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? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

How can we tackle the issue of

air

pollution

and

traffic

congestion? It is suggested that the most effective way to solve

this

problem is to inflate the cost of petroleum. In my opinion, I completely disagree with

this

idea as other methods

Such

as encouraging the use of public transportation and growth of trees will solve

this

problem better.

First

of all, increasing the cost of fuel will only worsen the situation, because a large percentage of car owners are in the middle and upper class of the community and

as a result

of

this

they will be able to afford the fuel

.

Accept space

.

This

will lead to more

air

pollution

and

traffic

problems.

On the other hand

, a more efficient way to tackle

this

issue is by encouraging more travellers to utilize the public transportation system. People feel reluctant to use

this

system because they are not functioning properly and the crime rate around these stations are high. If people start using the subways, it will reduce the amount of vehicle on the road

thus

reducing

traffic

and

air

pollution

.

For example

, China has the lowest record of

air

pollution

and the least

traffic

issues in the world since they opened twenty train stations ten years ago.

This

has solved their problem ever since.

Furthermore

, planting of trees will

also

help with the

air

pollution

. Trees are the earth's lungs because they absorb the bad carbon dioxide gas

that is

being produced by vehicles, but the atmosphere and in turn gives us humidified and pure oxygen.

Therefore

, investment of time and resources to grow these trees will be effective in tackling

air

pollution

. To illustrate

this

point, the Caribbean countries have the lowest record of

air

pollution

, according to the recent data released by the World Environmental Body. They identified that the primary reason for

this

was that they had a lot of trees in their environment. To conclude,

although

at a glance, increasing the price of petroleum might seem as the solution, it will only empower the rich and deteriorate the situation. I believe that allowing people to have access to public transportation and growing of more trees are better ways to battle the

traffic

and

pollution

issues.