Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve traffic and pollution. Topic: Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve traffic and pollution. What extend do you agree or disagree? What other measures do you think more effective? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My notebook entry: It is imperative to tackle the traffic and pollution problems and raising the price of petrol is being seen as the best way to turn the overburdened road system around and achieve a higher level of environmental sustainability at the same time. It can be predicted that this measure enables to have those problems under control rapidly in a short term, however, it do not help in a long run. Undoubtedly, the amount of private car will be curbed in a few years rapidly, whereas the ticket price of the public transport will also be elevated by the price of petrol in the meanwhile. The high price of petrol will cause a lot of troubles on people’s trip modes and trigger numerous complaints, which will abolish this action in turn eventually. Although the measure may not change this situation efficiently, there still are some other alternatives. Thanks to the rapid technological development, the electrical cars, which are more environment-friendly, are going to replace the traditional cars. Some companies have already put this type of car into production and the next step is to popularize the use of these cars. Besides, the operation of air-traffic and underground systems will greatly alleviate the traffic issues. The emerging approaches will provide people with more options to public transport means and change their habits on traveling gradually. In conclusion, increasing the price of petrol is a temporary solution to the problems. By contrast, changing people’s mind about public transport means and using green energy are more likely to rule out those problems.