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		modmans2nd on April 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I liked the idea of carbon offsets until I tried t... Holland was (and is) a rich country that could afford such floor control systems.

xyzzyz on April 11, 2022 [–]

Holland in 19th century was poorer than Bangladesh is today, but they managed to build dykes and other flooding control measures.

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