Haha waaaay too extreme shoot. Come on now. Regulate every aspect of American life my foot. If you fu*k up the environment you pay more than if you don't but you can trade with the greener companies to offset your fu*king up of said environment. It's a simple thing that no one seems to be getting. I personally don't think a trade system should be in place. There should be caps and that's that. But from an economic perspective the trade does add a financial reason for companies to go green and allows other companies to offset whilst they adjust to new cap levels.