It's an interesting defense. It looks like the coming election combined with the weather and effects (fire, flood, etc.) this year, these questions of blame an

It's an interesting defense. It looks like the coming election combined with the weather and effects (fire, flood, etc.) this year, these questions of blame and who knew what when, and what they did about it, will be a large vector of its own. Possibly one that will drive us to a survivalism (formerly humanism) orientation rather than one of personal benefit / protection. If you think through where we would be now if Exxon took the lead and drove the change to other energy systems, reshaping government and international power, who is to say they wouldn't have been in an even more powerful and profitable position now - and that would be saying something given their profits and access to power today.