The best way to solve the world's enviromental prolem is to increase the price of fuel. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Environmental

pollution

has become a major issue globally and

one

way to control it is to increase the prices of fossil fuels.

This

essay disagrees with the statement as increasing the price of natural resources directly increases the

inflation

of a country, and economic

growth

gets stunted,though

such

measure helps in arresting global warming. On

one

hand, increasing the price of

petrol

directly impacts the recession. Prices of goods and services go up leading to rising

inflation

as a result

of which the economy weakens.

Moreover

,struggling economies of some countries will not be able to stabilise future

growth

as additional money will be spent on buying

petrol

from oil-rich countries.

For example

,India witnessed fluctuations in

inflation

when

petrol

and diesel rates were suddenly hiked,resulting in poor economic

growth

during the quarter-half of

last

year.An unstable economy is

one

reason why some nations are not able to become superpowers globally.

On the other hand

,

pollution

levels can be decreased by using alternate sources of energy.People,irrespective of cost,use

vehicles

for transportation.

However

,providing them with an alternate source like hybrid

vehicles

or solar-powered

vehicles

is the best way to meet the needs of people as well as protect the environment from

pollution

.

For example

,solar-powered

vehicles

are more in demand in developed nations of the world due to their cost-effective factor. To conclude,burning fossil fuels is

one

major cause of

pollution

globally.In my opinion,

although

one

way to counter is to increase the rates of

petrol

and diesel,

this

measure directly impacts the economy leading to

inflation

and stunting the future

growth

of nations.

This

can be countered by introducing energy-conserving

vehicles

.