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"Big chunks of American cities are built on man-made land that is a climate catastrophe waiting to happen" I live in Somerset, UK. Just north of where I live
by gerdesj 5y ago
"Big chunks of American cities are built on man-made land that is a climate catastrophe waiting to happen"
I live in Somerset, UK. Just north of where I live is the "Somerset Levels". About 400 years ago a bunch of cloggies (Dutchmen) were engaged to drain the marginal lands for farm land etc. King's Sedgemoor Drain was built later etc. This is the land of Glastonbury (the festival actually happens at a farm in Pilton).
The Neths have centuries of experience of dealing with marginal lands. Your swamps are not going to faze them any more than ours.
- virtuabhi 5y agoDefinitely, "Neths" spread their engineering across many continents. However, their engineering practices are now considered a prime reason behind the environment catastrophe that many cities like New Orleans are facing.
- brnt 5y agoThey are not. The prima reason that many cities like N. O. are failing is poor engineering practices. Dutch companies even offered free consulting after Katrina, which was refused by the Americans. Now, many poorer places cannot afford the measures that are taken in the Netherlands (if you ever live in Amsterdam and are annoyed with your watership bill, be happy that it is used to fund your continued dry feet!). Americans however seem to not want to pay for it, and seem to not want to understand what sustainable watermanagement and new land develooment is like. Hurricanes are bad, but they don't need to be Katrina-bad.
- gerdesj 5y agoPlease feel free to cite some sources or give details. Engineering solutions rarely cause climate change. I'll grant you that enough concrete pouring might be nasty but I doubt a very small country in Europe, next door to Germany is responsible for all of it. Piss off.