IF u had to pay a little more so that your city was less polluted would you pay??

Question

Meaning would you pay more for a greener fuel or for services that left virtually no sullage from your property be it aprivate service or a government one??

Answer 1

Yes. Provided that the service/fuel or whatever that is that makes life more livable especially in our cities.
Also there has to be a condition that this technology is pr oven & is sustainable and delivers what it promises.

Answer 2

The question is wrong. As a citizen ( any educated person in India) is not averse of paying more for services. What he is averse is of the corruption in the system, lethargy and other ills. There is a service for which we have to pay extra for less pollution. Whats happens next. The person who does not pay does not get any disadvantage and similarly who pays don't get any advantage. So here is the whole dynamics. A honest citizen is not awarded and dishonest is not penalised.
So, making policies is easier, difficult is implementing without corruption. traffic police is the biggest example. I drive in limit of 50 km/hr, and face all the traffic jams etc. But someone can drive rash and without lane sense and bribe 20 rupees if caught, so slowly and slowly the mind has started arguing about honesty.

Answer 3

Why not? Each and every civilian should not forget that they don't have only rights to enjoy, but they have duties and responsibilities too, to do for the society. If it is something good for the society, then certainly one should not feel to pay even high. Why always blame govt., or politicians or leaders. At times, the citizens should also play a vital role in the upliftment of the society and should prove their civic sense.
At the same time, it should also be seen that the amount is rightly used for the proposed purpose and not as routine that someone is exploiting.

Answer 4

Yes I would pay because in the long run you will see that paying a small regular amount to the state Government to clean the city and reduce the pollution will result in the vast reduction in the cost of medical treatment of the person, a good health will give you chance to work and earn more.

Answer 5

The short answer to your question is yes.

I'm in favour of increasing fares for public transporation if it will allow them to expand the system and make buses and trains more frequent and convenient to use. The main complaint about why people don't use public transportation in my city is that it takes too long, and in the suburban areas where most of the cars are and there would be most environmental benefits, the service is the least friendly to those who need to get downtown. In fact, in some suburban areas, you can't get home by public transit after 10pm....Kind of useless for people who have a social life and want to have dinner and see a late show downtown with friends. It just all seems very backwards to me.

I figure if I spend $100/mo on car insurance, another $160/mo on gas, and another $100/mo on general vehicle maintenance, I'd be willing to ditch my car and pay $360/mo (about $12/day) to use public transit instead, provided that it can get me where I'm going in a reasonable amount of time. I live in suburbia, and it takes me 90 minutes to make a round trip to and from downtown in my car, where the current transit system costs me $7/day for a round trip but takes me 4 hours. If the transit system could do the round trip in say, 2 hours or less, I'd gladly pay the extra $5/day and sell my car. This is mostly wishful thinking because the politicians involved don't think long-term; they only think as far ahead as the next election.

I'm also in favour of tolls to enter the downtown areas with your car, similar to London, UK. This would encourage more people to leave their cars at home.

I'd also like to see hybrid or electric-only cars become the standard, where public transportation is not an option. My car is about 14 years old, but if I buy a new car, I will pay a little bit more to have a hybrid car.

Answer 6

I might pay more but if your plan is based on the local community paying more I think it will fail. People like to think they are civil minded and do the right thing but more of the people look for the best bargains and the cheapest prices. As oil gets scarcer the prices will continue to climb and this will make greener fuels competitive. Only then will people adopt them. Sad to say but humanity is all too often reactive and not proactive and I don't see that changing...

Answer 7

Yes and I'm sure most would be willing to pay a little more to make our surroundings pollution free. However, that money should be used correctly and not go into the pockets of the corrupt officials where it always lands. If we can raid the corrupt officials houses and swiss bank accounts, make them pay taxes as they force the salaried class, check out how they have incomes beyond their means, we will find much more money to make our country greener and richer.

Answer 8

Money may not be only key .

I think we need to give some more care in what we do. Think again of the activitie we do to polute it and give up those habits.

Service your vehicles. Switch off the vehicles at red light. Dont honk at people.One may buy a cycle and use a cycle once a week.

Throwing wrappers on roads. One can simply carry to some distance and throw in dustbins.

Keep a dust bin not only at home but also in your locality. Which people can use.

Other things people can do is invest time. Form social groups which will educate people about cleaniness and the care they should take.

Answer 9

Yes we can pay a bit more if it really is used for same purpose.But if Ur talking about India only paying a bit more & then forgetting ur civic duties like I have paid so now I can throw garbage any where b'caz some one will come & pick it up attitude would not help.Actually its a joint responsibility of govt,NGOs & Public to keep cities less polluted.In india public education for such matters is very low. If it would have been not like that so many skeltons of kids would not have gone without notice for such along time in nithari nala.

Answer 10

Definitely.I would be very happy to do that,provided you can assure me that it will be used properly just to fulfill the needs of the people and not by the politicians to fill their pockets.Sorry if i am hurting u . But we( the people) after paying taxes, dont get the basic needs of ours satisfied.Still 28% of the population is below poverty.

therfore my question is if india as a country can't reduce the poverty or satisfy the basic needs of the common people with the money we pay, how can you expect us to expect that the money we are paying eill be used for the right purpose(reducing pollution)? can u give me the guarentee? if you can, i will be the first person to do so.