Mechanical Pencils are overall better than regular pencils.

Thanks for the response.As per your request, I will refute your arguments and then summarize why the Opposition has won.I'd like to remind the readers that I do not necessarily have to prove that regular pencils are better than mechanical pencils. All I have to do is disprove that mechanical pencils are better; I could do this by proving regular pencils are better or by proving they are equal. Refutations1. CustomabilityThe Pro believes mechanical pencils are more customizable because of the various types. I refuted this in the 2nd round, stating that there are more types of regular pencils. The Pro states in the 3rd Round, "The mechanical pencil has just as many festive designs as the regular pencils do." If it has just as many, then they are equal. No pencil has an advantage over the other.2. EconomicalThe Pro admits that mechanical pencils cost more money. "The higher the cost means better quality." So they effectively cancel each other out. You can get something cheap that has a lower quality or something expensive with a higher quality. There's no advantage. It just depends on how much money you have and your preference. 3. EnvironmentalThe Pro goes against his own rules and seemingly adds a new point in the 3rd Round. "Most of the parts of the mechanical pencils are able to be recycled."It really depends. Low-cost mechanical pencils are made of polystyrene. [1]Polystyrene takes a bit of petroleum to make, firstly. About 5 grams of polystyrene is produced from 11 grams of petroleum. Secondly, it's hard to dispose of. Though a mechanical pencil may be reusable, it will ultimately end up in a landfill. No one will have the same mechanical pencil for life. Considering only young students are required to use pencils, you can't count on a young kid to keep using the same mechanical pencil without losing it or damaging it. Regular pencils are cheap and expendable.With regular, wooden pencils, the environment is not really a problem. Since regular pencils are made of wood, less energy is used to make the pencil. The regular pencil will ultimately decompose into shavings, proving to be better for the environment than mechanical pencils.ConclusionMy opponent dropped his third contention that mechanical pencils are more consistent. My opponent essentially dropped his first contention by stating that there are just as many types of mechanical pencils as regular pencils. Therefore, they are equal in customability.My opponent admits that mechanical pencils cost more. His fallback is that they are reusable. But when little kids are the only ones using pencils, you can't trust a small child to use a single mechanical pencil for a whole year. With the addition of purchasing lead, mechanical pencils cost even more.I refuted his new contention in the 3rd Round about the environmental costs of the pencils.On the issue of having multiple pencils, regardless of whether or not you have multiple mechanical pencils, it's up to how much lead you have. Lead takes time to put in and that was the point I was trying to get across in my humorous paragraph. It's much more common to have multiple regular pencils than multiple, expensive mechanical pencils. In bulk, the regular pencil is cheaper to purchase.I have disproved the Proposition case and shown that regular pencils are just as good as or perhaps even better than the mechanical pencil. Please vote for the Opposition!Thank you.Source:1. http://www.slate.com...