I think what VW did with dieselgate is much worse considering how (a) they willfully effed up the environment (b) actively sought to cheat the very entities i.e

I think what VW did with dieselgate is much worse considering how (a) they willfully effed up the environment (b) actively sought to cheat the very entities i.e. emissions testing facilities, set up to regulate them (c) the scale and sheer assholeishness of their cheating and the cherry on top (d) pretending that "clean diesel" is a thing. Pollution's effects are cumulative (as per whatever I've read online as a layperson) while a plane crash is more visceral and scary but personally, I think the dieselgate scandal has left me mistrusting any subsdiary owned or any initiative launched by VW.