As countries develop, more and more people buy and use their own cars. Does the advantage of this for individuals outweigh the disadvantage for the environment?

With the advent of state-of-the-art technologies, individuals’ lifestyle has

also

been changed along with the development of a country. Resultantly, a large

number

of people the world over are interested in using their own

cars

rather than sharing with others or using public transport has come along with a

number

of upsides together with downsides. I,

nonetheless

, deem that using individual

cars

is more of a blow in that

this

tendency will lead to increase the air and noise

pollution

. One of the predominant reasons why buying and using a separate car by every person is disadvantageous is necessarily synonymous with polluting air to a large extent.

In other words

, if there are more

cars

on a road, more fuels will be burnt and released, causing the rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and global temperature. To cite an example, an empirical study conducted by Oxford University reveals that Dhaka is the most polluted city in

this

world down to having a huge

number

of

cars

beyond its capacity, becoming the city uninhabitable continuously.

Thus

having a personal car by every person has detrimental effects on the natural

environment

. Another prevalent drawback is that the increasing

number

of personal vehicles causes to raise the level of noise

pollution

.

This

type of

pollution

is not only harmful to humans but

also

to the

environment

.

This

is because, birds and other animals cannot live in highly noisy areas, leading them to leave those sites. As a consequence, because of losing biodiversity, the

environment

is now in dire straits. To exemplify, researchers of Cambridge University have found that 90% of birds left Mumbai city because of too much noise

pollution

. In conclusion, buying and using a car by every individual indubitably result in numerous catastrophic repercussions on the

environment

.

Hence

, from my standpoint, the edges, if there is any, are far outweighed by drawbacks.