[slingnow]

I promise you that the reason I drive my car everyday has nothing to do with propaganda from the oil companies in any meaningful way.

I'm 100% certain they covered up the truth, but I have no reason to believe that had everyone known the truth, anyone would have cared beyond hardcore environmentalists.

Most everyone does what's convenient and necessary until otherwise required.

[UncleMeat]

Driving your car does not fundamentally require burning carbon. That's the thing. Oil companies did not create demand for energy. But they did create demand for oil by sabotaging efforts to shift to other energy sources.