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?

It is believed by some people that raising the

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of petrol can solve the ever increasing

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problem and

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. In my opinion, I disagree with

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belief because it will primarily affect people of low socioeconomic status and there are several other ways to

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the

pollution

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problem. The rise in

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price

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to

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traffic

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and

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is not a good idea as it will primarily affect poor people who already are hand to mouth when it comes to finances. The rich people who already are consuming huge amounts of

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and contributing to the air

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will have no effects on their lives, whereas, poor people have to cut down expenditure from grocery or other domestic bills. Their difficult lives will become even tougher with

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price

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hike and will have very little effect on

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as they contribute to a very small proportion of

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.

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hike is not a good option to solve

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problems or atmospheric

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. There are several measures which government can take to

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the

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and

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.

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, the public transport like metro buses and railway tracks should be improved so that people will start travelling in them rather than individual cars which will drastically reduce the consumption of gasoline and eventually less

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.

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, the tax on hybrid cars should be reduced as they consume less oil and

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environmentally friendly. If the prices of these cars are low, people will start purchasing them.

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, it will be beneficial for both the rulers and individuals in terms of

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economy.

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, few old worn out cars are responsible for the majority of the carbon dioxide emissions and maximum

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consumption. Removal of these cars from

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and replacing them with

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efficient hybrid cars will successfully

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the

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and it is not possible without governments’ active participation. In conclusion,

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price hike

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the price hike

of petrol is not a good option to

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traffic

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problems rather the improvement of local transport and introduction of

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efficient hybrid cars are better options.