Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue."I don't buy his ideas on climate change. I haven't seen him drive a hybrid car!"

What will be an ideal response?


Ad hominem. Irrelevant conclusion.

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