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Increasing petrol prices is the best way to protect the environment? To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Increasing petrol prices is the best way to protect the environment? 158rX

It is clear that the world is facing many environmental problems. Some people suggest that the optimal way to solve these problems is raising the prices of petrol. In my opinion, this measure is ineffective and there are much better ways to protect the environment. First of all, making fuel more expensive simply will not work. In the past, petrol prices had increased significantly, however, it did not have any effect on fuel consumption: people still bought and drove their own vehicles, and factories still increased their production and released more and more pollutants. Furthermore, fuel consumption is just one of the many activities that cause pollution. For example, deforestation, the use of plastic and the huge amount of domestic waste all contaminate the environment. Increasing the prices of petrol is unlikely to have any impact on these factors, and therefore it cannot be considered the best way to protect the environment. Second, there are much better solutions to environmental problems. One of them is investing in green technology. By making eco-friendly sources of energy more available and affordable, we can greatly reduce our impact on the environment. Another measure is educating the public on the importance of sustainable living. Ordinary people do a variety of things every day that harm the environment, and if all of us were more conscious of this negative impact that we have on the planet, we could make a huge difference to environmental issues. In conclusion, increasing the prices of petrol is not a good way to protect the environment, and other measures should be considered.

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. In my opinion, this measure is ineffective and there are much better ways to protect the environment.

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prices
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, deforestation, the This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :exploit
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 of plastic and the huge amount of domestic waste all contaminate the You use this word too often, consider replacing it withstatusclimatehabitatsurroundingssettingsituation
environment
. Increasing the You use this word too often, consider replacing it withfarepayfeepremiumfigurevaluation
prices
 of You use this word too often, consider replacing it withcrude oilgasolinegasfuelnatural gaskerosene
petrol
 is unlikely to have any impact on these factors, and therefore
 it cannot be considered
 the best way to protect the environment.

Second, there are much better solutions to environmental problems. One of them is investing in green technology. By making eco-friendly sources of energy more available and affordable, we can greatly
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environment
. Another measure is educating the public on the importance of sustainable living. Ordinary This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :individualsnationsociety
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environment
, and if all of us were more conscious of this This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:adverse
negative
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 a huge difference to environmental issues.

In conclusion
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petrol
 is not a This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :beneficialproduct
good
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, and other measures should be considered
. 