Wish there was just a faster way to get citizen input.

"Hey folks, this is going to be a cost overrun for this very very good reason, please vote yay or nay in the weekly election".

Don't see how it could work now though, given that half the citizens are deeply committed to destroying everything to prove gov doesn't work.

Batteries are more than likely another type of pollution. I'm sure they can and will be recycled but just like the problem with our current capacity to recycle things it probably becomes untenable (guessing).

The state just needs to find ways to convert that energy into something else. I suggest desalinating sea water and pumping it up stream.