DO you agree or disagree: The only effective way to encourage energy conservation is increasing the price of gasoline and electricity.
Energy conservation is once again in the limelight all across the globe. Some environmentalists maintain that to put up the price of gasoline and electricity in the only effective way to realize the goal. As much as I can relate to what is intended to such idea, I just do not think it deserves to be called the only effective way.
Sure, it is tempting to think this proposal can work like a charm. By raising the price of electricity, government is urging every household to cut back on energy consumption. When seeing the utility bills go up, people would think twice in terms of electronic appliances such lights out during that day time, choosing fans over air conditioners during heat weaves and keeping windows shut tight to keep heat in during cold winters. Quite similarly, with the rising cost of gasoline, commuters are more likely to walk, bike, car pool and use mass transit. So higher prices do help reduce energy consumption, but let’s face it, it is just one side of the story. People are going to be gritting their teeth because normally nobody likes those high prices coming out of their wallets. For those people who live in rural areas, there is no public transportation; and for those who live on a budget, they would face a financial burden that could strict their places to go to things to do.
Since this proposal comes with drawbacks that could easily counterfeit its short-term benefits, it is necessary to take into consideration alternatives that can serve the same purpose. First, government should invest on usable and sustainable energy. It is no secret that solar alternative fuel like solar energy can be the ray of hope for bright future ahead. Solar cars who run freely and abundantly without reliance of gasoline is the key to energy conservation. At present, lots of research is being carries out to run the cars, but the funding problem still get in the way. If the government can sponsor this program, there is no doubt that energy efficiency will be guaranteed and conservation work will also be taken care of.
Beside, a low carbon lifestyle should be encouraged. Business and government have to take the lead. They have to show that they have done everything they can, and then they could ask people to join the journey. For example, eco-labeled companies tend to reduce waste, reuse and recycle components and extend products’ durability ( life span) and recyclability. And government should educate the public about starting small, such as reducing the amount of waste by buying minimally packaged goods, choosing reusable products instead of disposable ones and recycling. Also, they should be informed that traditional light bulbs have higher energy costs and lower life spans. We would better opt for LED alternatives that not only last longer but also cut energy consumption considerably.
To sum up, it is not to say increasing the price of gasoline and electricity cannot motivate energy conservation, but its downsides overshadow its theoretical effects. While other options are available, this proposal should by no means be the only effective one.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 334, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, similarly, so, still, then, while, for example, no doubt, such as, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 15.1003584229 159% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 20.0 9.8082437276 204% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 20.0 13.8261648746 145% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.0286738351 127% => OK
Pronoun: 39.0 43.0788530466 91% => OK
Preposition: 66.0 52.1666666667 127% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 8.0752688172 186% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2601.0 1977.66487455 132% => OK
No of words: 519.0 407.700716846 127% => OK
Chars per words: 5.01156069364 4.8611393121 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.7730044521 4.48103885553 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.76567430787 2.67179642975 104% => OK
Unique words: 296.0 212.727598566 139% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.570327552987 0.524837075471 109% => OK
syllable_count: 821.7 618.680645161 133% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 9.59856630824 115% => OK
Interrogative: 1.0 0.994623655914 101% => OK
Article: 1.0 3.08781362007 32% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.51792114695 142% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.86738351254 321% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.94265232975 101% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.6003584229 121% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.1344086022 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.2146319706 48.9658058833 101% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.04 100.406767564 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.76 20.6045352989 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.92 5.45110844103 72% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.5376344086 18% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 11.8709677419 126% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 3.85842293907 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.88709677419 82% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.195765242834 0.236089414692 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0538406925914 0.076458572812 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0619817904759 0.0737576698707 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.133066038919 0.150856017488 88% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0936520428125 0.0645574589148 145% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 11.7677419355 106% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 58.1214874552 88% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 10.1575268817 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.78 10.9000537634 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.43 8.01818996416 105% => OK
difficult_words: 125.0 86.8835125448 144% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.002688172 80% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.0537634409 99% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.247311828 117% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Try to use less pronouns (like 'It, I, They, We, You...') as the subject of a sentence.
Rates: 83.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.0 Out of 30
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