Environmental protection should be the responsibility of politicians, not individuals as individuals can do too little. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

It is believed that

traffic

and

pollution

issues would be best tackled by inflating the

price

of petroleum. In my opinion,

this

idea is completely flawed and there are several reasonable alternatives. Clearly the

price

of

fuel

has little to do with pressing problems of

traffic

and

pollution

. The inevitable demand for time efficiency and safe commuting in the modern world makes the change in

fuel

prices become rather insignificant, which proves the ineffectiveness of the suggested policy.

In other words

, even if the

price

were increased, people would still travel by their preferred form of transport on a daily basis and the problems of

traffic

and

pollution

would remain.

Additionally

,

this

solution could easily trigger social disagreement and resentment.

This

, coupled with the reluctance of using expensive

fuel

to travel every day, could be counterproductive and

this

proposed idea would become irrelevant.

On the other hand

, alternatives to increasing the

price

of petrol show greater effectiveness.

Firstly

, governments could implement certain regulations restricting the use of private vehicles

such

as cars and turn people to using public transportation.

This

would relieve many roads from heavy

traffic

congestion by reducing the number of vehicles on the road, which in turn alleviates the problem of

pollution

caused by exhaust emissions.

Secondly

, in many cities around the world, cycling has proved to be an effective, environmentally friendly form of alternative transport and should be encouraged more in other major cities. Certain infrastructure,

such

as separate zones for cyclists, should be created to help avoid the overload of

traffic

during rush hour when the number of vehicles can exceed the road’s capacity. In conclusion, I believe that heightening the

price

of

fuel

used for travelling to address

traffic

and

pollution

problems is somewhat absurd; and that there

is

Suggestion

are

a number of other more suitable and effective solutions.