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With biomass plants, the government wanted to ensure that the climate targets would be met. The government set aside 10 billion euros for the construction of 628 biomass plants. Objections to the biomass plants soon arose: they would not be as CO2-neutral as was assumed and there would be more useful ways to use the biomass.

In 1905, the popsicle was invented by eleven-year-old Frank Epperson. He made a drink with water and some soda powder that he stirred through with a stick. Because his mother told him to go to sleep, he left the drink. When he woke up the next morning, it had frozen and the drink with the stick in it was frozen too. This was the first popsicle.

Columbus was looking for a faster sailing route to the Dutch East Indies. He planned to sail there via the West. With the financial support of the Spanish Queen Isabella, his ships left for the West, but instead of finding a new route to the Dutch East Indies there, he found the undiscovered continent of America.

To meet the Paris climate targets, European agriculture must become more environmentally friendly. To achieve this, the European Union spent tens of billions in subsidies. Despite the large investments, little or no progress is being made. Member States do not want to cooperate on stricter rules and the livestock population is far too large.

A search for a way to give all 4,500 residents of the Overvecht district of Utrecht (The Netherlands)- 95% tenants, 5% private tenants and owners - an induction hob, without it costing them anything. This seemed to be (unjustifiably) low-hanging fruit for the 'natural gas-free in 2030' mission.

Until five years ago, Blauwestad was considered a failed project. The idea was to turn an area of farmland into a lake with villas where wealthy Randstadites would buy a house. It was difficult to convince the farmers to sell their land and, due to the economic crisis in 2008, few houses were sold. It all seemed to come to nothing, but in recent years a huge number of houses were suddenly purchased in Blauwestad.