[shawnb576]

OK well then, we'd better not do anything about it! <s/>

I don't think this is strictly true. Oil production is not fully fungible due to all kinds of issues including sanctions and production capacity.

But this is also a strawman - this isn't saying "we should shut them all down" or even begging that question.

At a minimum it's saying "there were people and companies who intentionally chose to mislead the public on a potentially existential issue - perhaps there should be some reckoning for that?"

[fwungy]

https://www.aei.org/economics/environmental-energy-economics...

I never said don't do anything.

What I believe is that we need to balance carbon elimination w/ carbon mitigation and not put all our eggs in the elimination basket.

We've got one chance to do this right.

[smackeyacky]

I suspect we had one chance to do it right, but the organised and widespread suppression and misinformation campaigns of these companies basically made that impossible.

Now we're faced with a range of unpalatable choices and a population fiercely divided about what to do.

Great job oil companies.