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?

In an attempt to rectify the exacerbating

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congestion and

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problem, the oil

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hike is deemed as the most effective solution for

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view as there are other remedial measures, far more viable and pragmatic, to reverse mentioned issues. Making gasoline

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expensive would highly unlikely

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esolve the burgeoning crises on

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defilement for the following reasons.

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, most car owners and potential buyers have higher disposable income and

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, could tolerate

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uptick in many circumstances. In fact, the Philippine government had implemented the same policy in the year 2002 in the hope of redeeming its name from its bad reputation as the 4th country in Southeast Asia with the worst

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jam and urban

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ffort to contain these problems were of complete futility.

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, increasing petroleum charges would affect the prices of goods and services. Oil

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is directly proportional to commodity prices.

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means that, when petroleum cost increases, costs of products and services increases as well.

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trend would surely affect consumers in general and would delimit their purchasing capacity. There are measures,

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, that can help resolve the above-mentioned issues in a more pragmatic and sensible way.

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, legislation dedicated solely on effective

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management must be enacted. Like in the case of Japan where every family is limited to have only 1 car. To assure public compliance, Japan invested largely on public transport facility,

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, now enjoys smooth

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flow and low urban

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of reduced private car usage for daily commutes.

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, bike culture has to be encouraged by way of dedicating pavements for bikers to use daily for commuting to and from work.

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way, the oil

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increase will not be necessitated and

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quality will be improved. In conclusion, making petroleum's

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exorbitant, would only affect the general public profoundly and would, by no means, curtail the growing problems of

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and

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pollution

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, legislation for effective road

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management like improving existing transport facility and encourage bike-culture would practically give resolution to the aforementioned issues.