The best way to solve the world's enviromental prolem is to increase the price of fuel. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Excessive traffic and increasing pollution are affecting every major city on the globe. To lessen

such

problems, some people say that government should raise the price of fuel

such

as petrol and diesel. It may help to some extent, but I disagree that it is the best solution to solve the problem of environmental.

To begin

with, the number of cars in a country directly depends on the proportion of the population affluent enough to own cars.

As a result

, raises in gas price could invoke hard feelings among

this

segment of people, but would not drastically change their behaviour in using cars. Even if the number of cars on the road is reduced due to higher gas cost.

This

is not the best way to solve traffic problems.

Such

policy would hurt the auto industry, place higher costs on current and prospective car owners, and be detrimental to the economy of a nation. In the long run, the final way out could be the construction of better roads and more effective use of available transport facilities.

Secondly

, there is evidence that waste gas from cars is not the leading cause of air pollution. The culprit may be the discharge of polluting substances into the atmosphere due to the rapidly growing manufacturing industry.

As a result

, reduction of the number of cars would not return us a blue sky and fresh air. We could better handle

this

problem if we could increase control over industrial waste-discharge and adopt more environmentally friendly materials and production equipment.

Finally

, other measures like the application of cheaper and cleaner energy resources could

also

be a better solution.

For example

, we now have an ability to make cell-powered or even solar-powered cars.

Such

energy is completely clean and plentiful. To put it in a nutshell, I pen down to saying that, it is not the best way to control traffic and pollution by increasing gas price because

such

action will hurt consumers and economy without achieving what it is aimed for. Measures

such

as construction of better transport facilities and development of new energy resources could be more effective solutions.