Victoria DuBois, Introduction, Question #6

The passage in the introduction about the environment and driving cars seemed interesting to me. What struck me as interesting was how most of the time we don't think about consequences of our actions because they don't directly affect us individually. Most of the time when we're driving our cars we don't think about the air pollution it's creating because it doesn't directly affect each of us individually, but it is affecting us as a society so we actually should be thinking about it. I also had never thought about the most effective way to help change this environmental problem is to raise taxes on cars and gas rather than making some huge campaign about being environmentally friendly. I feel like most people think the most effective way to fix problems is to raise awareness, when in actuality, in this situation at least, the solution is to somewhat force people into not wanting to drive their cars.