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Also natural resources in the Netherlands? At least 20% of the country is reclaimed land, and more than half is under high tide water levels. I think GP confus
by masklinn 2y ago
Also natural resources in the Netherlands? At least 20% of the country is reclaimed land, and more than half is under high tide water levels.
I think GP confuses the Netherlands and Norway.
- rahkiin 2y agoThe Netherlands lives on trade. From slaves and spices to the Rotterdam port as entry to the waters of europe and Schiphol Amsterdam airport.
- ninalanyon 2y agoWhen it comes to resources Norway and the Netherlands are radically different. But it's in how the resources were used not in whether they existed. The Dutch had a lot of North Sea gas but they, like the UK, squandered the income from it. Norway was lucky to avoid what has become known as the Dutch disease partly because Norway was later to the party.
- apexalpha 2y agoSquandered is a bit much be built the Delta works, among others things. There's more than one way to invest money. Though I agree they could've put at least some of it in the stock market like Norway.
- ninalanyon 2y agoYes, on reflection I should have tried harder to think of a somewhat less inflammatory word.
- JonChesterfield 2y agoYep, parsing error on my part. Too tired today. Norway also being a country that seems to do most things right.