Why don't I get a tax refund for the trees that I have?
Well, it’s the self admitted communist Van Jones, so what do you expect?
Better fix that mistaken impression. The owners of oil and gas companies have used their tax exempt foundations to fund green groups since at least the sixties.
It doesn't say anything that it is owned by the Arabs.
Big corporations use government regulation and taxation to force out competitors and prevent new ones. Highly capitalized entities can absorb the cost and pass it along to existing customers. Weaker competitors are forced out of business.
Because of economies of scale in the paperwork business combined with preferential treatment for "special" customers. Think about it: Let's say Exxon/Mobil wants to use CO for fracking purposes. Under that scheme, they would get a HUGE payment for drilling for oil. The lower unit cost of the applications and the benefits of being able to source their own CO gives them a big advantage over smaller jobbers. Hence, this scheme would consolidate their control over oil production and as a result, pricing.
And so it goes.