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> much of the Netherlands is lower than sea level interesting fact, actually from this site http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/dutch-sea.htm http://www1.american
by etqwzutewzu 10y ago
> much of the Netherlands is lower than sea level
interesting fact, actually from this site http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/dutch-sea.htm http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/dutch-sea.htm it said "Half of the country lies below 1 meter above sea level, with an eighth of the country lying below sea level."
- lostlogin 10y agoHave just caught up with a friend who was employed to extract gas onshore in Holland. The "10s of centimetres" of subsidence they caused was not popular.
- spiderfarmer 10y agoIt wasn't the subsidence, it was the earthquakes that made the gas extraction unpopular.
- Freak_NL 10y agoMore specifically, the damage these cause in a country that has no natural earthquakes to speak of (so houses aren't build for that kind of damage), and the political denial about this issue (because natural resources equal convenient state income).