Nowadays more and more people buy and use their own cars. Do you think the advantages of this trend for individuals outweigh its disadvantages for the environment?

The debate about the impact of vehicles on the

environment

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has been on for a while. Recently, quite a number of people now purchase and drive their personal cars.

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essay will look at the positives for private

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owners, as well as the negatives on the

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;

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, I think the advantages of

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the growing number

a growing number

of

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users far outweigh the negative impact on the surroundings. One of the advantages is the convenience a privately-owned

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avail to its owner. More and more people now want to avoid the stress of taking public transport every now and

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.

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, owning your own

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will

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get you to your destination a lot faster than public transport, which tend to waste time by having to stop at every interval.

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, driving from Ikeja to Yaba will

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fifteen minutes, whereas, it takes about double that time when commuting on a public vehicle. To summarize, individuals will opt for

more convenient means

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a more convenient means

of getting to their destination, and more preferably, if it gets them there faster. On

other hand

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the other hand

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the increase

an increase

in vehicular movements on the road poses a great threat to the surroundings in terms of air and noise

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. The more cars on the road, the more the around us is polluted.

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is because, most cars run by burning petrol or

diesel which

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diesel, which

emit harmful substances into the atmosphere.

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, noise

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is caused by

blaring

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the blaring

of honks indiscriminately, which occurs

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of more and more people using the road.

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, in

lagos

chief port and economic center of Nigeria; located in southwestern Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea; former capital of Nigeria

Lagos

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over 3 million cars ply the roads daily. The effect

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is the over-bearing amount of noise and air

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experienced in the city. To conclude,

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essay has weighed the positives of many people driving their cars in terms of convenience, and the negative effect on the

environment

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in terms of

pollution

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on the

environment

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. I think the positives outnumber the disadvantages to the

environment

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.