Q. Raising houlsehold electricity fees is the most effective solution to the problems associated with power generation and environmental polltion.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
What other measures do you think might be effective in reducing the environmental pollution caused by power generation?
Some people insist that rasing the electricity fee is the most efficient way to save electricity and protect the environment. However, I don’t think raising fee can solve the problem because if the government raises it so high that can actually make the change of people’s behaviors, it will also have negative effects for those who can’t afford it. Instead, I think people are more likely to change, once they realize how much electrical energy they are wasting.
The reason why I disagree with the idea of raising the electricity fee as a method of saving electrical power and our nature is that it needs to be raised significantly to get a satisfiable result. Electricity is not something luxurious. People don’t use extra electrical power just because they can afford it. They use it because they need to. What they are missing is the wasted energy that they are not aware of, such as codes being plugged in when not in use, or lights left on when no one’s in the room. With a slight raise of electrical fee, I think it is hard to fix these habbits. To make a real difference, the rate of the fee being raised should be high enough. Then we have other following problems like, public facilities where many people use, such as academic institutes or hospitals, suddenly have to pay a considerable amount of extra fee just to keep the facility open and running. Also there must be some households, people of which don’t really waste any electricity but still have to pay extra money for the electrical power they need to use to get by.
I think the most effective way of solving wasted electric energy problem is visualizing the amount of energy being spent. For example, when someone uses credit card, he knows that he eventually has to pay for what he has spent, but it doesn’t stop him from spedning money every time he takes out his card. However, if he uses cash, he can directly see the amount of money he is spending and what is left in his wallet, making him think twice before buying something. Likewise, if there were a barometer that shows the amount of electricity being used, people can be aware how much electricity they are using. Even when the electricity is being wasted with the unplugged consents or lights turned on, people can see that there is actual power being leaked. It would be hard for them to see the barometer increasing right in front of their eyes and leave the power on of any electrical device.
To sum up, I think simply raising electricity fee is not a fundamental solution for problems with power generation and environmental polution because if it is raised too little, things would not change, and if it is raised to much, it will backfire and damage inoccent electricity users. Therefore, I insist a barometer that can visualize the electricity usage can motivate people to save electricity which will gradually affect the power generation and environmental problems.
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