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If you see the map of ESA, something is going totally out of control in the Netherlands: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2019/03/Nitrogen_dioxide_over

If you see the map of ESA, something is going totally out of control in the Netherlands: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2019/03/Nitrogen_dioxide_over_Europe https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2019/03/Nitrogen_d... Any local species of plants, insects, birds will be wiped out and we will get back a totally different ecosystem. We would also create worse effects on our own health: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_dioxide#Health_effects_of_NO2_exposure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_dioxide#Health_effect... What the Netherlands is doing is not sustainable, and we should use our innovations to just lower output of those gases. Some farms already have shown that with some use of different food for the cows they can radically lower output of those gases.

seper8 4y ago
If you are Dutch, https://nos.nl/collectie/13799/artikel/2304403-stikstof-vier-vragen-en-antwoorden-over-de-uitstoot-van-boeren https://nos.nl/collectie/13799/artikel/2304403-stikstof-vier... As you can see their output of NO2 has mostly DECREASED in the past decades...
- Denvercoder9 4y ago
  Sure, but the problem being much worse 30 years ago doesn't mean there's no problem now.
  - seper8 4y ago
    These "natura" 2000 areas were designated in 1992. Since then, nitrogen output has decreased from 289 million kilos to 106 million kilos... Now to "protect" these pieces of nature and "maintain" their health, they want to decrease it even more?
    - erichocean 4y ago
      That does add a wrinkle that makes the whole thing seem pretty suspect, at least to this US-based outsider.