One of the best ways to solve environmental problems is to increase the cost of fuel for cars and other vehicles. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Environmental pollution caused by the overconsumption of fossil fuels has become a major topic of concern recently. It is considered that raising the price of

fuel

is the most effective method of coping with environmental issues. I agree that

this

solution is helpful to some extent, but there are other significant ways

which

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are equally efficient. In

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the possible outcomes of increasing the cost of petrol will be discussed along with the efficiency of implementing

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alternative

energy

.

To begin

with, elevating

fuel

costs can help to reduce environmental issues to some degree.

In other words

, excessive traffic releases harmful compounds

such

as carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, becoming the main cause of air pollution. If the payment for the oil is grown, humans will start using their vehicles less often and

this

can lessen the contamination of air by harmful gases.

In addition

, in case of increasing the

fuel

cost, people will consider

to use

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public transports which emit less carbon dioxide rather than private cars. As evidence, in North

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higher gas prices have resulted in noticeable increases in some public transportation ridership, which was

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cost-effective alternative to cars.

On the other hand

, raising the

fuel

expense cannot minimize the dependence on it, because cutting down the tremendous demand for petrol at once is impossible.

Instead

, the most practical measure that should be taken to mitigate the problems of overconsumption of

fuel

is to invest in renewable

energy

sources

. Alternative

energy

sources

provide clean

energy

and are able to replace traditional fossil-

fuel

sources

. They are already being used in developed countries like Japan (nuclear power), United States (solar power) and Netherlands (wind power). Taking everything into account, environmental problems are becoming tough

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these days, and there are several ways of dealing with them. I believe that

the

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generating

energy

from renewable

sources

is more efficient than raising the price

for

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fuels.