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Hi everyone, I am Mara. First of all I am going to start rebutting your arguments.

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You have said that pollution is moved elsewhere, but it is not moved elsewhere, it is reduced because private used car produces a lot of air pollution.

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And also you have said that tourism is good for economy, but it is not good for economy, but also apart from that, tourism creates more jobs, like for example in local markets.

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And to put a close example, according to the National Statistics Institute, last year, tourism provided 2.27 million of workplaces.

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So, you're saying it doesn't have any sense because in the future you will have to work here in Spain and this provides more work places.

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Now, to end with my arguments, to get started, we have already spoken about the air pollution that private car use produces.

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But I want to put a most closely related example, that is, since the implementation of the low-farm emission in Madrid,

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People have started using more public transport and air pollution has reduced by 10% in just one year as well as the no air pollution.

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And so this method is beneficial when it comes to pollution, that is a severe problem nowadays in lots of countries.

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Also I would like to point out the massive energy consumption per person that car use produces

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uses and comparing it with the consumption of energy with a bus is much less. It's like

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four times bigger than the energy consumption per person of a car. And to top it off, if

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we compare it instead with a bus, with a train, the difference is massive.

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What happened to the people that couldn't access to their work in public transport?

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Which public transport?

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Today.

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In public transport, that they couldn't access to their work in public transport.

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Sorry.

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What have to do the people that couldn't access to their work in public transport?

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So people that can't access their work in public transport, but you said that in your arguments.

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I'm asking you.

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But people normally can't go to work by public transport.

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Also, this overconsumption of energy leads us to being dependable of power sources like petrol that are limited, and this can produce severe problems in the near future.

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Also I want to point out that public transport is much more accessible in terms of money

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and that is why more than 30% of people in Spain use public transport and this percentage is increasing daily.

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And finally, increasing pedestrian zones directly affects the construction of natural spaces

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and natural spaces are not only beneficial for ecology but also will provide to lower the rate of health problems

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like for example cardiovascular illnesses, depression, body immune system, obesity and there are more.

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So my point is that increasing pedestrian zones and promoting public transport is strongly beneficial for health, ecology and life quality.

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And I think there is no doubt when we say that these three topics take precedence over any arguments to be possible.

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Thank you.