▶ Your Answer :
The majority of
young people in
early to mid-twenties are under illogical and stereotypical assumption that the
best way to reduce air pollution is for the government to raise the cost of
fuel. However, this notion should be thought in a different way. I believe that
air pollution problems do not
be solved by governments’ raising fuel regulation. Because people already got used to buy fuels.
Firstly, It is
essential to think about people’s habit that they are looking for convenient
ways. Last August,
I was highly active on Facebook and I encountered heated online discussion with
people holding different opinion. Initially, I thought that the government
should raise the cost of fuel in order to reduce air pollution. However, upon further reflection, this
Facebook article and comments
led me to read relevant comments, which claims that even though the government raise the
cost of fuel, people will keep using it because they already got used to it and
they will continuously want the convenient transportation. This was quite an
issue for them because they live in countryside and need their own cars in order to go to
markets or
department stores.
This was enough to change my initial thought and I learned that the air
pollution problems
will not be reduced by raising the cost of fuel.
Another
point that should be brought up is that it is not the best way. A renowned
social scientist in Korea published an online editorial last Tuesday, which
claims that the scientist and technologists are developing new machines that can reduce the air
pollution. According to the article, 62 percent of 100 professionals announced
that new technology can be a method to reduce air pollution by using electronic
cars. Therefore, they said that for the government it is more beneficial to suggest use that
technology instead of just raising the cost of fuel. This was exactly the same
what I thought.
In
sum up, I strongly believe that the government doesn’t need to raise the cost of fuel in order
to reduce air pollution and it is not the best way either. Because of people’s
habit that they try to remain their habit, and the new technology that raising these days. I thought of this. |