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EndeavorCost (Billion USD/yr)Benefit (Billion USD/yr)Efficiency (Benefit / Cost)Net Benefit (Benefit - Cost)
15% Meat Tax, Netherlands (2020-2050)$25.64$29.341.13.7
30% Meat Tax, Netherlands (2020-2050)$49.26$54.151.14.9
Acid Rain Program, U.S. (2010)$4.58$186.4540.7181.9
Air Pollution Control, China (2013-2017)$240$3421.4102.0
Airport Expansion, New Zealand (2016-2059)$0.99$1.611.60.6
Airport Runway Extension, Malaysia (2019-2030)$0.0058$0.01963.40.0
Airport Runway Extension, U.K. (2014-2050)$41.6$73.661.832.1
Anti-Bullying Campaign, Netherlands (2012-2014)$0$04.00.0
Anti-Malaria Campaign, China (2005-2019)$0.0124$2.37191.32.4
Antibiotics Conservation, Canada (2005)$0.0047$0.3676.60.4
Bicycle Commuting Route, Spain (2006-2032)$0.0558$0.12872.30.1
Bottle Deposit Program, Israel (Annual)$0.0363$0.051.40.0
Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Eradication, Austria (1998-2004)$0.0018$0.00221.20.0
Building Energy Efficiency, Qatar (Annual)$2.05$13.46.511.4
Building Technology R&D, U.S. (1976-2015)$0.36$1.5314.31.2
Coastal Flooding Management, U.K. (2007-2017)$0.154$0.2441.60.1
Combustion Engine R&D, USDOE (1986-2007)$0.53$2.8235.32.3
Congestion Pricing, Sweden (Annual)$0.91$2.332.61.4
COVID-19 Lockdown, U.K. (June 2020 to August 2020)$116$9.60.1-106.4
COVID-19 Lockdown, U.S. (March 2020 to July 2020)$331.5$605.91.8274.4
Driverless Metro, Italy (35-Year Model)$1$2.72.71.7
Earthquake Risk Mitigation for Schools, World (50-Year Model)$238.62$876.483.7637.9
Efficient Water Heater Requirement for New Homes, U.S. (10-Year Model)$0.0292$0.10783.70.1
Energy Crops in Urban Parks, Poland (20-Year Model)$0.0039$0.00481.20.0
Energy Efficiency Regulation, USDOE (Annual)$10.07$29.312.919.2
Erie Canal, U.S. (1817-1880)$1.78$5.53.13.7
Flood Risk Reduction w/Afforestation, U.K. (75 Year Model)$0.0017$0.0042.40.0
Fruit & Vegetable Subsidy, Netherlands (2020-2050)$0.12$2.22718.62.1
Geothermal R&D, USDOE, (1980-2008)$2.03$9.874.97.8
Government Compensation for Kidney Donors, U.S. (Annual)$18.3$744.055.7
Grid-Scale Electrical Energy Storage, G.B. (2017-2020)$0.0178$0.02151.20.0
High-Speed Rail, Hong Kong to China (2010 to indefinite future)$22.95$25.381.12.4
Human Genome Project, World (1990-2010)$6.67$947.66142.1941.0
Hybrid + Electric Vehicle R&D, USDOE (1992-2012)$1.11$4.013.62.9
Industrial Energy Efficiency, U.S. (Annual)$0.09$0.515.70.4
Intelligent Connected Vehicles (ICV), China (2015-2050)$2,270$4,2101.91940.0
Interstate Corridor Extension, Central U.S. (20-Year Model)$2.18$14.766.812.6
Interstate Corridor Extension, Southwest U.S. (2024-2054)$7.51$9.391.31.9
Interstate Highway System, U.S. (1950-1989)$549.69$3,3006.02750.3
Irrigation Modernization, Spain (25-Year Model)$1.43$5.844.14.4
Landfill Recycling, China (3-Year Model)$0.007$0.00931.30.0
Large Hadron Collider, World (1998-2025)$19.37$23.531.24.2
Lear's Macaw Species Preservation, Brazil (1992-2017)$0.0039$0.00040.1-0.0
London Olympics, U.K. (2012)$12.58$7.360.6-5.2
Manure Digester Bags, Vietnam (10-Year Model) per kiloton$0.0004$0.0024.60.0
MDMA Therapy for PTSD, U.S. (2021-2051)$0.007$0.11115.90.1
Mercury Reduction, Australia (All future benefits/costs after ratification.)$0.1453$0.4413.00.3
Montreal Protocol on Ozone, World (1987-2060)$381.04$2,5406.72159.0
NASA Life Sciences R&D, select projects (1959-2002)$0.42$2.395.72.0
National Institutes of Health, U.S. (2020)$41.7$61.31.519.6
National Parks, U.S. (Annual)$3.62$14.073.910.4
New Western Sydney Airport, Australia (2015-2075)$4.96$9.481.94.5
Panama Canal, Global Commerce (1903-1937)$11.56$22.762.011.2
Path Network (Cycle & Walk), Norway (25-Year Model)$0.157$0.7564.80.6
Phaseout of Lead in Gasoline, U.S. (1983 - 1986)$4.73$64.5813.759.8
Polio Vaccination Campaign, U.S. (1955-2005)$8.1$1,800222.21791.9
Recycling Hen & Cattle Dung, Taiwan per kiloton$0.0002$0.00042.70.0
Recycling Pig Manure, Taiwan per kiloton$0.0002$0.00021.10.0
Renewable Portfolio Standards, U.S. (2015-2050)$33.76$280.938.3247.2
Repairing Existing Road Network, Albania (25-Year Model)$0.0644$0.01980.3-0.0
River Restoration, Switzerland (35-Year Model)$0.0635$0.862513.60.8
Rural Broadband Service, U.S. (2018-2038)$0.1942$0.76874.00.6
Shale and Gas Exploration, Romania (2017-2047)$147.5$83.550.6-64.0
Smallpox Eradication, World (1959-1977)$1.48$234.37158.4232.9
Smoking Cessation, U.S. (Annual)$0.19$0.663.50.5
Solar Photovoltaic R&D, USDOE (1975-2008)$4.53$8.31.83.8
Summer Reading Program, U.S. (Annual)$0.0182$0.073.80.1
Sunscreen Campaign, Australia (2006-2013)$0.0167$0.063.60.0
Supervised Injection Facility, U.S. (Annual)$0.0028$0.00511.80.0
Three Gorges Dam, China (1993-2100)$124.39$192.221.567.8
Transportation Safety Regulations, U.S. (2006-2015)$11.86$29.022.417.2
Treatment of Juvenile Males, U.S. (Annual)$0.0003$0.00041.20.0
truth® Anti-smoking Campaign, U.S. (2000-2002)$0.391$2.295.91.9
U.S. Invasion & Occupation of Iraq (2003-2011)$6,400$72.90.0-6327.1
Universal Preschool, Spain (Annual)$13.56$58.424.344.9
Vehicle Exhaust Catalyst Mandate, U.K. (1993-2005)$3.65$6.321.72.7
Violence Against Women Act, U.S. (1994-1999)$2.86$29.310.226.4
Wastewater Treatment, Serbia (2015-2044)$0.0151$0.02471.60.0
Weather Forecasting, U.S. (Annual)$6.23$67.710.961.5
Wind Energy R&D, USDOE (1976-2008)$1.72$8.725.17.0
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