The costs are only seen as high relative to other investments. If you tax polluting industries for the damage the cause, for example, maybe those cost overruns

The costs are only seen as high relative to other investments. If you tax polluting industries for the damage the cause, for example, maybe those cost overruns for nuclear reactors would be just as easily stomached as the countless highway projects that also see cost and time overruns and are still paid for nonetheless, relative to having to pay massive taxes on dirty energy.