Could the U.S. Ban Fossil Fuel Ads? This week U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called for bans on fossil fuel ads, but legal challenges would make nationwide restrictions difficult to implement
This week U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called for bans on fossil fuel ads, but legal challenges would make nationwide restrictions difficult to implement in the U.S.
No. They could restrict it, like they do with tobacco, but that's far less ubiquitous than gasoline, so I don't find it likely they'll even do much in the way of restriction.
Tim Watkins, energy-based economics writer from the UK, had some interesting observations about this in his blog today. Scroll down to the third/final subheading, "Advertising doesn't work that way".