Ban Fossil Fuel Advertising

Fossil Fuel Is Next

Tobacco and alcohol advertising have been banned in Australia, just as they should throughout the civilised world. But Fossil Ad Ban argue that fossil fuels are every bit as harmful and should also be banned in Australia. 

Rationale

Indeed, the fossil fuel industry is the next tobacco, the next alcohol. Fossil fuels have polluted ground and skies, their addition of lead was done fully well knowing the damage it caused, and the chief evangelist of leaded fuel Thomas Midgely invented three things, each of which caused more damage to the planet in its sphere than anything else. By the way, do follow the "three things" link, it's well worth the 25 minute watch, and shows how the road to hell is paved with good (and not so good) intentions. . . Make sure to give them a like, too. 

The fossil fuel industry - look, really do go and watch that video now. It's jawdropping. "The world is less intelligent today, because of leaded gasoline." - Derek Muller, Veritasium.

The tobacco industry also -they knew that tobacco causes cancer and lung damage (and here I am a result of following the Marlboro Man into Phillip Morris country) and yet the profits... The profits... "Tell you what, why should we care how many people we kill in order to get at their money. People breed, there'll be plenty more cash cows." 

Similarly, alcohol has for almost as long as we've walked upright caused harm and abuse and killing, and yet they too decided they needed to spend billions in order to get their hands on trillions of customer dollars and just get used to a regular and faster-than-normal customer turnover. 

The Australian government put a huge block on tobacco and alcohol advertising, preventing advertising at sporting venues and TV slots where children might be exposed to the torrents of propaganda. And now, FAB want the same done for fossil fuels, and I'm one person who agrees entirely and in fact would like to see EVERY country on Earth introducing the same bans. 

Why Fossil Fuels?

The FFI similarly had warnings about how the use of fossil-carbon-based fuels would increase global warming. Their own scientists and technologists wrote about it. And nothing was done, just kicking the can up the road until, y'know, it hit the wall. We're at that wall now, and we're left with the can. 

All that's necessary for bad things to happen is for good people to ignore it and not call it out. It seems that FAB is one organisation to do this, but it won't be the only one, and - yeah, my hope is that all the fossil fuel companies will be as extinct as the fossils they've exploited and weaponised against common good and decency. 

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