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But this is just saying that if someone commits the perfect crime (i.e. they can't be proved to have committed it) then they will escape punishment under AC. This is not a characteristic of AC.

[/ QUOTE ] They will escape punishment under statism too. But the state has better opportunities to do something to stop the problem before it gets that far. This, it seems to me, has to do with one of the main reasons you hate government so much. They can make the call to implement expensive measures to help the environment, because they can externalize the costs. The money does not come from the decision makers' pockets.