The fight against global warming allegedly requires certain chemicals and compounds to be -regulated as pollutants-. That's hardly the same as controlling the

The fight against global warming allegedly requires certain chemicals and compounds to be -regulated as pollutants-. That's hardly the same as controlling the means of production and distribution. Unless you're willing to argue in the abstract sense, in which case the FDA and EPA -already- control the means of production and distribution. But that would seem to obviate your further concern about possible regulation of carbon and such. Certainly regulation -can- be corrupted into control. But so can legislation, privatization and every other human organization. The last I heard the DOE's new director flatly stated the new course is, and can only be, many more nuclear plants. And not the ancient designs that truck 'waste' (fuel) to Yucca. Oh, and also killing the bad-science feel-good handouts like fuel cell automotive grants. So if you "don't see any of that" being discussed then perhaps you need to add additional news sources?