has failed to convince us that an investment in Consolidated Industries, a major business operating in retail sale of heating oil, is potentially profitable for the investors. The argument, as it stands is based on questionable assumptions and a faulty line of reasoning, a fact which renders it over-simplistic and unconvincing.
First of all, the author of the argument assumes that the company has a market portion of heating oil sales in the northeastern United States. However, there is no such a confirmation of the assumption in the aforementioned letter. What if ...
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