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Some people might argue that the government should increase the cost of gasoline and electricity to conserve energy. This is because this policy would help reduce the total amount of using energy source people use. However, I firmly believe that this policy is not a reasonable solution to dealing with the lack of energy resources for two reasons: It would be burdensome for lots of citizens whose economic state is not good to afford the high price and also it is more reasonable to set up and use alternative energy sources.
First of all, making the price of gasoline and electricity higher would give enormous burden for poor people. It is much better to regulate lots of companies which use gasoline and electricity excessively. As a matter of fact, they are the main culprits that have been caused many environmental problems such as air-pollution or water-pollution because their power plants have made a lot of greenhouse gases and dirty sewage. Thus, instead of controlling on personal energy use, the government should strictly regulate how much energy companies use by wielding its official power on them.
In addition, the government should change its focus on developing and utilizing alternative energy resources for citizens. On one hand, some people contend that increasing the price of gasoline and energy would make people choose to use renewable energy sources on their own. However, it is very difficult to personally utilize these sources because many people are not aware of how to use these sources in practical way even though they already knew the concept of it. Therefore, the government should make first step toward setting up alternative energy sources, and then it will be getting widely used by people.
In brief, I strongly disagree with the statement for the government can preserve energy by increasing the price of gasoline and electricity. This way of thinking is short-sighted and cannot solve the basic problem of energy sources, in fact, it is likely to worsen the situation. All in all, I firmly believe that the government will soon change its policy if they consider all these reasons I have mentioned above. |