Skepticism about divestment and McKibben

[Jim Lane]

10. That's the subject of my exchange with bananas.

I personally don't see it as affecting the behavior of energy corporations.

Other purposes that have been mentioned, along with my personal assessments:
* the moral purpose of not profiting from environmental harm (valid as far as it goes but less important than affecting behavior).
* the psychological purpose of "feel-goodism" for the activists (pointless).
* the tactical purpose of providing a vehicle for alerting the public to the problems of fossil fuels (an inefficient vehicle).

I haven't delved enough into the divestment movement to opine as to how most of its adherents would answer your question.