>taxes. Or, lack thereof. Your quote doesn't support that at all. My interpretation is it's about environmental concerns. There's a long history of people exp

>taxes. Or, lack thereof. Your quote doesn't support that at all. My interpretation is it's about environmental concerns. There's a long history of people expanding the city of San Francisco into the bay via fill, structures, even ships. Eventually there was a backlash, and most of that behavior is now banned by laws, requirements for environmental impact reports, etc. I would expect attempts by Google to get around, or just ignore, such laws would provoke a strong negative reaction by the local government.