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- Why U.S. Infrastructure Costs So Much https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-08/why-building-roads-and-transit-costs-more-in-the-u-s 260 comments
- Why do roads, rail, and infrastructure cost so much to build in the US? https://www.vox.com/22534714/rail-roads-infrastructure-costs-america 10 comments
- Why Does Infrastructure Cost So Much? https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/7/31/why-does-infrastructure-cost-so-much 221 comments
- Why U.S. Infrastructure Costs So Much http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-04-08/why-u-s-infrastructure-costs-so-much 222 comments
- Why do roads, rail, and infrastructure cost so much to build in the US? https://www.vox.com/22534714/rail-roads-infrastructure-costs-america 65 comments moderatepolitics
- Joe Manchin worries Biden's social spending agenda costs too much, so why did he just vote for an infrastructure law that costs more? https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-manchin-build-back-better-expensive-infrastructure-pricier-deficit-cbo-2021-11 232 comments politics
- Over the next few decades, acting to reduce climate change is expected to cost much less than the damage otherwise inflicted by climate change on people, infrastructure and ecosystems http://www.uea.ac.uk/about/-/investments-to-address-climate-change-are-good-business 10 comments science
- So Much for Fiscal Hawks – In order to save $7M, Republicans are now going to cost US $25M. The collapse of the I-5 bridge over the Skagit River is a sign of a failing infrastructure. A filibuster killed a $60 billion infrastructure bill, the latest to try & invest in our infrastructure. http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/05/25/so-much-for-fiscal-hawks-republicans-now-costing-you-tens-of-millions-to-save-a-few-million/ 71 comments politics
- There are millions of orphaned gas and oil wells leaking methane in the U.S. — plugging them will cost billions. President Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill is devoting serious money — $4.7 billion — to addressing the issue. The problem is likely much larger than even this funding can address. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/24/plugging-methane-leaking-oil-gas-wells-in-the-us-will-cost-billions.html 48 comments energy