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News @lemmy.world stopthatgirl7 @kbin.social 9mo ago

Toyota SUV adverts banned in UK on environmental grounds

www.theguardian.com Toyota SUV adverts banned in UK on environmental grounds

Advertising Standards Authority says Hilux poster and video condone driving that disregards ‘impact on nature’

Toyota SUV adverts banned in UK on environmental grounds

Advertising Standards Authority says Hilux poster and video condone driving that disregards ‘impact on nature’

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The Hilux isn’t a SUV, it’s a pickup truck.
- *an, not a.
  
  The Hilux isn’t a SUV, it’s an pickup truck.
  
  I saw my mistake but couldn’t be arsed to fix it. Thank you for fixing it for me.
Good! Maybe in the future when we fixed the problem of having big things going vroom polluting our planet we can try having them back but at the moment, let’s just not do it.
- Big things going vroom will always be more polluting than small things.
  
  Moving two tons of steel to move one person will always be wasteful.
  
  The thing is, with a car you quickly can get to 2000 kilo’s. Even an electric car weighs as much as this!
I am a fully paid member of /fuckcars but this seems petty

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