I don't particularly care about the ExxonMobil corporation. I don't think they're too big to fail, and it wouldn't bother me at all if they were held accountable or driven into bankruptcy.
What I don't agree with is the idea in the source article, where this is something we have to do instead of small-scale fixes. Emissions come from oil consumption, so emissions reduction simply cannot happen without small scale fixes from every company which depends on fossil fuels today. Perhaps suing Exxon will help incentivize that, but I worry when it's framed as a silver bullet, as though Exxon has some Department of Increased Emissions and if we shut it down we can fix the climate without disrupting other businesses.
What I don't agree with is the idea in the source article, where this is something we have to do instead of small-scale fixes. Emissions come from oil consumption, so emissions reduction simply cannot happen without small scale fixes from every company which depends on fossil fuels today. Perhaps suing Exxon will help incentivize that, but I worry when it's framed as a silver bullet, as though Exxon has some Department of Increased Emissions and if we shut it down we can fix the climate without disrupting other businesses.