The end of all pollutants, in our lifetime, even

It doesn't take a great big leap to get from here to here.

Just replace the signature.

If CO2 emissions are pollution and you are breathing and you cannot afford to pay for the tax, er, I mean trade credit on the pollution that is your breathing, then, when the taxing, er I mean credit trading agency and the healthcare agency are one and the same government, well.....

It is not even a very big step to get from here to here when you remember the thought of you as a polluter just by being alive and read this prescient story