Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve growing traffic and pollution problems. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the above statement? What other measures do you think might be effective?

Over the

last

half-century, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of vehicles.

This

has resulted in numerous

traffic

jams especially

Accept comma addition

jams, especially

in the big cities and

consequently

, high levels of air pollution.

Although

, there are those who believe that increasing oil prices might help solve

this

problem. I am strongly inclined to believe that higher

petrol

prices will have serious drawbacks on our society.

Firstly

, oil and gas play a fundamental role in the industry, since most of the heavy machinery used in different industries

are operated

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is operated

by

petrol

.

For example

, a recent study conducted in Japan has revealed that the nearly 80% of all businesses are sensitive to the price of

petrol

.

In addition

, higher prices of

petrol

will indirectly influence the prices of the various goods in the market through increasing the cost of their transportation.

Lastly

,

this

will burden the people and limit their freedom to travel to enjoy their leisure time. Undoubtedly, the growth of oil and gas prices will create new problems.

On the other hand

, there are some other ways to tackle

traffic

and

pollutions problem

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pollution problems

pollution problem

the pollution problem

in cities.

To begin

with, improving methods of public transportation as well as the increase in their availability everywhere around the clock, will significantly reduce the use of private cars. To illustrate, a recent study published in Canada has shown that the upward trend in the various means of public transportation

such

as buses and trains resulted in decrease the number of

traffic

jams and road accidents by around 25%.

Moreover

, the government should invest more on repairing and maintaining roads as well as constructing new roads to solve the problem and

traffic

congestion.

Furthermore

, the scientists should search for the sources of clean energy

such

as solar power and nuclear power to replace the fossil fuel. To sum up, it can be clearly seen that the cons of increasing

petrol

prices outweigh the pros

hence

I am strongly against the idea of increasing gasoline prices. Government and scientists can prevent the situation from

further

deterioration through new mobility solutions and innovation in renewable energy.