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I believe everybody knew there was not going to be a mountain. But people are curious creatures. The main question became: can it be done? It is interesting a
by thdrdt 6y ago
I believe everybody knew there was not going to be a mountain. But people are curious creatures. The main question became: can it be done?
It is interesting a lot of money was put into the project while most people knew there would never be a mountain. But they learned so much from it. So I think you can't say it was a waste of time and money.
But for the coming years I still believe the Netherlands (lower countries) will remain flat.
- soperj 6y agoThey made a ski-hill in saskatchewan, which is definitely as flat as the netherlands.
- mkl 6y agoThere seem to be two artificial ski hills there, both quite small in comparison to this proposal, Timber Ridge and Blackstrap Ski Hill (closed), but also quite a few non-flat natural ski areas [1]. I think they have better building materials available than the Netherlands, though, which was proposing to use sand (dredged from the sea floor?). [1] https://www.skicentral.com/saskatchewan.html https://www.skicentral.com/saskatchewan.html
- DonHopkins 6y agoIt's a much better idea than building a wall!
- LyndsySimon 6y agoWithout walls (dikes), I’m not sure the Netherlands would even exist...
- timwaagh 6y agoBack in the day people did believe in it. People wanted it. That's why there was money. Whether it was a waste depends on where the money came from. For a scientist, doing work related to something in the media can help their career. For a uni, it can raise their profile. For a building company it would have been questionable though. Some of it was wasted, no doubt.