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| Bofferbrauer2 said: Also, isn't the problem increasingly going from "keeping the sea out" to "getting the river water out into the sea"? With rising sea level, the water level on the Rhine Delta and halfway inlands also rises, as the river is almost flat at sea level by that point. In other words, on a high tide, the water wouldn't flow off anymore and start accumulating, risking to flow over the levies if too much accumulates that way. |
Yep, hence that crazy idea to dam the entire North Sea. It's either that or build walls along the rivers all the way to Germany and Belgium.
Perhaps nuclear fusion driven mega pumps to the rescue. The Rhine discharges 13 million liters per second at maximum.
The most powerful pump, Nijhuis-HP1-4000.340 pumps 60K liters per second at 5,364 HP
You would need 217 of them to pump out the Rhine at max flow, it's do-able :)
Dunno what it would cost in energy, a lot probably.
