For instance, in this case, is it so far beyond imagination for someone to ask: "Hmm...This is likely to really hurt our economy. I wonder how much CO2 is being produced by these American power plants as a percentage of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere?"
Hint: the answer contains many leading "0"s.
But no one is asking.
Hint: the answer contains many leading "0"s.
The answer will be "because it's the right thing to do, right as rain, like snipping the necks of fetuses."