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Exxon only advertises their lubricants. Oil is a commodity. Do you know who drilled the oil you fill your automobile with at Sheetz?
Ah, Exxon wasn’t involved in this scandal but you’re ignoring large systemic pushes by oil and car companies (in this case GM and Standard Oil) to increase people’s need for oil. [1] It’s nice to have us all bickering about which cars we own when most of us shouldn’t need a car at all. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_consp...
The fact that cars gives freedom and mobility for a low price is not some conspiracy. Sure - some companies benefitted greatly from the car, but i say it's not a cause/effect relationship.
It's like blaming tobacco companies for the human brain's natural addictive nature to nicotine. They are not to blame - they are merely supplying a product that other humans demand (despite it being patently bad for them).