People think that the government should increase the cost of fuel for cars and other vehicles to solve environmental problems. Give your opinions.

As society is advancing by leaps and bounds, people attach great importance to the protection of the environment. Under

this

circumstance, an absolute consensus can hardly be reached as to whether the

government

should raise the price of petrol for transportation to solve environmental problems.

While

I consider that

this

might be an effective

measure

, I would argue that other measures would have a greater impact.

Firstly

, it is noteworthy that if the

government

has a sharp rise in petrol prices, people would limit the number of their cars and the length of their journeys in order to save an extra expense.

For example

, the

government

would have to upgrade and expand public

transport

provisions

such

as trains or buses, as inhabitants would still need to travel to work, to school or to travel to shopping or hospitals.

Secondly

, from the perspective of freight services, more items would have to be transported by rails rather than trucks.

Therefore

,

this

measure

could cut down on emissions from vehicles

such

as private cars, motors or lorries; and help to reduce the greenhouse effect.

On the other hand

,

while

the above-mentioned method might be useful, the authority should adopt

transport

policies which would be more effective in the long term.

For instance

, the

government

of London has introduced a new policy called the congestion policy, which allows all vehicles to visit the city centre by paying a congestion charge. They

then

use that money to subsidize the cost of fares for citizens and to invest in

transport

infrastructure.

As a result

,

this

policy would help to improve air quality. Another

measure

would be to provide free-bus and free-train,

this

could help to reduce pollution for private vehicles and to combat global warming. In conclusion, increasing the cost of fuel would be an environmentally-friendly

transport

measure

to solve environmental problems,

although

, in the long term, other methods would be more effective.