Let's say it is easier (I can't comment on that), but instead of requiring industry to party for the waste they make, isn't it a huge subsidy to allow them to k

Let's say it is easier (I can't comment on that), but instead of requiring industry to party for the waste they make, isn't it a huge subsidy to allow them to keep all their profits and make taxpayers pay for cleaning up their mess? That sounds like the wrong kind of incentive. The oil industry already gets insane incentives at taxpayer cost. I don't feel like adding to them.