Last week’s column represents an earnest effort on my part, to portray, largely in its own words, ExxonMobil’s official posture on global climate change and the energy transition away from fossil fuels usage. I have endeavoured to be “full and fair” to the company even though I believe its actions to date have mimicked those of a caricature of a poster child of a big oil corporation in blind pursuit of profit at any cost. In doing so, it is living up to expectations of a corner-cutting corporation in pursuit of profit and willing to behave like a so-called “new tobacco” firm.