Lets say you know a guy who has decided, for twisted, psychopathic reasons, that’s he’s going to murder someone. He’s definitely going to do it (he doesn’t care about your feelings), you know he is, and statistically speaking through your solid knowledge of True Crime ™ podcasts you are *obviously* aware of the massive amount of data stating that a single murder will likely sate his blood lust for the foreseeable future.

He, hypothetically, asks you who he should kill. As a particular of this scenario, let’s say you know that there is one man living alone, 4.5 miles from your current location. There is another, 6 miles from your location. We’ll say that for the sake of argument the guy is aware of your vastly superior intellect, and therefore you know he will not kill you.

Now: with regards to the murder, whose location do you give the wannabe murderer? You know he will take your recommendation. Suppose you know nothing about either of the guys he will target, just the distances. Do you have him drive 4.5 miles, which is obviously better for the environment? Or do you have him drive 6, in order to maximize the cost to his wallet, at the expense of the environment?