Wow! That point about carbon credits= stolen tech does certainly show a dove tailing. You are right. Stolen Tech is a very broad-banded enterprise.
Not only, if you are a black hat, are you imposing your own con artist scheme as described, you are making it impossible for REAL scientists to have uncontrolled debate and the sharing of findings. That disallows the blessing of legitimate technologies and science to come forth into the hands and use of mankind all over the world.
Exactly, there is an incalculable opportunity cost of doing that - it's not just the money wasted.