2008年7月17日木曜日

Means of transportation (Car or bicycle/walk)
Comparison/ Contrast Post


It is often reported about gasoline price in the news these days, because gasoline price has been increasing. In addition, environmental problems become a big issue around the world. These topics are familiar in our life. As a one of the easy ways to get rid of these problems, riding a bicycle or walking to move instead of using a car is good idea. Riding a car and riding a bicycle or walking has advantages and disadvantages, so I will compare them to see which is the better way from 3 points - price, convenience and eco-friendliness.

Topic about money is one of the big issues, so first of all I would like to compare about price. If you always use a car to move, increasing gasoline price is very serious problem. If you ride a bicycle or walk instead of riding a car, you can reduce the amount of money that need for filling the gasoline tank of your car. It is no need to use gasoline, so it is very economical way.

Ways of riding a bicycle or walk are cheap, but it has not only good points when we think about convenience. If it is rain or too hot or too cold, it is not good condition to walk or ride a bicycle. Besides, it is difficult to go to far places where you want to visit by foot or bicycle. That’s why car is convenient.

At the end, we will think about environmental aspect. Environmental problem is very important issue around the world, and the issue was talked at the Summit conference of Hokkaido. We have to think about global warming seriously from right now. Car exhaust is one of the big aspects to damage the environment. The more a number of cars increase, the more car exhaust also increases. Now, a various kind of cars such as electric car or so on are invented, but using a bicycle or walk is more eco-friendly way.

Car is very useful, in the other hand riding a bicycle or walk is eco-friendly and cheap way. Both ways has good points and bad points. If you depend on car in your life, it may be difficult not using a car. However, not riding a car is one of the choices that you can do for money and environment.

5 件のコメント:

jh さんのコメント...

Do you own a car?

If you do, is it an eco-friendly car?

If you don't have a car, do you think you'll buy an eco-friendly car when you get one?

Romi さんのコメント...

After read your blog, I could think about Global problem.
I feel important that each people interested in this problem.
Now, tax of gasoline is increasing.
From now on, do you think these tax continue increasing?

haru さんのコメント...

Thank you for your comments.

To jh
I have a driver's licence, but I don't own a car. When I buy a car, I want to buy a eco-friendly car. However, unfortunately, I have no plan to buy a car!
Would you like to buy a eco-friendly car?

To romi
If gasoline price keep increasing, many people including me are troubled. I wish to stop increasing gasoline price right now!

jh さんのコメント...

Haru,

I am not sure if I want an eco-friendly car or not! I would like to pay less for petrol, and I would like to be kind to the environment, but I hope that there will be more choice of different styles of eco-friendly cars in the future.

kobby さんのコメント...

I don't have a driver's license, so I can't drive a car..
Therfore I sometimes walk to school for diet!
But lately it is hot, I sometimes use bus...

Is eco-friendly car expensive?