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You know who you’re talking to, right? If it wasn’t for our mastery of water, we wouldn’t have about half the land we do have. We’ll be fine.
Nederland, Europe's largest dry dock.
Well yeah, you have Sjoerd Groeskamp, the guy who designed a 160km dam between France and England and a 475km one between Scotland and Norway to protect everything from Norway to the Netherlands against rising sea levels. You win this time, Netherlander.