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

It is argued that the best method to tackle the record high level of

pollution

and the increasing

traffic

congestion is by increasing the cost of

petrol

,

however

, I completely disagree with

this

idea. I believe that there are

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of ways to solve these issues without imposing a financial burden on people. There are two main reasons why I am strongly against raising

petrol

prices.

Firstly

, any increase in the cost of

petrol

will be followed by an increase in the prices of almost all products and services.

Therefore

, people who are already struggling financially will suffer the most. In a recent survey, it was found that almost half of the households with a monthly income of two thousand pounds have

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great difficulty when paying their bills.

Secondly

, increasing the price of

petrol

alone will not help

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with reducing

pollution

or

traffic

congestion if no other measures or solutions are taken, as

this

has been tried before in Ghana and has failed to produce any significant difference in the existing problems. In my opinion, there are two approaches to solving the problems of

traffic

congestion and

pollution

. Governments should build factories for electrical

cars

and should make buying a new one tax-free. By doing so, they will encourage buying

such

cars

which are environment-friendly. In Germany, recent governmental measures helped more than a million buyers buy new electrical

cars

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this

has resulted in a 30% reduction in the level of

pollution

.

Moreover

, encouraging individuals to use public transport

instead

of their

cars

would

also

help solve these issues. Governments can do that by giving students and

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discounts when using buses and building new bus and metro stations. In conclusion,

while

I strongly disagree with the idea of increasing the

petrol

prices, I believe that there are other positive approaches which if taken could solve the expanding

traffic

and

pollution

issues.