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the correct solution is still regulating Exxon

But it's not! The correct solution is to kill the demand for oil.

It's not Exxon that burns the oil they extract, it's the entire economy and consumers that buy it from them. You can regulate Exxon all you want, that won't change anything about that demand and the burning.

I fully agree - it is a systemic problem (which is why I'm pointing out just singling out oil companies is misguided).

But I wouldn't go as far as making consumers simple victims of that system: we all also do choices that prioritize selfishness or instant gratification too. The number of pickup trucks in America that are used as one-person commuter is an obvious example - Americans could massively cut their gasoline consumption if they drove the same vehicles Japanese or Europeans chose. (and it's not like those live a life of poverty and sacrifice)

If fentanyl disappeared overnight we would all be better. If oil disappears overnight we are all dead.

You don't solve global warming with simplistic analogies and "oil companies are responsible for everything"

But again that's not Exxon that is subsidizing roads or building cars, or forcing Americans to buy the biggest truck they can find. The issue is more complicated than "whoever pumps the oil out of the ground is liable for whatever happens to it afterwards"

No only all the extensions.

I have played every iteration since the first came out and the VI has been the most disappointing so far. IV or V with their extensions are better.

No it clearly isn't.

In the 1950s anything made over $400,000 was taxed 90%

Not capital gains.

Given the millions of people whose retirement fund is invested in the stock market, yes it will.

Ashktually half people below the median.