Automotive Advertising | The duty

What do we have so much to fear by removing advertising from auto sales?

Of course agree with François Hudon (The duty of November 17) to suggest removing car advertising. At a time of draconian measures to be put in place to avoid THE catastrophe of climate change, it seems to me that this is one of the first concrete actions to be taken to reduce the use of solo cars, which generate greenhouse gas. tight. We continue to do studies, to produce reports with frightening statistics on global warming but, every night, in front of the small screen, we let ourselves be hypnotized: we are made to believe that buying a car will bring freedom. , comfort, safety, power, etc. Lies upon lies!

Why then do we tolerate such a situation? We have already given up on cigarette ads, and yet the removal of this ad has not killed the CBC or thrown our economy to the ground. I hope that at the next Climate March, we will demand the removal of all advertising of the sale of tanks on signs along the roads, in print and especially electronic media, with all these gugusses that we consult several times a day, always assimilating more and more a lifestyle that needs to be radically changed, and as quickly as possible!

I would really like this idea developed in François Hudon’s letter to snowball …

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