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12. Half of the Netherlands is already under sea level

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Sat Jan 4, 2025, 02:56 PM

Jan 4

NL already has a Rijkswaterstaat, sort of a “Ministry of Water,” that monitors water levels nationwide. What windmills used to do is pump water out of populated regions and keep it out. The pumping is done by far more sophisticated machinery these days, but the purpose is the same: keep cities like Rotterdam, Amsterdam dry. Rotterdam used to be the world’s busiest port, and I’m sure it’s still among the top ten. NL has nowhere to put seven million displaced Nederlanders, and nor does Belgium or Germany.