It is true that in recent decades
gas
use has remarkably increased. In light of
such
growth in petrol usage, streets have become more crowded and the environment more polluted. To solve these issues, some think that charging extra for gasoline might help. In my view, increasing
gas
's cost is a positive step but
also
is employing alternatives like driving electric vehicles and car-pooling.
Increasing the charges for
gas
can itself improve traffic movement and environmental conditions.
This
is simply because, with higher fares, there are far more reasons to save money by driving less and driving only for important or far trips. In Sweden
for instance
, gasoline is very expensive, so citizens tend to ride bicycles
instead
to save money.
Such
an approach has placed Sweden in the top 10 clean and
pollution
-free countries. If petrol is cheap and constantly within reach, our planet's future will keep being in danger and our communities will grow even more crowded.
Therefore
an increase in prices will not only refrain drivers from using more
cars
but
also
will help our environment stay clean.
In addition
to elevating fuel prices, other approaches
such
as electric motors and car-pooling can be a golden solution. Using wagons that function with electricity will spare the toxic gases like carbon monoxide,
hence
the severe
pollution
. Taking the U.S.A
for example
, they have started driving Elon Mask's Tesla electric vehicles and in some states like Illinois,
pollution
has greatly fallen. If it wasn't for that invention, humanity's rate of environmental damage would have been much greater. Alongside electric
cars
, car-pooling can
also
be an effective measure to reduce
pollution
and traffic jams by almost half. Car-pooling is when a group of people have similar destinations so they share one car and its
gas
fare
instead
of each one of them driving his own.
Such
measure encourages people as it's cost-saving and more comfortable. In Egypt
for example
, for the sake of the streets and environment, a mobile application called "ride together" has been recently launched to incentivize people to drive fewer
cars
by sharing theirs.
Pollution
and traffic jams can, not only harm us in the short term by decreasing our quality of life but
also
in the long term by leaving our planet unfit for future generations.
This
is why a combined effort in reducing
pollution
by using less petrol through sharing
cars
and driving electrical ones, will surely be effective.
In conclusion,
although
automobiles are very important nowadays, I strongly agree that their usage should be limited. With higher fuel fees, car owners will be encouraged to drive non-petrol non-polluting
cars
and share rides, which will altogether lead to a decline in transport jams and environmental
pollution
.