The BBC's policy of promoting only big-name and expensive projects at the expense of off-peak programmes is editorial Darwinism; the survival of the fattest.
He directed the money to expensive projects in his district.
"They didn't do many big, expensive projects," Labbance said.
It becomes easier to shut down marginal capacity and cancel expensive projects with uncertain returns.
He borrowed heavily to pay for several expensive projects including a new satellite.
"If ministers want to do this right, they need to stop rather than delay expensive projects".
For years these expensive projects have been viewed as evidence of Iran's commitment to nuclear weapons.
But the Asian financial crisis delayed some of the most expensive projects, like Chicago's Singapore campus.
Lake Isabella would be one of the more expensive projects, but then again, its problems are legion.
Some islands are artificial, such as the obscenely expensive projects of Qatar's Pearl resorts or Dubai's Palm Islands.
The most expensive projects of all involve the extraction of oil from bitumen, shale and even coal, through elaborate processing.
