Although the prices of fuels have greatly increased over the last decade or two, it is argued that further increases in fuel prices are the only way to reduce world consumption of fuel and lessen pressure on the world’s fuel resources. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

In the modern era, the prices of non-renewable resources like oil, coal and gas are hiking day by day. Despite the

price

of

this

fuel

being so high, the consumption still causes these resources to run out eventually. Even though it is believed by a group of people that the best way to tackle

this

issue is continuously rising the

price

, I completely disagree that the

usage

of

fuel

will be reduced by rising the

price

. On the one hand, there are sundry reasons to support rising prices to decrease

usage

.

Firstly

, most of the time society thinks about the present and does not consider the future enough, so the

price

ought to be high to affect people's everyday lives.

As a result

, folk will use more public transport rather than private cars for commuting from work to home and for other purposes.

However

, society's fossil

fuel

such

as petrol for cars has an inelastic

price

, it would not have any impact other than increasing tax and company revenue.

Secondly

, it is very common to see that every adult in a family has a personal car. If the cost of

fuel

steps up, they might share cars with other family members.

As a result

, fossil

fuel

consumption will be decreased.

On the other hand

, a significant increase in expenditure would not only impact each individual but

also

the whole company.

Fuel

prices not only impact each individual but

also

the whole economy because it is not only linked to transport but

also

to food production, home eating and entertainment. As a consequence, the standard of living will be drastically affected and

thus

the poorer parts of society would become poorer. In conclusion, from the aforementioned discussion, while the rising expenditure is one of the most commonly discussed solutions to

fuel

usage

problems,

this

has too many negative variables

also

.

Hence

, I think the increasing

price

could cause a small reduction in transport

usage

but the far-reaching effects would be unfair and unsustainable.