All cars that burn fossil fuels should be banned and electric cars should replace them. Do you agree or disagree?

Concerns about the environment have increased over the years, and recently, some have stated that

fossil-fuel

-based

cars

should be banned and replaced by electric ones, leading to intense discussions. I disagree with

this

very extreme measure.

Fossil-fuel

cars

still predominate over electric

cars

these days. Prohibiting

people

from using these would generate two significant problems.

First

,

people

would have to figure out what to do with their previous vehicles.

Second

, most countries would not be able to support

such

a large-scale

change

. Most

people

need help figuring out what to do with their previous

cars

. If

people

are restricted from using their current vehicles, some will attempt to buy a model with permission to run.

In contrast

, others will resort to public

transportation

or alternative methods

such

as bicycles. In any of these situations, a vehicle that would still be good for

use

would be stuck in

people

’s garages or landfills. Even if there were financial incentives from companies when trading in

fossil-fuel

cars

for electric

cars

and they could

use

some of the older car’s parts in the new ones, there would be a plethora of other unused pieces.

This

would result in pollution.

For instance

, if I were not allowed to

use

my current car, I would probably switch to public

transportation

as my financial state would not allow me to buy an electric vehicle. My car would most likely stay in the garage and go to a landfill later. I would inevitably pollute the environment anyways. Most countries need to be well structured for a large-scale

change

in energy sources and large

use

of public

transportation

. Replacing

fossil-fuel

cars

with electric

cars

could take

time

as companies would probably wait to attend to high demand.

This

would give governments

time

to increase the energy supply in response to

this

change

.

However

, public

transportation

would only be able to adjust slowly. The influx of passengers would exponentially grow; buses and trains would be constantly full, and

time

for commute would increase. In the long term,

people

would immigrate to larger cities to be closer to their workplaces, leading to an overpopulation of these areas and inhabitation problems.

For instance

, in Greater Vancouver, individuals who live outside Vancouver take about thirty to fifty minutes to reach work by car and between fifty to one hour and a half by bus to get to Vancouver Downtown, where many companies are located. These numbers would probably increase to the extent that these

people

would have to leave their houses much sooner, leaving little

time

for leisure and other activities. In conclusion, banning

fossil-fuel

cars

and replace with electric ones could generate great difficulties for individuals and society. While

people

would need to learn what to do with the prohibited vehicles, governments would have to rush and develop an infrastructure of public

transportation

that they currently do not have to appropriately respond to a considerable

change

as the one proposed.