Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve traffic and pollution problems. To what extent do you agree or diagree? What other measures do you think might be effective?

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Over the
last
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few decades our world has advanced to an unimaginable rhythm
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it did not bring just scientifical discoveries and healthcare improvements, it
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brought serious issues, one of them being
pollution
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, some argue that the best way to solve
pollution
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problems it's by increasing the
price
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of petrol which would lead to solving
traffic
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and
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pollution
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, I agree with the statement but even so, I believe that there are other measures that we can take to limit contamination to the minimum possible. A study from 2017 showed that the higher gasoline prices reduce
traffic
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flows with an average size effect of -0.04,
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, people tend to take more public transportation on peak hours reducing
pollution
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overall
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,
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, another investigation from 2020 revealed that it does not only reduce
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flow but by every 1% increased in fuel
price
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there is a 0.4% reduction in the number of fatal road
traffic
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accidents, without a doubt the growth of petrol
price
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reduces not only but
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,
traffic
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and
as a result
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pollution
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and vehicle-involved accidents.
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what has already been mentioned can greatly reduce
pollution
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, it is extremely important that one stick to these measures if he is interested in reducing even more environmental
pollution
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, which
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recycling and reusing, limiting the use of plastic bags, using fans
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of air conditioner and afforestation.
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, what has already been mentioned, I believe that increasing the
price
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of petrol is the best way to solve
pollution
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and
traffic
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problems,
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, there are other measures that can
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help take care of
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issue.
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