Edited sentence: However, this neglects the fact that global warming is, fundamentally, theft and fraudulent expropriation of public and private property by those responsible for excessive carbon emissions, and that doing nothing is in essence subsidizing this theft of property by those responsible from everybody else.Some might argue that high  prices of gasoline have a similar effect, but as politicians are loath to raise taxes, feebates are increasingly preferred options.There is no specific philosophy or formula for solving such conflicts as one man's sound public policy is another's unwise meddling