Q10. Developments in technology cause environmental problems. Some people believe the solution in these problems is everyone accepts a simpler way of life, while others say that technology can solve these problems. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
Recently, the question of how to combat environmental issues has become the subject of heated debate. Some people assert that human beings should make use of technology in order to address environmental concerns, while others argue otherwise. Personally, I wholeheartedly agree with the former stance. In the following essay, both views will be discussed before a conclusion is reached with my opinion.
On the one hand, those who claim that humans should change their lifestyles to a simpler way so as to deal with environmental problems do so for several reasons. Proponents of this argument insist that not only does a huge amount of CO2 emitted by personal vehicles accelerate the speed of global warming giving rise to climate change, but it also causes air pollution doing harm to people's physical and mental health. In addition, an astronomical quantity of non-disposable plastic waste produced by individuals prevents living creatures, including animals and plants, from living a better life. Given these points, some people hold the view that humans should accept a simpler way of life, such as avoiding using plastic bags and commuting to and from work by public transport, in a bid to cope with environmental problems.
My opinion, however, is that more emphasis should be placed on using technology than changing people's lifestyles to a simpler way in order to tackle contemporary issues related to the environment. Perhaps the most compelling reason is that a myriad of large companies are investing a vast sum of money in research to develop a way to utilise renewable energy in this technologically advanced era. As an illustration, Tesla which is the most famous business in the automobile industry could release electric vehicles in the market thanks to technological progress. These vehicles have ameliorated the quality of air as they do not generate carbon dioxide. Furthermore, a multitude of countries across the globe have a predisposition to replace thermal power plants with power stations operated by solar power and tidal power with the help of up-to-date technology. In light of the above, I find these more persuasive.
In conclusion, it is undeniable that there are a variety of opinions about this topic. However, after considering this matter in a careful manner, I fully support the view that technology can devise solutions to environmental problems for the reasons discussed above.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 94, Rule ID: SO_AS_TO[1]
Message: Use simply 'to'
Suggestion: to
...hange their lifestyles to a simpler way so as to deal with environmental problems do so ...
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...he above, I find these more persuasive. In conclusion, it is undeniable that the...
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Line 8, column 127, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in a careful manner" with adverb for "careful"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
... However, after considering this matter in a careful manner, I fully support the view that technolo...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, however, if, so, while, as to, in addition, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 13.1623246493 68% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 7.85571142285 89% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 10.4138276553 58% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 10.0 7.30460921844 137% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 24.0651302605 104% => OK
Preposition: 66.0 41.998997996 157% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2041.0 1615.20841683 126% => OK
No of words: 387.0 315.596192385 123% => OK
Chars per words: 5.27390180879 5.12529762239 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.43534841618 4.20363070211 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.98581019652 2.80592935109 106% => OK
Unique words: 236.0 176.041082164 134% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.609819121447 0.561755894193 109% => OK
syllable_count: 657.0 506.74238477 130% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 5.43587174349 129% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.76152304609 168% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 20.2975951904 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 60.1933083906 49.4020404114 122% => OK
Chars per sentence: 127.5625 106.682146367 120% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.1875 20.7667163134 116% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.625 7.06120827912 80% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 3.4128256513 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.292600868232 0.244688304435 120% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.076826312196 0.084324248473 91% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0625992604331 0.0667982634062 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.16235938341 0.151304729494 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0236604889365 0.056905535591 42% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.5 13.0946893788 118% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 38.66 50.2224549098 77% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 11.3001002004 122% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.58 12.4159519038 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.64 8.58950901804 112% => OK
difficult_words: 118.0 78.4519038076 150% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 9.78957915832 87% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.1190380762 115% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 10.7795591182 130% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 94, Rule ID: SO_AS_TO[1]
Message: Use simply 'to'
Suggestion: to
...hange their lifestyles to a simpler way so as to deal with environmental problems do so ...
^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 918, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...he above, I find these more persuasive. In conclusion, it is undeniable that the...
^^^^^^^
Line 8, column 127, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in a careful manner" with adverb for "careful"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
... However, after considering this matter in a careful manner, I fully support the view that technolo...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, however, if, so, while, as to, in addition, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 13.1623246493 68% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 7.85571142285 89% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 10.4138276553 58% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 10.0 7.30460921844 137% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 24.0651302605 104% => OK
Preposition: 66.0 41.998997996 157% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2041.0 1615.20841683 126% => OK
No of words: 387.0 315.596192385 123% => OK
Chars per words: 5.27390180879 5.12529762239 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.43534841618 4.20363070211 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.98581019652 2.80592935109 106% => OK
Unique words: 236.0 176.041082164 134% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.609819121447 0.561755894193 109% => OK
syllable_count: 657.0 506.74238477 130% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 5.43587174349 129% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.76152304609 168% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 20.2975951904 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 60.1933083906 49.4020404114 122% => OK
Chars per sentence: 127.5625 106.682146367 120% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.1875 20.7667163134 116% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.625 7.06120827912 80% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 3.4128256513 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.292600868232 0.244688304435 120% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.076826312196 0.084324248473 91% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0625992604331 0.0667982634062 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.16235938341 0.151304729494 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0236604889365 0.056905535591 42% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.5 13.0946893788 118% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 38.66 50.2224549098 77% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 11.3001002004 122% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.58 12.4159519038 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.64 8.58950901804 112% => OK
difficult_words: 118.0 78.4519038076 150% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 9.78957915832 87% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.1190380762 115% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 10.7795591182 130% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.