Environmentalists have continually argued for the use of alternatives to fossil fuels to generate energy and that wind farms are a good alternative. As windmills can harm migratory birds, we could say that environmentalists have committed the:
A) fallacy of composition.
B) fallacy that association is causation.
C) fallacy of segmentation.
D) mistake of ignoring secondary effects.
E) mistake of ignoring the obvious.

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The mistake committed by environmentalists is ignoring the secondary effects of wind farms, specifically the harm they cause to migratory birds. This mistake is known as the mistake of ignoring secondary effects.

Environmentalists Have Continually Argued for the Use of Alternatives to Fossil