Climate

Should advertising for fossil fuel companies be banned like tobacco ads?

For

It promotes harmful industries that damage the planet.

Against

People deserve access to information and freedom of marketing.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Great news. This sort of advertising should be labelled as ‘de-education’ ...
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • Would be great to also ban adverts for fossil powered cars
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • Do fossil fuel companies really advertise? Maybe I'm blind but I've never seen an advert to buy Shell or BP petrol.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • The bill doesn't ban false advertising, it bans any advertising that its author considers false.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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