Big Oil = Marlboro Man

One of our favorite mutterings around Propel is “Asking Big Oil to solve your petroleum problem is like asking the Marlboro Man to solve your smoking problem.” Rob even mentioned it in his Grist interview.

This is not the far-fetched analogy it may seem, as this RJR ad shows (after the ’64 Surgeon General’s Warning was announced)

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