A lobby group argues that the government should not provide funding for companies that develop environmentally friendly technology,because there is no conclusive evidence that those technologies will help the environment.Which fallacy does this example illustrate

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The argument presented in the example is using the appeal to ignorance fallacy, as it is assuming that just because there is no conclusive evidence that environmentally friendly technology will help the environment, it must not be true. This is a logical fallacy as absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

A Lobby Group Argues That the Government Should Not Provide