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Describe some of the problems over-reliance on cars can cause and suggest 

a possible solution.

Humanity’s reliance on motorised vehicles has reached levels never seen before in 

history. With the growth of economies around the world, these numbers are only 

going to continue to swell. I argue that pollution and the draining of world resources 

are the most serious problems caused by this trend. Carpooling will be suggested as 

an effective response to these challenges.

Firstly, pollution and the reduction of natural resources are major problems caused 

by humanity’s over-reliance on cars. For example, the world’s collective car exhaust 

has now dissolved the ozone and raised temperatures so much that certain island 

nations like Kiribati are at risk of vanishing. In addition to this, a statistic was 

recently released stating that there simply is not enough steel in the world to meet 

the demand for cars in China and India. As these examples show, humanity’s demand 

for motorised vehicles needs to be curbed or it will have extreme repercussions on 

both pollution and natural resource levels.

A possible solution to the above is carpooling. In select metropolitan cities, for 

example, reserved lanes make the practice of carpooling attractive, and this has had 

substantial effects on the levels of exhaust pumped into the atmosphere every day. 

For example, it is estimated that car exhaust fumes are almost 10% lower today 

than 5 years ago in countries that promote carpooling like the UK and Canada. As 

this shows, carpooling could be a plausible solution to humanity’s overuse of mo-

torised vehicles.

Following this look at the challenges of motorised vehicle demand, the urgency of 

this situation is apparent. It is clear that something has to be done in order to 

reduce impact of petrol-dependent transportation. I thus hope solutions such as 

carpooling lanes are put into practice in big cities the world over.

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Document Outline

• Foreword
• 1.1
• What is required on the IELTS Writing exam?
• 1.2
• What is an essay?
• 1.3
• Interpreting Task 2 essay questions
• 1.4
• The thesis
• 2.1 
• How to write an introduction paragraph
• 2.2
• Coherence and Cohesion
• 2.3
• How to write supporting paragraphs
• 2.4
• How to write a conclusion paragraph
• 2.5
• Cohesion at the essay level
• 2.6
• The delicate nature of concession
• How to write a discussion essay
• 3.1
• Advantage and disadvantage questions
• 3.2
• Cause and effect/problem and solution questions
• 3.3
• Double action questions
• Frequently asked questions
• Review
• About the author