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Catbus as Sustainable Transport Future Meme

This image is a screenshot of a public post from X (formerly Twitter) by user @Iconawrites. The post text jokes that global society should acknowledge gasoline-powered cars are environmentally harmful, and proposes the magical Catbus character from Studio Ghibli's *My Neighbor Totoro* as the ideal sustainable transport solution for the future, followed by an in-clip screenshot of the brown, striped, multi-legged Catbus running across a grassy field with an excited open-mouthed expression. The meme uses nostalgia for beloved Ghibli media to make a lighthearted, humorous comment on conversations around green transport and climate action.
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We as a society need to accept that petrol cars are bad for the environment and that THIS is the sustainable future:

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We as a society need to accept that petrol cars are bad for the environment and that THIS is the sustainable future:

Overview

This image is a screenshot of a public post from X (formerly Twitter) by user @Iconawrites. The post text jokes that global society should acknowledge gasoline-powered cars are environmentally harmful, and proposes the magical Catbus character from Studio Ghibli's My Neighbor Totoro as the ideal sustainable transport solution for the future, followed by an in-clip screenshot of the brown, striped, multi-legged Catbus running across a grassy field with an excited open-mouthed expression. The meme uses nostalgia for beloved Ghibli media to make a lighthearted, humorous comment on conversations around green transport and climate action.

Origin notes

This meme was originally posted on X (formerly Twitter) by user @Iconawrites. The Catbus asset is pulled directly from the 1988 Studio Ghibli animated feature film My Neighbor Totoro. The post was later republished via RSS from the X account meme.jpg, as noted in the provided source information. It circulates as a relatable, lighthearted joke about sustainable transport alternatives for fans of anime and environmental discourse.

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