Why is Burning Man able to solve the moral problem of littering, but not the moral problem of bike theft?

• Leave No Trace is part of the Burner Identity. Steal No Bike is not.
• Being able to litter isn’t particularly fun or useful. Having a bike is.
• People can justify stealing bikes by half-believing that the bike they are using is a “public bike.” (Such things do exist at Burning Man.)
• The gift-economy nature of Burning Man makes concerns about property rights less salient.
• Hurting the environment is very important to Burners (more so than worrying about property rights).

Littering is easy to spot. Bike theft is not.