Well, there was Boeing's SST, some nuclear power plants at least in CA, Mineral King Ski resort, and probably a number of others. It can happen.

As to the shipping of fossil fuels through WA just where will (mostly) Asia get the energy needed to run there economies in the here and now? Are you willing to destroy the second largest economy (China) plus all the other players there? Shipping out of WA may be a very bad choice; which choice will you support?

Certainly, for the long-term they, and we, need to develop fuels other than fossil-based but until that day.............