>>The Netherlands are the second largest exporter of agricultural products in the world. Amazing! Good for them. One would think such agricultural and engineer

>>The Netherlands are the second largest exporter of agricultural products in the world. Amazing! Good for them. One would think such agricultural and engineering powerhouse could solve the nitrogen problem with technology and not resort to destroying one of it's most innovative industries. >>They can severely reduce farming without endangering domestic food supplies. That's probably what the Germans thought when they closed their nuclear power plants. And then the invasion of Ukraine happened. >>Of course these products that are consumed would have to be produced somewhere else, but since the pollution (nitrogen) is a local problem, this would still be a net win, and not just moving the problem around. TIL: polluting some other third world country, with severe lack of environment standards and inefficient agriculture is called a net win.