The best way to solve the world’s environmental problems is to increase

the cost of fuel. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

The overconsumption of fossil fuel has become as a major topic of

concern recently. Some people suggest that increasing the fuel price can
be the solution to cope with the environmental issues.  Personally, I
believe that other measures should also be given equal consideration.

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Firstly, increasing the fuel expense cannot minimise the global
dependence on fuel. It should be first noted that even when the price of
fuel increases significantly, people still cannot cut down the tremendous
demand for petrol at once. For example, in daily life people still need to
use their cars despite the fluctuation in petrol price. Another clear reason
is that petrol is also intended for other applications in manufacturing
industries and agricultural purposes. If the price of fuel increases, the
national economy could suffer many unfavourable consequences.
 When it comes to reducing the 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 traveling 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
in manufacture. Besides, the most sustainable solution is to lower the
reliance on fuel by taking advantage of alternative resources. Wind and
tidal power in the Netherlands, nuclear power in Japan and solar power in
the United States have all proven their efficiency in energy in energy
production. These could be employed in other parts of the world to
minimise the global dependence on fossil fuel.

As all existing data above shows that the only cutting down the fuel price
will not reduce the global warming effects. Some strong alternative
measures need to be implemented to tackle this situation.

Useful expressions:
 Tremendous (adj.) very great in amount or level, or extremely
good.
 Mass-produce (v.) to produce a lot of goods cheaply using
machines in a factory.
 Energy-efficient (adj.) using little electricity, gas, etc.
 Hybrid (adj.) (also hybrid car) a vehicle with an engine that uses
both petrol and another type of energy, usually electricity.
 Implement (v.) to start using a plan or system.
 Solar power: energy from the Sun.
 Fossil fuel: fuels, such as gas, coal, and oil, that were formed
underground from plant and animal remains millions of years ago.