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They're just not ready yet.
It’s hard to directly fault ExxonMobil with actually causing global warming, but they are supplying a demand for a product that’s consumption is being blamed for some of it. (So of course everyone else is to blame for using the product.) But they want to insure that everyone has to keep using their product for as long as possible, even if it may be harmful. Check out the Ethyl Corporation story if you want to see an historical example of corporate denial of their products harm. (Or any tobacco company for that matter.) These were just blatant denials of known problems. ExxonMobil gets a lot of breaks too for things they were directly at fault for, so why would they ever own up to any indirect harm if they don’t have to?
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