Thanks for an explanation. I’m only familiar with this subject through the political lens I’ve seen it through in some recent headlines, so I appreciate how you

Thanks for an explanation. I’m only familiar with this subject through the political lens I’ve seen it through in some recent headlines, so I appreciate how you got straight to the point. I do have some questions though. What is the government offering in exchange for these people to shut down their source of livelihood? Who decides which “nearby farms” need to “close” and what process do they follow for deciding that? Is there an objective rubric or well-defined amnesty plan available to farms that pledge to reduce emissions? Nitrogen emission is not some discretely measurable artifact that conforms nicely to property lines (not to mention shared waterways, grazing routes, etc.). It’s conceivable that a region comprised of ten independent farms might measure as producing excess nitrogen, when in reality nine of the farms are ecologically sustainable, but one dominant polluter pushes the region to excess as a whole. In this situation, how will the government decide exactly which farms are subject to which regulations or shutdown orders? Do you think this might depend on the outcomes of some political process? (btw, I expect the American perspective on this will lean strongly in favor of the farmers, the key difference being “the government’s citizens” vs “the citizens’ government.”)