> Environmental regulations are a great example because large parts of the US population are in communities tied to industries that were eventually saddled with

> Environmental regulations are a great example because large parts of the US population are in communities tied to industries that were eventually saddled with environmental regulations. I don't think that makes those regulations un-defensible. It just means there are tradeoffs. Maybe we're just disagreeing about what the word "defensible" means in this context. > Similarly in tech, many of the people arguing against regulations are economically incentivized to minimize the regulations Except in this particular instance, the people arguing FOR regulations are economically incentivized to maximize the regulations. That's what makes this particular proposal untenable. Outside of the renewable energy industry, the people pushing for environmental regulations don't have much economic incentive to do so (other than some very trivial ones, like that the economy will suffer if the planet declines).