People use idealism to justify decisions that would only be useful in an ideal world, but are terrifying in the real world. This comment thread is a good case s

People use idealism to justify decisions that would only be useful in an ideal world, but are terrifying in the real world. This comment thread is a good case study. Sure, maybe, in an ideal world we want congress to pass laws in the place of every single regulatory body. (This in and of itself is totally unclear to me). However, the reality is that by getting rid of regulatory agencies we prevent important limits from being enforced. I mean, read this part of the dissent: > Again, Section 111(d) tells EPA that when a pollutant—like carbon dioxide—is not regulated through other programs, EPA must undertake a further regulatory effort to control that substance’s emission from existing stationary sources. There's a backstop in place to allow the EPA to prevent pollutants from fucking us up. Ideally it would be regulated through a formal program. It's not. Does that mean we should just get rid of all backstops & regress to the stone age?