You forget that China's economy is dependent upon not pissing us off too much. They can do meaningless things like build useless islands, but they know Taiwan is off limits.

Because wealth shouldn’t buy you exceptions to the rules, my truck would be cheaper without emissions equipment too, but because it’s not a super car I have to buy a cleaner vehicle? Think of it another way, would we be in favor of suspending the medical transplant rules for the wealthy because the few of them…

Do the math on the tonnage that ship was moving vs the emissions. It would probably surprise you to know that ship is amazingly clean compared to what it would take to move all that cargo any other way.

Really?? I think they're hideous.

I'll go with 1:30040028899382777. Not going to happen.