Comment by ToucanLoucan

I think it's a perfectly reasonable thing to begin considering. It's clear that the markets by themselves are not capable of addressing various concerns about our planet's limited resources. If we want our society to remain viable long term, we need to start being smart with how much of any given commodity is committed to how much of any given effort.

A new one, to be sure, and worth scrutinizing as we begin. But the market has demonstrated quite clearly it can't be trusted to manage finite resources.