What if I want to do something on my land that will poison the ground water for the area? What if I want to raise an invasive species on my land that will likely escape and devastate local wildlife? Should society be permissive and wait for the damage to be done before stopping me, instead of being proactive and stopping me from doing so before the fact?

Last time I checked that wasn't what he was planning on doing.

That is literally what he is doing. None of your lawn grass is native.

Last time i checked you were giving out blank checks. We live in a society

You're entitled to your own opinion, but imo the point of posting anything on HN is to subject yourself to feedback. That's what I gave. Feedback.

Their comment asked for an alternative.

He wanted an alternative method to achieve X, not abandon X and do Y.

How about thinking about society and not just every man for himself? Clearly you didn’t read TFA.

No, this is HN where we voraciously advocate for the libertarian ideals of "I do what I want" then pontificate about the tragedy of the commons from an ivory tower when it inevitably all goes wrong.