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Topic: people think that government should increase the cost of fuel for cars and other vehicles to solve environmental problems. give your opinion

Transportation emission is believed to be the main cause of increasing environmental problems. Under that assumption, people put forward the solution to raise the price of petrol. From my point of view, although I regard it as an effective measure, there are some other measures that would have an even greater impact.

If government authorities raise the price of petrol then it could address 2 issues. Firstly, in terms of private cars and motorists, the higher price of petrol, the more ability it has to restrict the number and lengths of cars and other vehicles' journeys so that they can compensate for the extra expense. Catch up with the situation, more goods will be traveled by rail than by trucks. Not only do both measures considerably ease traffic congestion but they also help cut down on the emissions from transportation, and in long run is to reduce the greenhouse effect on the environment.

Be that as it may, raising the price of petrol is just a stopgap measure, we need another one to deal with environmental problems in the long term. London, as a compelling illustration, has brought about congestion charges on all vehicles visiting the city center and had such efficacious results that remarkably decrease private vehicles inside urban. That money therefore can be used to improve transport infrastructure instead. Another measure is to accommodate citizens with such free buses and train passes to govern them from using their own ones. In turn, we can gradually improve air quality even in big cities.

In conclusion, a sharp rise in petrol’s price would be a useful environmentally-friendly transport measure, although in the longer term other steps turn out to be more effective.