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Do you agree that the advantages cars bring outweigh the disadvantages

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Cars
 have been an essential mode of transportation since the early 19th century,
as a result
 many people associate various advantages and disadvantages with their usage. In
this
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 I will discuss an
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integral
 benefit and a drawback of using vehicles, and
also
 point out if the benefit outweighs the drawback. On one hand, owning a car gives independence to a person and he or she does not have to rely on public transport. In many countries especially the
third
 world countries, public transport infrastructure is not well developed and people have to face delays. They
also
 have to adhere to strict timetables that are arduous to follow.
Therefore
, owning a car is convenient and enables
smooth
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 commute.
On the other hand
,
major
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 flaw associated with automotive vehicles is that they cause harm to the environment. Almost 50% of the pollution and carbon dioxide emissions in urban areas are attributed to their excessive consumption.
Moreover
, their excess use
also
 causes traffic congestion in
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internal
 metropolitan locations. These detrimental effects not only impact the people living in these areas
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 but
also
 leads to global warming.
Similarly
, more
cars
 on the roads result in increased consumption of fossil fuels that are already deteriorating.
However
, with all these points in mind, scientists and engineers are now developing smart
fuel efficient
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cars
 that control their own carbon
emmissions
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emissions
.
Further
, with the advent of electronic
cars
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 our reliance on fossil fuels would diminish over time. But as of now, these new technologies are extremely expensive and out of the reach of
general
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 public. To conclude,
cars
 have been used for centuries as the most prominent mode of transportation.
Although
 they give the travellers liberty and flexibility to commute from one place to another any time they want, they can have harmful effects on the environment. So in my opinion, until an affordable solution is available to the general public the disadvantages will be more as
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 to the advantage.
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