Some people think that current environmental issues are global problems and should, therefore, be dealt with by the government while others believe that these problems can only be tackled by individuals. Discuss both sides and give your opinion.
It is true that whether the solutions to environmental problems should be originated from authorities or individuals is a subject of debate. While reasons can be given to justify the former, the latter is much more preferable.
On the one hand, there are compelling reasons to think that governments play a pivotal role in mitigating environmental problems. Firstly, these issues are considered as market failures that need to be intervened by the national and local authorities. It is obvious that the environment is regarded as a public good which is kind of ‘Everybody's business is nobody's business’, and thus, each individual does not have sustainable behaviors. As a result, by imposing green taxes, the government could make the environment better. Secondly, the government could encourage green business which has not reached high productivity. For example, sustainable farming is a prime example for this point as farmers have to face difficulties from low productivity at the early stage.
On the other hand, others would argue that individuals play a more vital role in improving the quality of the environment. The first prominent justification is that the intervention of the government will not equal to the better environment if there are not any appropriate consumption behaviors. For instance, only when individuals are aware of how much plastic he or she is consuming, will marine creatures be saved. Moreover, without the demand for green products, the businesses of sustainable sectors would not be able to maintain their operation no matter how much the national budget is spent. Last but not least, although environment-related awareness has increased, the behaviors towards sustainability still do not occur. In fact, there is a gap between the attitude and behavior of consumers which needs to be paid more attention by themselves.
In conclusion, although there are many reasons given to justify that governments should take responsibility for environmental problems, it seems to me that individuals play a more vital role in improving them.
- It has been said that people who read for pleasure have more developed imaginations and language skill than people who prefer to watch TV. Do you agree or disagree? 67
- The chart below shows how frequently people in the USA ate in fast food restaurants between 2003 and 2013 74
- With the development of online communication, people will never be alone and will always be able to make new friends. To what extent do you agree? 67
- More and more people are becoming seriously overweight. Some people think a solution can be to increase the price of fattening foods. To what extent do you agree or disagree? 73
- Popular hobbies and interests change over time and are more a reflection of trends and fashions than an indication of what individuals really want to do in their spare time. To what extent do you agree or disagree? 78
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, still, thus, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, in fact, kind of, as a result, it is true, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 13.1623246493 175% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 7.85571142285 127% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 10.4138276553 58% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 12.0 7.30460921844 164% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 24.0651302605 79% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 41.998997996 76% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 8.3376753507 168% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1766.0 1615.20841683 109% => OK
No of words: 325.0 315.596192385 103% => OK
Chars per words: 5.43384615385 5.12529762239 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24591054749 4.20363070211 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.30055903459 2.80592935109 118% => OK
Unique words: 183.0 176.041082164 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.563076923077 0.561755894193 100% => OK
syllable_count: 555.3 506.74238477 110% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 6.0 2.52805611222 237% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 36.4238017419 49.4020404114 74% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.733333333 106.682146367 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.6666666667 20.7667163134 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.9333333333 7.06120827912 169% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.165946439073 0.244688304435 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0569999454387 0.084324248473 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0470508203236 0.0667982634062 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.110660846886 0.151304729494 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0564770645165 0.056905535591 99% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.0 13.0946893788 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 50.2224549098 83% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.21 12.4159519038 114% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.0 8.58950901804 105% => OK
difficult_words: 89.0 78.4519038076 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 9.78957915832 133% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.7795591182 121% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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