[0xfffafaCrash]

Sure, but that does nothing to help with the tragedy of the commons caused by unaddressed negative externalities…

[nells]

This is more like the politician's syllogism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism

[0xfffafaCrash]

Except it actually addresses a serious problem on two fronts

1) reducing the ability to profit off of actions that cause environmental damage thereby aligning the market interest to reduce such actions

2) funding the investment in reversing the damage

whereas your suggestion above is doing literally nothing to help…