Columnist: Wildlife activists have proposed that the practice of stringing cable TV lines from the same poles that carry electric power lines should be banned because cable TV lines, while electrically neutral themselves, make it easier for animals to climb near electric power lines, risking electrocution
This particular argument for banning the practice fails, however, since some animals are electrocuted by power lines even where cable TV lines are all underground
It fails to consider the additional advantageous effects that a proposal to address a problem might have.