re: Cancellation of Mid-Barataria Diversion project could cost Louisiana at least $700 million

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Just an FYI, since you think you are an expert, it gets much cheaper (per CY or acre) the bigger your project gets.

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In a theoretical case with an infinite placement area and infinite borrow source, sure, but once again, you are grossly over-simplifying and ignoring what happens in reality.

This never happens functionally due to the nature of the funding the state is using to pay for these things or the nature of the projects, which end up requiring multiple dredge cycles and/or borrow sources in the river. The state ends up cobbling together funding sources or has one-off funding sources such that either their projects are always size-limited or they're linking multiple borrow sources and dredging cycles to come back to the same area like the Barataria landbridge / Lake Hermitage / Spanish Pass type projects. Because of this, you now are mobing and demobing multiple times, adding in boosters, etc., and thus your theoretical values in a vacuum have never been and will never be reality.

I am glad you've educated yourself to arm chair qb status. I say without sarcasm that it is a noble endeavor; at least you know a little more than the average person and a lot more than Gordon Dove. I encourage you to continue on your educational journey, as clearly you have a lot more to learn (and hey maybe you can win some of your bids with the newfound knowledge ;)