Outlawing adverts that push high-carbon products such as SUVs would be a simple win for regulators looking to take climate action, saysAndrew Simms
FROM the car advert urging you to enjoy a life “without restrictions” by driving an SUV with emissions 250 per cent above the EU target to the airline ad mocking people who holiday at home, why, in a warming world, are we surrounded by ads encouraging us to buy polluting, high-carbon products?Ending them would be an easy win for decision-makers looking to take rapid climate action.
Ads promoting high-carbon lifestyles and products are ubiquitous.Car firms spentan estimated $35.5 billion on advertising in major global markets in 2018. SUVs were thesecond-largest contributor to the increase in global carbon dioxideemissions between 2010 and 2018. Followingheavy promotion by vehicle manufacturers, in less than a decade, SUVs went from being 1 in 10…
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Exposing the Big Game 
There is NO CLIMATE CHANGE. It’s all about controlling us.
Wrong!
People are controlled plenty while their burning carbon like there’s no tomorrow. Asking them to back off a bit is for the planet’s sake, not for the government’s.
I’ve seen an ad too mocking ‘outdoorsy-ness’.