And I expect to see an article in 3 years that talks about how this plant was closed down and houses sheep and goats. If your business plan is "we make money b y forcing people to pay for it" you are starting out on a bad foot, to put it mildly. Find a use for that rock, then let's talk about how great this is.

"I say let innovation take its course", I would agree but this is not that. This is using the government to force people to pay for politicians, who have a long history of not understanding actual science, to pick and choose technologies.