One thing I think American governments need to do better, if they're going to be in charge of indestructible projects, is creating an informed electorate. Much

One thing I think American governments need to do better, if they're going to be in charge of indestructible projects, is creating an informed electorate. Much of what is in this answer is new information to me, and I'm pretty sure I'm not unusual in that way. That still doesn't fix the problem that politicians don't understand these tradeoffs, but if they could be brought to that understanding and encouraged to communicate it clearly, it would at least direct public pressure the right direction to some extent.