It's not a confusing question. The tragedy of the commons happens when a company or person abuses a resource that is provided for the good of all. We can look a

It's not a confusing question. The tragedy of the commons happens when a company or person abuses a resource that is provided for the good of all. We can look at any company and realize that compared to an average individual the pollution and resource consumption is crazy. The problem with industry is that everything is value added but nobody looks at externalities sufficiently or value subtracted.