Yikes. In Newport, RI we sail on Narragansett Bay, which was used for torpedo testing by the Navy. Still a bunch of those down there.

As for government waste on engineering projects, it's tough to beat the Big Dig (highway construction) in Boston, MA.

And, after the Three Mile Island incident, no nuclear reactors have really been approved. Which just means that the ones that we do have are really, really old...

Mike