Band 8: Traffic & Environmental Problems
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Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve the traffic and pollution problems. To what extent do you agree or disagree? what other measures do you think are effective?
As human civilization evolves into the 21st century, traffic congestion and environmental pollution have become the most severe problems. Whilst some people believe the increase in petrol price and help to solve these problems. Many others tend to argue that we need more than a simple rise in the price of petrol to change our current situation. In this essay, I would, to a large extent, argue that there are more effective solutions.
While it is undeniable that private car use is one of the main causes of the increase in traffic pollution, higher fuel costs are unlikely to limit the number of drivers for long. As I totally understand them that many people so used to having a car and they will not simply give up their transportation just because of the rise in the price of petrol. Despite that, private cars also can be seen as a ‘status symbol’, therefore, increasing the price of petrol can only encourage those who want to show off their wealth to drive more often. Furthermore, the up and down of petrol price can trigger a series of socio-economic problems, such as high inflation, reduce industry profits and less travel, the negative effects may exceed our prediction. It may even drag the economy into recession in some countries.
In line with the issues involved, the solution lies in changing our attitude. Firstly, the government should raise public awareness of environmental protection. Hence, individuals should start to change their lifestyle in order to protect our only earth. For instance, we can use many alternative ways to get to the destination instead of driving our own cars; bike and public transport can be more environmentally friendly than private cars. Another feasible approach would be the improvement of public transport services. Only by doing so, more people will be most willing to use public transport and enjoy this way of living.
To put it in a nutshell, only by making concerted efforts can we expect to reduce the traffic jams and solve the environmental problems, thus avoiding uninhabitable earth.
Comments:-
- higher fuel costs are unlikely to limit the number of drivers in the long term.
- that many people are so used to having a car that they will not simply give up….
- individuals should start to change their lifestyle
Anyway, your writing is very good.
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