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Many people love driving their own cars others think that public transport is the only sensible way to travel around the city. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Most
people
 who own a
car
 like the freedom of driving and having the comfortability of their
car
. The other part of
people
 who don't agree with
this
 statement
however
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,
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 prefer public
transport
 as their form of transportation. In my
opinion
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people
 should be encouraged to use public
transport
 as it is
overally
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overall
 good for the environment and causes less traffic.
Firstly
 using public
transport
 minimizes the amount of gas each
car
 releases
in
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 the atmosphere. Gases are basically carbon dioxide so when they are released from the cars they go up in the ozon surface of the earth causing
it
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holes. The
ozon
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ozone
 surface is a protective shield around
earth
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the earth
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 that protects it from the outside factors, in
this
case
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 sun damage. The holes caused by gases result in the sun rays
to come
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 raw in
the earths atmosphere
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the earth's atmosphere
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 which are harmful
for
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to
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 the human skin but
also
 cause global warming since once they come in,
its
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it's
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 harder for them to escape.
In
addition
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 using public
transport
 lessens the
amount
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number
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 of cars used so less amount of gas.
Secondly
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 public
transport
 doesn't cause as much traffic as each person having their own
car
 which means
less
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fewer
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 accidents. That's because a bus
for example
 holds way more
people
 than a
car
 and is only the size of two of them.
Thirdly
 if you had fun that night driving drunk
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is
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in
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is
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 not a good idea.
Lastly
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 public
transport
 is far cheaper than paying for gas every 3 days. School buses
for example
 have a 10 dollar
montly
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monthly
only
 card which you can use whenever you want. In conclusion, public
transport
 is better for a clean environment with
less
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fewer
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 accidents and traffic and more money in your pockets.
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