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SAMPLE 49
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 belief that boosting petrol price will certainly end the problem of high-
capacity traffic and extreme pollution has now been the subject of increasing
concern. This suggestion at first may appear to exert positive effects but in long-
term involve sophisticated issues. From my perspective, I wholly disapprove of
the given solution, and other alternatives should be taken into consideration first.
Apparently, authorities would authorities would make a completely wrong
decision if they increase the petrol price to a higher level due to various
rationales of human lives. Firstly, if this method is applied, the poor will have to
be engaged in a real struggle with daily travelling costs/with travelling costs on a
daily basis. Clearly, as a matter of fact, this will lead the population and nation to
become immensely impoverished. Secondly, some parts of the society may
abandon jobs as they could barely afford the energy expenses for their private
automobiles. Consequently, the rate of unemployment might start to escalate
considerably, causing other serious matters. Therefore, it can be said that growing
the price of petrol hardly seems a feasible option in dealing with traffic and
pollution issues.
Regarding potential measures, probably the main remedy would be to upgrade and
encourage using the public transport system widely from urban to suburban. By
doing this, more commuters will be likely to stop buying cars and start the habit of
sharing the same transport. Moreover, governments should also impose strict taxes
on companies who sell private vehicles to limit the number of drivers, and thus
reduce usual traffic congestions and accidents. In other words, environment-
related benefits will be fully regarded as there are less noise and air pollution.
To sum up, while raising the energy costs might appear to be superficially
attractive and effective, the drawbacks it brings to the poor part of society can be
seen severe and inhumane. Other possible solutions mentioned should be proved
to work better and be more appropriate.
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