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.Submitted by renatabm on
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