[hutzlibu]

Lots of land and electricity. That is something huge in densely populated europe.

But I also think the costs are bigger.

[runarberg]

Electricity, sure. Land, no. The reclaimed land will be highly salinated and unusable on top of the climate being very hot and very dry meaning the salinity level will be unlikely to change in the near future.

[tempguy9999]

> The reclaimed land will be highly salinated

The dutch I thought have done quite well with lots of land reclaimed from the sea. Why does it work for them, but not here?

[ceejayoz]

Dutch plans relied on pumping out those areas, not letting them dry out.

[Udik]

Not too sure about the difference. The water level would just drop, and the water simply flow away from the shallow coastal areas. I don't know what would salinity the water would have reached after dropping 200 meters but it's not the one you get if you simply let a volume of water to evaporate completely, which would be 100%.

[garmaine]

How is that relevant with respect to salinity?

[ceejayoz]

It's how the Great Salt Lake and the Dead Sea got super salty? The salt doesn't evaporate away with the water, leaving a higher concentration of salt in the remaining water. If it all evaporates away, you wind up with a salt flat.

[navaati]

Land, I'm not sure is at such a premium Europe-wise. There are vast swathes of unpopulated land in France, typically.