Increasing Fuel Cost to Solve Environmental Problems

The overconsumption of fossil fuels has become a major topic of concern recently. Some people suggest that increasing the fuel price can be Suggested change: an effective solution toan effective solution to1the solution to cope with environmental issues. Personally, I believe that other measures should also be given equal consideration.

Firstly, Suggested change: increasing the cost of fuelincreasing the cost of fuel2increasing the fuel expense cannot minimise the global dependence on fuel. Suggested change: Specifically,Specifically,3It should be first noted that even when the price of fuel increases significantly, people still cannot Suggested change: substantially reduce the demandsubstantially reduce the demand4cut down the tremendous demand for petrol Suggested change: immediatelyimmediately5at once. For example, in daily life, people still need to use their cars despite the fluctuation in Suggested change: petrol pricespetrol prices6the petrol price. Another clear reason is that petrol is also intended for other applications in manufacturing industries and Suggested change: agricultureagriculture7agricultural purposes. If the price of fuel increases, the national economy could suffer many unfavourable consequences.

When it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, some measures should be taken to mitigate the problems of overconsuming fuel. The most practical measure at the moment is to reduce the demand for resources in daily activities like Suggested change: travellingtravelling8traveling or production. This can be done by encouraging people to turn to mass-producing energy-efficient products like hybrid cars or implementing new saving energy technology Suggested change: in manufacturingin manufacturing9in manufacture. Besides, the most sustainable solution is to lower the reliance on fuel by taking advantage of Suggested change: alternative energy sourcesalternative energy sources10alternative resources. Wind and tidal power in the Netherlands, nuclear power in Japan, and solar power in the United States have all proven their efficiency Suggested change: in energy productionin energy production11in energy in energy production. These could be employed in other parts of the world to minimise the global dependence Suggested change: on fossil fuelson fossil fuels12on fossil fuel.

All existing Suggested change: arguments above showarguments above show15data above shows that Suggested change: merely raising fuel pricesmerely raising fuel prices16only increasing the fuel price will not reduce the global warming effects. Some strong alternative measures need to be implemented to tackle this situation.