Don De Bake, former senior adviser for flood defenses at the
National Water Authority says that the Netherlands has to pump out almost 5
trillion gallons of water per year. This
figure will rise with global warming. He warned “if we stop our pumping, then
the western part of the Netherlands will be one big lake within half a year or
so.” The draining of the land however causes it to sink further and powering
the pumps increases the carbon output of the country, thus the Netherlands risks
increasing the problem while trying to mitigate it.
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