In today’s attention-deficit world, a bit of comedy can often do more than a tsunami of traditional reporting.

There have been thousands of articles, videos, and posts about the super El Niño and we’re not even into winter yet. Of this reporting, the sensational ones get the most clicks: big waves, coastal flooding, mega storms, and especially, million-dollar homes getting pounded by the ocean can go viral.

Anything that dives into the science of fossil fuels and climate change, will have people’s eye glazing over. Unless, of course, you can present it in a way that makes people laugh. That’s why it’s worth dropping into, No one loves you more than Exxon, aka the ‘ New Exxon El Niño Commercial ‘, written by Adam McKay and narrated by Woody Harrelson.

The smooth Texas drawl that we know so well from roles in shows like True Detective and films like No Country For Old Men , satirizes oil giants for their stance of non-responsibility and outright climate denial.…