I would be more offended at someone burning a Dr Suess book.

Maybe.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis

Do you think justice systems should adopt a less stringent standard for criminal convictions, like a preponderance of evidence?

Heres the reference about carbon capture, with all the graphs you need to support this fact, for arguing with people later.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10842-5

Chatterjee, S., & Huang, K. W. (2020). Unrealistic energy and materials requirement for direct air capture in deep mitigation pathways. Nature communications, 11(1), 3287.