Some people say that economic growth can eradicate poverty. Others opine that economic development causes environmental damage and hence it should be discouraged. In my opinion, environmental protection is of paramount importance and hence economic growth should be restricted.
A good reason to stop economic growth is to protect the environment from getting polluted by its harmful by-products. In other words, economic growth needs the establishment of many factories which emit obnoxious gases into the atmosphere and discharge other pollutants into the soil and water. If untreated, these by-products cause huge environmental complications. For instance, the demand for electricity rises due to high economic growth; the majority of power plants in the world use fossil fuels to produce electricity and thus cause considerable damage to the environment.
Another critical reason to protect the environment and discourage economic growth is the lack of any substantial evidence to prove that economic growth eradicates poverty. To put it in another way, billions of people are still living under poverty even after many decades of economic development, casting doubt on the role of economic growth in removing poverty. For example, years of economic growth has made rich people richer and poor people are still struggling for the basic necessities of life. Moreover, with the advancement of technologies less manual work is required in factories and hence fewer job opportunities are available although economy is developing. Obviously, economic growth chiefly benefits the affluent and does hardly anything for the poorest sections of the society.
In conclusion, sacrificing the environment for the sake of economic development is not a wise step, especially, when it is doubtful whether economic development can eradicate poverty.
Some
people
say that
economic
growth
can eradicate
poverty
. Others opine that
economic
development
causes environmental damage and
hence
it should
be discouraged
. In my opinion, environmental protection is of paramount importance and
hence
economic
growth
should
be restricted
.
A
good
reason to
stop
economic
growth
is to protect the environment from getting polluted by its harmful by-products.
In other words
,
economic
growth
needs the establishment of
many
factories which emit obnoxious gases into the atmosphere and discharge other pollutants into the soil and water. If untreated, these by-products cause huge environmental complications.
For instance
, the demand for electricity rises due to high
economic
growth
; the majority of power plants in the world
use
fossil fuels to produce electricity and
thus
cause considerable damage to the environment.
Another critical reason to protect the environment and discourage
economic
growth
is the lack of any substantial evidence to prove that
economic
growth
eradicates
poverty
. To put it in another way, billions of
people
are
still
living under
poverty
even after
many
decades of
economic
development
, casting doubt on the role of
economic
growth
in removing
poverty
.
For example
, years of
economic
growth
has made rich
people
richer and poor
people
are
still
struggling for the
basic necessities
of life.
Moreover
, with the advancement of technologies less manual work
is required
in factories and
hence
fewer job opportunities are available although economy is developing.
Obviously
,
economic
growth
chiefly
benefits the affluent and does hardly anything for the poorest sections of the society.
In conclusion
, sacrificing the environment for the sake of
economic
development
is not a wise step,
especially
, when it is doubtful whether
economic
development
can eradicate
poverty
.
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