If a policy would have prevented something we now enjoy from emerging in the past, we should at least be concerned about what it might suppress tomorrow. Total

If a policy would have prevented something we now enjoy from emerging in the past, we should at least be concerned about what it might suppress tomorrow. Total environmental damage would be a lot worse if the populations of skyscraper cities were instead scattered across a broader, less intense sprawl. Environmental regulation can sometime be counterproductive that way.