Recently, there has been considerable debate surrounding the trajectory of the increase in car ownership from various perspectives. On one hand, some argue that we need to be against this growth by promoting alternative solutions. On the other hand, others assert that this rise is beneficial towards society as a whole. This prompts us to question how should we approach this increase in car ownership. To examine both views, it is vital for us to consider both sides of the argument and have a thoughtful understanding.
Primarily, those who argue against this growth postulate that it is necessary for us to encourage alternative forms of transportation to lessen our carbon footprint. Naturally, when people use and own fewer cars, the amount of carbon dioxide and air waste would decrease. As a result, the decrease in car ownership would indirectly lessen air pollution and improve the environment. Besides carbon footprint, encouraging alternative transportation would increase a nation’s public transportation level. This is because this would increase the usage of public transportation. Consequently, this would create more jobs and improve a nation’s economy.
However, every rose has its thorns, this growing ownership would also be advantageous in a myriad of ways. To begin with, it would push the automotive industry to improve current technologies and create new ones. When both the demand for cars and the awareness of the environment rise, automotive companies give their all to invent new technologies to please these demands. As a consequence, the invention of electric vehicles came into existence marking a new era of technological achievement. Thus, the hike in car ownership pushes technological development and progress.
In a nutshell, the perspectives are diverse. Instead of saying that we should be 100 per cent against this growth, we should take a positive approach and improve our ways of facing this issue as it is inevitable. Taking into account that increases in ownership of goods are a natural cycle in the economy, so as a society, we should improve together in facing our issues.