'People have become obsessed with travelling ever further and faster. However, travel is
expensive, dangerous, damaging and a foolish waste of time!'
Selfish. Damaging. Dangerous. These days, it is common practice to drive the width and
breadth of a country without even beginning to consider the impact it has on the wellbeing
of others and the environment. The ease with which impressionable young people surround
themselves with a culture that celebrates excessive and expensive travel is sickening the
nation. The scale of damage cause by this ideology renders immoderate travel no less than a
pandemic.
Firstly, travel is exceedingly expensive, with people splashing out unnecessarily on flashy cars
and first-class seats. Why break the bank for a car that could reach speeds that can’t legally
be reached on a road? Why waste money and time, and put your health at risk for a weekend
abroad? The urge to outdo others with lavish trips and fast cars spreads across society like a
highly infectious plague, with the cost of every purchase or holiday becoming increasingly
exorbitant. As with everything, the greater the demand, the greater the price. With more
people regularly travelling further and faster some are unable to keep up: less fortunate
families struggle to afford anything more than their bus trips to work. Even then, the quality
of transport has not improved - every day trip is hindered by delays and cancellations. This
unchallenged obsession with travelling is a scourge and an illness to society.
With faster cars and more time spent on the travelling, incidences of fatal road accidents have
increased. Furthermore, the detrimental effect of noise and constant traffic on mental health
cannot be ignored. Nauseatingly - due to increased levels of air pollution - travelling is
dangerous even to those who chose not to participate! Each day, noxious gases from car
exhausts are making respiratory issues commonplace, with more and more people being
diagnosed with asthma each year. This danger is easily mitigated by enjoying what is already
in walking distance and not wasting time abroad. With ease of access to almost anywhere,
the world has become a much smaller, less wonderous place – we must appreciate and take
advantage of what is already near us.
Excessive travel not only has an adverse effect on people: it has significantly damaged the
environment. In today’s society, the number of holidays a person goes on each year has
somewhat become a symbol of wealth and status. Air travel is the most damaging form of
transportation, burning huge amounts of fossil fuels and irreversibly contributing to climate
change. Our obsession with travel comes at the expense of natural habitats and the future of
the planet. We must inoculate ourselves against the desire for self-indulgent travelling for the
sake of future generations. Evidently, this selfish How have we allowed this disease to infect
so many? The cure: eradicate it.
In effect, we must consider the detrimental impact that pointless travel has on the
environment and the health and safety of the world. It can so quickly infect people’s minds
and leave them with the parasitic belief that fulfilment must come with extensive travelling.
Thankfully, we can recover; There is a cure. Simply, we must learn to discover what’s right on
our doorsteps and stop travelling when we have nothing better to do!
expensive, dangerous, damaging and a foolish waste of time!'
Selfish. Damaging. Dangerous. These days, it is common practice to drive the width and
breadth of a country without even beginning to consider the impact it has on the wellbeing
of others and the environment. The ease with which impressionable young people surround
themselves with a culture that celebrates excessive and expensive travel is sickening the
nation. The scale of damage cause by this ideology renders immoderate travel no less than a
pandemic.
Firstly, travel is exceedingly expensive, with people splashing out unnecessarily on flashy cars
and first-class seats. Why break the bank for a car that could reach speeds that can’t legally
be reached on a road? Why waste money and time, and put your health at risk for a weekend
abroad? The urge to outdo others with lavish trips and fast cars spreads across society like a
highly infectious plague, with the cost of every purchase or holiday becoming increasingly
exorbitant. As with everything, the greater the demand, the greater the price. With more
people regularly travelling further and faster some are unable to keep up: less fortunate
families struggle to afford anything more than their bus trips to work. Even then, the quality
of transport has not improved - every day trip is hindered by delays and cancellations. This
unchallenged obsession with travelling is a scourge and an illness to society.
With faster cars and more time spent on the travelling, incidences of fatal road accidents have
increased. Furthermore, the detrimental effect of noise and constant traffic on mental health
cannot be ignored. Nauseatingly - due to increased levels of air pollution - travelling is
dangerous even to those who chose not to participate! Each day, noxious gases from car
exhausts are making respiratory issues commonplace, with more and more people being
diagnosed with asthma each year. This danger is easily mitigated by enjoying what is already
in walking distance and not wasting time abroad. With ease of access to almost anywhere,
the world has become a much smaller, less wonderous place – we must appreciate and take
advantage of what is already near us.
Excessive travel not only has an adverse effect on people: it has significantly damaged the
environment. In today’s society, the number of holidays a person goes on each year has
somewhat become a symbol of wealth and status. Air travel is the most damaging form of
transportation, burning huge amounts of fossil fuels and irreversibly contributing to climate
change. Our obsession with travel comes at the expense of natural habitats and the future of
the planet. We must inoculate ourselves against the desire for self-indulgent travelling for the
sake of future generations. Evidently, this selfish How have we allowed this disease to infect
so many? The cure: eradicate it.
In effect, we must consider the detrimental impact that pointless travel has on the
environment and the health and safety of the world. It can so quickly infect people’s minds
and leave them with the parasitic belief that fulfilment must come with extensive travelling.
Thankfully, we can recover; There is a cure. Simply, we must learn to discover what’s right on
our doorsteps and stop travelling when we have nothing better to do!
