[dismantlethesun]

That's a fairly bad faith argument. The earth neither has agency or insurance of its own to pay out costs.

If instead someone comes and burns down my house, I would hate it if they only had to give me a "equivalent functionality" tent in the wilderness because the law considers all shelters to be equal.

[midoridensha]

That's exactly how disaster insurance works. Why should it be any different for human-caused disasters?

If you have some giant mansion, do you really think you're going fully compensated by some unemployed (and now imprisoned) people who burned it down?

[dismantlethesun]

What if my millionaire neighbor burns down the house instead?