As countries develop, more and more people buy and use their own cars. Do the advantages of this trend for individuals outweigh the disadvantages for the environment?
Perhaps with the industrial revolution more and more people are satisfying their never ending demand of materialistic things, trend of buying expensive and personal cars is one
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, increasing demand of car is hampering the environment in a dismissive way.
Apparently, poor connectivity of public transportation has inclined people to utilise their own vehicles, relatively 20% of the population prefer public transportation. Linking Words
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, these are the people belonging to low income group or senior citizens. Linking Words
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, personal car eradicates the dependency on others and reinforces the value of self-sufficiency among individuals. Nowadays, car manufacturers are amalgamating engines which produce less Linking Words
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, In India after 2019, all the cars are being manufactured with BS 6 engines popularly known as Bharat stage 6 in order to impede Linking Words
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, as every household is having the same number of cars as members, it is adulterating the environment and causing global warming. According to the report by the UK association it was found in the UK every household have at least three cars and on an average UK solely contributes 5% of the Linking Words
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fosters the health problems in humans, Use synonyms
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, asthma, liver infection and cardiovascular problems.
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Although
, own vehicle is making everyone independent, but at the cost of endangering the environment.Linking Words
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Answer the 'Advantages and Disadvantages' topic
IELTS advantages and disadvantages questions normally give you a statement and ask you to comment on the advantages and disadvantages of that statement.
Answer structure for the type of essay
- Introduction
- Body paragraph 1 – advantages
- Body paragraph 2 – disadvantages
- Conclusion
Examples to start your body paragraph:
- The main advantage is...
- The disadvantage of this...
- The main benefit...
- Despite these advantages...
- One possible drawback...