Steam allowed me to use the old security code for my physical copy of Medieval 2: Total War to allow me to download a digital copy updated to work on Windows 10.
Then one time, I believe it was July, there's a knock on the door. I open it, and there's this cute little girl scout, and she was so adorable, with the little pig tails and all. And she says to me, "How would you like to buy some cookies?" And I said "Well, what kind do you have?" She had thin mints, graham crunchy things, raisin oatmeal, and I said "We'll take a graham crunch. How much will that be?" And she looks at me and she says, "...Uh I need about tree-fitty."
Well, it was about that time that I notice that girl scout was a [vast governmental bureaucracy]. I said, "Dammit ! Get off my lawn, [Federal Government]! I ain't giving you no tree-fitty!" It said, "how about just two-fitty?" I said, "Oh, now it's only two-fitty!! What?! Is there a sale on [golden visa cards] or something?!"
I'm glad I'm not the only one whose mind went here.
Now I can safely point out that destroying the Stargate would have terrible consequences. The naquadah power source would take out a significant chunk of real estate.
This is the correct answer.
Money. Money is the reason.