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Increased Car Ownership and Growing Environmental Concerns

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Driving in India (http://helloji.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/driving-in-india_1.jpg)

Car ownership is increasingly feasible for citizens in around the world, as companies like Renault-Nissan work to develop cars that sell for as little as $2,500. While low-cost cars increase accessibility to transportation for many people, smog and traffic congestion are growing issues in clogged urban centers like New Delhi, India and Bangkok, Thailand. As auto transportation becomes more popular, however, it introduces many environmental issues such, as air and water pollution, which local governments in developing countries may not have the means to mitigate.

And nature thanks you!

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Roads open doors into pure environments. After opened, the result is often one of invasion allowing the once pristine landscapes and ecosystems to become littered and exploited.

Photo by Christoph Vandercam

The discarded reusable bag, ‘et la nature vous dit merci!’, now cluttering the ground, wasted, speaks for itself. The location is Charleroi, imbedded within the Pays Noir. The city was able to boom after a bridge was built in the 17th century, connecting it with roads to the rest of civilization and allowing population growth and industrial activity.