Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve growing traffic and pollution problems.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
What other measures do you think might be effective?
The increase in number of vehicles and amount of pollution is now one of the most growing concerns which draws the attention of the central government. Therefore, it is assumed that the most efficient way to end this predicament is to increase the expense in petrol. However, in my opinion, I hold the opposite view since this solution has some restrictions while there are far more better measures that should be taken into account.
Firstly, by giving a rise to petrol, only the poor will be likely to cut back on their car and motorbike using. This is reasonably true to some families’ situations due to their financial circumstances. For instance, wealthy people, as they have sufficient money to pay for higher petrol cost, will not consider reducing their mobility amount while lower classes should struggle with their distibution on money for petrol. Secondly, transportation is the everyday need, which cannot easily makes workers or students to decrease their using of vehicles. To be more specific, individuals can probably spend less on food and clothing, yet they could not make cutbacks in trasportation.
Therefore, another measures by central government and local authorities must be taken. Limiting vehicles per person is a highly recommended solution as most people’s savings are invested in buying luxury cars and motorbike. For example, in Vietnam, due to the high cost of housing, residents are likely to spend a huge amount of money on their means of transportation. Futhermore, scientists should search for another supply to replace the traditional petrol, such environmentally friendly energy as solar and electicity generated by water and heat.
To sum up, individuals should be aware and feel responsible for their increasing amount of using cars or motorbikes which can do harm to the environment.