What are the perils in using opportunity cost for public decision making?

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The concept of opportunity cost may be DIFFERENT at the individual level and at the collective level, I think.

There are ambiguities in the concept of opportunity cost.

In the attached file, I explain my concerns in more detail.

Please give comments on the example in the attached note. What is the opportunity cost in the example?