If Tesla did not sell the right to pollute to the highest bidder, it wouldn't be able to fund itself. You have a fundamental misunderstanding of how carbon perm

If Tesla did not sell the right to pollute to the highest bidder, it wouldn't be able to fund itself. You have a fundamental misunderstanding of how carbon permit equivalent systems work. Each year, the number of permits decreases and the price of polluting goes up. If you immediately drop the number of permits to zero, the production infrastructure won't be in place.