I did not even touch that claim of not being able to increase the amount of arable land. Perhaps I should have, seeing as how I am a Dutch citizen, a country wh

I did not even touch that claim of not being able to increase the amount of arable land. Perhaps I should have, seeing as how I am a Dutch citizen, a country which is world-famous for just that feat. Dutchmen have been "re"claiming land from the sea since the middle ages after all, the word "polder" (which means lowlying articifically drained land) is used beyond the national borders for a reason. There are polders outside of the Netherlands, e.g. The Fens in the UK are a good example - former marshland which is now productive farmland.