«Troves of internal documents and analyses have over the past decade established that Exxon knew of the dangers of global heating as far back as the 1970s, but forcefully and successfully worked to sow doubt about the climate crisis and stymie action to clamp down on fossil fuel usage. The revelations have inspired litigation against Exxon across the US.»

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/04/exxon-chief-public-climate-failures

Yes, and they should pay. BUT. For decades (generations, even) the US has resisted increasingly stringent CAFE* standards. As an electorate. This country, on the whole, has continued to buy gas-guzzling vehicles. This is a collective decision. We have known this for generations and not acted on it. Like. Seriously. It’s not like we didn’t know.

(I own one such vehicle myself, a 2022 Subaru Outback. A premium on the vehicle, plus appropriate taxes to raise the price of gas might have affected my car-purchase decision, but if I had still chosen to pay the premium, that would have been my choice.)

*Look it up.