anti SUV ads
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- d_ummachine0
Hey Jox,
You CAN blame people for driving Hummers that get 10 miles to the gallon. You CAN blame people for NOT buying fuel efficient cars, like a Toyota Prius that gets 52 miles per gallon.
The point of the ad campaign is to get people to think about their actions and how it affects others. The car manufacturers are making butt-loads off of these status symbols (and that is all SUVs are). Car manufacturers are being very irresponsible, especially since the technology is out there. Hydrogen cars, electric cars, and alternative fuels have been in the works for years, but the oil companies have such control over how our government operates. (ie The Bush World Order) Japan is far, far ahead in this area.
Of course, people will never stop using their cars, but they sure as hell can be smarter about what type of vehicle they are using. I guarantee you that a majority of the S.U.V. owners out there are single, live in the city, and don't ever "haul" things (except for their friggin empty MacDonalds food containers).
Don't even get me started on how stupid your Swedish meatball comment was.
Now go eat your Surf n Turf and shit it right back out.
- DSI0
you guys dont think the big 3 auto manufacturers havent invested heavily in exxon, mobile and the like? dont hate on my suv, i like my suv.
- hiphoprelic0
good point, jox
suv's are not the problem.
men and women with "small penis syndorome" that think a big car means big nutz are mucking things up as far as gas consumption goes.
- CL0
yo, don't hate on my space.
- Peat0
Cheers to These Folks...Make a Donation, and stop Driving and building these SUV's, Please!
- hiphoprelic0
d_ummachine - you obviously live in some concrete jungle where the only purpose of automobiles is to transport one to and from starbucks to office complex.
"all suvs a status symbol."
suvs have a purpose, like hauling my dogs and gear to open spaces where there are trees and grass to enjoy.
My grand cherokee gets better gas mileage than any lincoln, mustang, ltd, caprice, impala...
suvs are not the source of all evil
- mitsu0
yeah, i drive a mitsubishi montero and it gets better gas mileage than some of the sports cars i used to drive.
then again, maybe i shouldn't tell you all this... you seem to have so much fun worrying about other countries problems.
- CL0
there's still time to get rid of those evil death machines.
- Bluejam0
Suv's make good fall out shelters...
...personally i find the adverts damaging to the anti-war arguement. They are in the realm of fantasy as reality (that's advertising!). In the same way that 'we' mocked the 'drugs=terrorism' ads in being based on half truths and lack of facts, the same you can do with these adverts.
It woulda been more intelligent and thought provoking to base the ads on facts that we know...ie effects on the environment, the reality that natural resources will one day run out and the idea that there are other modes of power (electric)...and that advertising is based on selling you something that you don't really need (not one SUV ad is shot in the city...funny that).
- hiphoprelic0
maybe we should throw away our pencils because they are made from innocent trees.
- CL0
pencils save lives
- mitsu0
yeah, and go recycle your house
- o0o0
The SUV is an example of a larger issue. A really obvious one.
What we consider a 'reasonable standard of living' is not sustainable. We consume more than our share of resources. The SUV just does it faster.
- CL0
logic bomb, thanks.
- DSI0
where are the anti '73 cultas ads? those old school fucks driving around old smoking beaters with the original spark plug are not aiding to the cause you are so against i guess.
- hiphoprelic0
good point o0o -
The suv issue is more a waste issue than anything, but Bluejam said it, the ad campain hurts its cause by reaching so far out there that people just get pissed off.
It's very similiar to the "if you smoke pot, you will run over a child" campain. This ad even offends non smokers.
- Nirvous0
Funny fact to chew on: Arianna Huffington is the person behind the campaign......and she got her money from marrying an oil man. Pretty hypocritical. She has a private jet as well. No credibility.
- CL0
well, many of the folks with melted cheese running through their veins will probably not register these ads as little more than a subconscious blip....in fact, it may trigger road rage when the spectre of logic invades their cokepit...
- Bluejam0
"It's very similiar to the "if you smoke pot, you will run over a child" campain. This ad even offends non smokers. "
That winds me up. I was taking to a friend who works for the agency that did that ad...i asked why the ad wasn't targeting drink-driving which causes more deaths and affects a much wider audience.
They looked at me like i had to heads...
- Bluejam0
oops!
should read...
"They looked at me like i had TWO heads..."