As a country develops, people tend to buy more cars. Do the advantages for the individual outweigh the disadvantages for the environment?

It is undeniable that as a country advances, the tendency of fulfilling tertiary needs

such

as vehicles is becoming a trend in the society. Presumably owning

cars

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car

benefits individuals in some ways,

however

, I believe that the detrimental effect to

environment

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the environment

caused by the outnumbered cars is far greater due to the

pollution

and

traffic

congestion

. In point of fact, the increasing numbers of cars results in a serious environmental

pollution

. Four-wheeled vehicles consume a huge amount of fuel and produce

even bigger amount

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an even bigger amount

of poisonous gasses which pollute the

earth

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earth's

atmosphere leading to actual harm to the health of people.

Besides

, the noise coming from car honks and the sound of machines brings about various health and psychological detriments on people. Those two phenomena care noticeably exemplified in the way people choose to live far away from

city centers

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the city centre

city centre

to avoid polluted air and disturbing sound. Alongside the impacts of air and noise

pollution

, the escalating use of cars emanates

traffic

congestion

issuing lost economic efficiency and social harmony in the environment.

Traffic

jam which is caused mainly by car drivers lengthens trip times as well as slow down the vehicle speed. The long duration wastes more emissions, the

vehicles’

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vehicle

maintenance cost, and

also

rises public transportation fare. Socially, the consequence of

traffic

congestion

is stressful condition when the

traffic

becomes busier and more crowded, and the hostile

behavior

manner of acting or controlling yourself

behaviour

may emerge when the drivers compete to advance their cars ahead of the others in the

traffic

stream. Automobiles may have made personal lives more convenient by facilitating people

to move

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move

freely or

not need

Accept comma addition

not, need

to wait long for the mass transit, notwithstanding, we are faced with more severe adverse environmental issues caused by

pollution

and

congestion

the cars bring, and those are more bewildering than individual benefits.