Sure, but now they can scold you or fine you, before dumping it all in a landfill. They can make so much more money and sigh contentedly about a job well done.
Why should the Fed fund every pet project and the corruption and kickbacks always going with it? If the CO2 monitoring is worthwhile let the guys get their own private funding.
Yup, I now live in Europe and my personal income is 50 Euro pm. When I lived in Canada, I had it down to $10 per year. I do pay tax, just not income tax.