3. Some people say that the best way to reduce traffic and pollution is the government to increase tax of petrol (gasoline). Do you think there are more benefits or more drawbacks?

Pollution
has become one of the main problems in the whole world. There are many things that affect
pollution
,
such
as
traffic
.
Traffic
and
pollution
are connected to each other, the more
traffic
the more
pollution
. Many people believe that increasing the
tax
on petrol or
gasoline
is the best way to decrease the amount of
traffic
and
pollution
rate. The increasing
tax
of
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patrol
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petrol
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or
gasoline
brings
positif
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positive
and
negatif
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negative
effects at the same time.
Patrol
or
gasoline
are
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is
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one of the
transportation
main
need
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. It is the energy source of
transportations
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transportation
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. Transportations are used for many purposes, for
the
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apply
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example for deliveries. If
tax
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the tax
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of
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on
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gasoline
increases, the cost of the deliveries is going to increase
also
. It means that the increasing of the cost will happen to the stuff which
are
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is
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carried by deliveries as well. The stuff that I mean like rice, vegetables, fruits,
textile
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textiles
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, oil,
and
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apply
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et cetera. The impact will
so
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be so
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big.
In contrast
, the increasing
of
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tax
of
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on
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patrol
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petrol
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or
gasoline
has benefits as well. It can reduce the number of
transportation
. People will choose to use public
transportation
instead
of private
transportation
because the cost will be cheaper. The less
of
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private
transportation
the less
pollution
, which is good for
environment
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.
Moreover
,
the
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less of using private
transportation
can increase the possibility of physical activity of a person. For
the
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example, they will go to a stop on foot to catch a bus.
To sum up
,
i
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would suggest that
government
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the government
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can choose to increase the
patrol's
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patrol
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tax
to reduce
the
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apply
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pollution
and
traffic
.
However
, there are a lot of things that need to be
concerned
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considered
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especially for
controling
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controlling
the
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apply
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inflation.
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