Or the polluting company with deep pockets would just buy the land and do whatever they wanted. An unregulated free market is a terrible idea. It ends in massi

Or the polluting company with deep pockets would just buy the land and do whatever they wanted. An unregulated free market is a terrible idea. It ends in massive monopolies and natural resource destruction at an absolute level. It's not a bad thing that that's what a free market moves towards, per se, but that's why it needs to be and is regulated. Any worthwhile conversation isn't about whether or not to regulate it, it's a what level.