Have you ever met an actual human? I mean, someone who didn't grow up in a CAFO city/university/bank. Have you been out on a recreational trail where a thousand ATVs are screaming around the woods? How about a rock concert? A professional football game?
The highest paid public employee in almost every state is a sportsball coach.
It doesn't matter what the science says, or what politicians promise. The vast majority of demand and production is by people who don't listen and can't stop "busyness" for any moment to care about Reality. The entire economy of Stupid depends on it.
It's not "the Economy, stupid"; it's the Economy OF Stupid.
Unless your solution is a sales tax, nobody is going to see it.