Some people say that the government should increase the tax on petrol in order to decrease traffic and pollution. Do you agree or disagree?

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Some people say that the government should increase the tax on petrol in order to decrease traffic and pollution. Do you agree or disagree?

It is considered by some that more tax should be imposed on petrol so as to lessen the traffic congestion and pollution issues. In my opinion, I concur with this perspective, and I would argue that other effective and feasible measures should be implemented simultaneously.
On the one hand, the policy of increasing the tax on petrol should be applied to reduce traffic and pollution. The reason for this is that the growth in the petrol price as a consequence of raising the tax rate would instantly decrease the demanding for petrol consumption which emits an enormous amount of air pollutants such as CO2 or SO2 into the air. This ultimately alleviates air pollution problems in many major cities. Additionally, since the higher price of petrol encourages citizens to use public transport including buses and subway, which is far more affordable than using their private cars, the number of vehicles on the road, the primary cause of traffic jam, would apparently decline.
On the other hand, the government also need to have other long-term schemes for tackling these problems. First, the development of alternative energy resources which are of no harm to the environment should be given high priority in order to largely replace fossil fuels in the long run. This is exemplified in Germany where the government has extended the scale of clean energy generation so massively that their inhabitants can use green energy for free. Second, the strategy for town planning is advised to be carefully done, helping to ease traffic within the city. For instance, some universities in Vietnam are moved to the suburbs to relieve the overcrowding on the downtown roads at rush hours.
In conclusion, while higher tax imposition on petrol could be seen as an effective method to solve traffic and pollution issues, I believe that renewable energy and long-term urban planning need to be seriously focused to prevent the problems in the future.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 68, Rule ID: SO_AS_TO[1]
Message: Use simply 'to'
Suggestion: to
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, apparently, first, if, second, so, while, as to, for instance, in conclusion, such as, in my opinion, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 13.1623246493 106% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 7.85571142285 140% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 10.4138276553 77% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 7.30460921844 123% => OK
Pronoun: 17.0 24.0651302605 71% => OK
Preposition: 44.0 41.998997996 105% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 8.3376753507 168% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1625.0 1615.20841683 101% => OK
No of words: 320.0 315.596192385 101% => OK
Chars per words: 5.078125 5.12529762239 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.22948505376 4.20363070211 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.77719331959 2.80592935109 99% => OK
Unique words: 183.0 176.041082164 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.571875 0.561755894193 102% => OK
syllable_count: 514.8 506.74238477 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 7.0 2.52805611222 277% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 16.0721442886 75% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 26.0 20.2975951904 128% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 63.1129388918 49.4020404114 128% => OK
Chars per sentence: 135.416666667 106.682146367 127% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.6666666667 20.7667163134 128% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.4166666667 7.06120827912 148% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 3.4128256513 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.199778208488 0.244688304435 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0762819143964 0.084324248473 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0787341200253 0.0667982634062 118% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.117850154486 0.151304729494 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.04205302059 0.056905535591 74% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.8 13.0946893788 121% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 50.2224549098 90% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 11.3001002004 119% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.48 12.4159519038 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.56 8.58950901804 111% => OK
difficult_words: 94.0 78.4519038076 120% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 9.78957915832 138% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.1190380762 123% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 10.7795591182 130% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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