Reason:

There is an ongoing issue in domestic and foreign policy about how to power and entire country. This topic is constantly riddled with problems, like the non-renewable energy, i.e. coal and gasoline, that is powering most of America, the controversy of carbon dioxide emissions and its effect on climate change, and the United States’ past and current involvement in the Middle East over the surplus of oil in the area. The university’s decision to charge more for parking permits for solo drivers is a small, but significant environmental plan because it encourages students to use public transportation. On the economic side of things, everyone pays taxes that go toward many public-funded resources, like public transportation. We, as citizens, should take advantage of these public works since we contribute to their existence. Also, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, coal and natural gas constitute 66% of all electricity production in 2015 was from coal and natural gas. Scientists are in a never-ending battle to prove or disprove coal, natural gas, and gasoline emissions and their effect on the environment and climate change. Even if there is no such thing as the greenhouse effect, it is still a good idea to reduce the consumption of gasoline we use. Also, with all of this funding for the military to intervene in the Middle East to protect the source of our oil, people against this imposition of American power would agree that using public transportation would greatly reduce the need for gasoline. Some of the funding of the military, a large percentage of America’s expenditures, could instead be spent on finding alternative, renewable energy sources, so we could completely forget our dependency on gasoline.

Warrant:

Since the first use of fossil fuels as an energy source, the humankind has made leaps and bounds to make these resources more efficient and less harmful on the environment. However, this is simply not enough to effectively reduce our carbon footprint and our dependency on non-renewable resources. Instead, greatly reducing the amount of gasoline consumed by using public transportation will have a much greater effect on these issues. Therefore, it is good for the environment to encourage students to use public transportation. This new generation of people, who have become culturally and socially aware of these issues, are the perfect group to act on this impending issue. It should be the mission of every generation to fix the issues of the past generations and make the world a better place. And at this developmental phase in their lives in higher education, they can develop the knowledge and skills necessary to replace gasoline dependency altogether. This policy at the university very effective because it not only helps to remedy the issue of the greenhouse effect, but it also helps college students become aware of gasoline dependency and it will compel them to make the change in energy consumption that the world will soon need.

Reference:

http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=427&t=3