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> The Netherlands is the second largest food exporter in the world. Irrelevant. People and housing are bigger net burdens on the environment than farms. Their
by Bran_son 3y ago
> The Netherlands is the second largest food exporter in the world.
Irrelevant. People and housing are bigger net burdens on the environment than farms. Their location relative to human political boundaries doesn't change that. They certainly take that into account when calculating e.g. consumption-based CO2 emissions: https://ourworldindata.org/consumption-based-co2 https://ourworldindata.org/consumption-based-co2
- Teever 3y agoSo what are you suggesting exactly, that the Dutch ban having children and expand their farms on the reclaimed residential land? Keep in mind that they are severely bottlenecked by land, so they can't do both.
- nradov 3y agoAnother option would be to reduce the immigration rate. I'm not Dutch and it's not my place to tell them what to do, but you're presenting a false choice. Their fertility rate is already below replacement. https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/dossier/migration-and-integration/how-many-people-immigrate-to-the-netherlands- https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/dossier/migration-and-integration/h...