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@Kaesemesser0815

25 күн бұрын

Insane is the right word here. Authoritarian regimes like china love these kind of short-lived mega projects for propaganda reasons instead of building a long-lasting infrastructure that serves the actual needs of the people.

@mutantryeff

25 күн бұрын

It would seem that building these dams would have an impact on the earth's axis as they fill up from the weight of the water collected.

@Tod_oMal

25 күн бұрын

Why don't you get to the point and skip all the BS? We are here for the interesting data, not for all the other collateral BS.

@vancegosselin

25 күн бұрын

VPNs are so overrated. I would not waste my money on these products this channel is shilling. I do not support any KZread videos except for payment for no ads. Also what makes you an expert? Do you do any research on this and what are your degrees in? I also think that the presentation of this video is very condescending, like your talking to 4 yr olds.

@mayank4977

25 күн бұрын

Map of india is wrong ,Kashmir is our territory. It's named after saint kashyap ,king Ashoka ruled.there. Even today 60% area is controlled by us.

16:30 At some point we're all going to have to sit down and agree that something being visible by satellite doesn't mean much anymore. My wristwatch can be seen by satellite. 😂

@davidhanna8470

24 күн бұрын

I can see by your watch, I gotta go.

@come4t_a_bull

23 күн бұрын

​@@davidhanna8470- Hahaha, good one! lmao

@busterbeagle2167

22 күн бұрын

They can see the ticking of the second hand. And likely hear it as well.

@zuikoglass4091

21 күн бұрын

A structure this large will probably have several negative unknown consequences.

@andrewthompson5728

21 күн бұрын

@@zuikoglass4091 As if the Communist Chinese ever gave a shit about negative environmental consequences.

China when they see most steep river with high hydroelectric potential in tibetan wilderness: damm

@dariustoderas5822

6 күн бұрын

Chinesee beavers😂😂

"Enough electricity to power the UK for an entire year". wut. This makes no sense.

@rinotilde2699

24 күн бұрын

It means that the dam should be able to produce electricity equivalent to UK's one-year electricity consumption.

@ovieimoni5832

24 күн бұрын

@@rinotilde2699 And in what time period will this dam produce electricity that can power the UK in one year? 1 minute?

@bobsmith3983

24 күн бұрын

@@ovieimoni5832 One year.

@peanutaxis

24 күн бұрын

@@rinotilde2699 In what timeframe? It's entire lifetime? In a day? In a year? In an hour?

@elzar760

24 күн бұрын

@@bobsmith398320 years? 100 years? I know it’s nothing that terrible, but missing part of the context to make it impressive or not.

The title to this video should refer to a Mega Power Project, no Mega Dam.

@silentstormstudio4782

23 күн бұрын

Well its better to inest in semicon than this bullshit

@2wwwilly

21 күн бұрын

sensationalism to draw visitors hahaha 😅😅

@shipperturtle

20 күн бұрын

tomato tamata

@jcthe2nd

20 күн бұрын

Stop buying using things made in China

@shaundudley4576

20 күн бұрын

@@shipperturtle The one is an actual thing the other just noise

Many of reports regards to this project fail to notice that monsoons and the rainfall / run off they bring happens downstream of China's territory at a much lower altitude.

@tritium1998

25 күн бұрын

They're perfectly fine with the Hoover Dam making the Colorado River dry in Mexico.

@w8stral

25 күн бұрын

"journalists" are ignorant fools who can't get a real job. Their "job" is to blather, not be informative because their audience are lazy

@rebeccaaldrich3396

25 күн бұрын

Not to mention how they tend to open the flood gates without telling the population, thus flooding homes. 😅

@partyeslife8157

25 күн бұрын

Three gorges problem damn I mean 3 gorges dam. 😛

@ericf1461

24 күн бұрын

@@tritium1998 Uncle Sam : Mexico? What’s that? 😂😂

This is forcing india to build a new dam in Arunachal Pradesh to make sure they can manage water flows

@ssrae-2229

25 күн бұрын

endia TALKS Big... China Builds BIG and many too!

@lainfonet

25 күн бұрын

That pseudo "Arunachal Pradesh" is the Chinese territory "South Tibet" occupied by India.

@geoms6263

25 күн бұрын

@@ssrae-2229 Big “Re-education” camp

@Mhapete

25 күн бұрын

The fresh water turns into septic water once it reaches India

@qaz120120

25 күн бұрын

What are indians doing there in the first place?

Movie 2012 anyone? Where China build a dam in the Himalaya's to secretly construct arks for the survival of humanity after the massive Yellowstone eruption and following poleshift 😂😂

@davidhanna8470

16 күн бұрын

@@vendettamedianl i like it, book me a ticket.

@t1n4444

16 күн бұрын

Yes, why didn't Trump put some concrete all over Yellowstone? Or do the ground source geo thermal heat pump extraction thing for electricity production? Another fine mess he got you Americans into. When the Yellowstone volcano does erupt eventually the crater will cover almost all of America and then flood with seawater. There will be no more America and the ejecta will end up in the oceans causing sea levels to rise. However the dust thrown up will block the sunlight and the planet will enter a new ice age. All us scholarly boffins know that. So blame Trump. It's all his fault and no mistake.

@vendettamedianl

15 күн бұрын

@@davidhanna8470 Pay me a billion dollar, and I will give you a ticket 😁

@ramuvsign

9 күн бұрын

And earth crust already changed its rotation

@lichanyanthan5684

3 күн бұрын

Oh no! The movie is coming true! And i am broke!

Me: I guess that you can say… My friend: DONT SAY IT! Me: god dam

@motogee3796

12 күн бұрын

😂

so 2000 meters drop would be 200 bars of pressure differential. that's going to be very challenging tbh...

@user-yt198

25 күн бұрын

Maybe that is why they plan to build 9 turbine sets in series?

@gunsumwong3948

24 күн бұрын

This is Pelton wheel territory for high head application. As such the size of the power unit will not be large. Also for safety a Pelton turbine needs a bypass open to atmosphere so a big hole inside the mountain will not do or very challenging.

@Xanderbelle

24 күн бұрын

Big tap

@Ikiendangi

24 күн бұрын

China quality is shit, even the 3 Gorges dam moved…

@quiquecruz2890

24 күн бұрын

@@gunsumwong3948 Pretty much, only way to get an impulse type working would be to increase the flow rate and decrease the head, by applying more turbines in series, but I haven't made the math on this, maybe I will, once for breakfast. Still sounds like a dumbass exam or hw question. But this is China after all...

What does it mean to power the UK for one year? If it can power the UK then it can do so permanently, not just for one year.

@user2kffs

24 күн бұрын

Guess the narrator doesnt know what he’s saying

@rinotilde2699

24 күн бұрын

It means that the dam should be able to produce electricity equivalent to UK's one-year electricity consumption.

@bobsmith3983

24 күн бұрын

@@rinotilde2699 In the period of one year. In other words this dam alone could supply the entire UK demand with electricity.

@clivedinosaur8407

24 күн бұрын

Maybe because if it's a tofu dreg construction, it may not last longer than a year!

@seawater1322

24 күн бұрын

@@clivedinosaur8407 can you cope more dckweed? been watching too much western bot propaganda?

*some guy to the Three Gorges Dam: I don't want to play with you anymore

I know it is sort of out of bounce from your usual research, but I think a video on the 10 most technologically advanced countries would be a major hit 😮.

These specific mountains are uplifting at a rate of one meter per century. Out if everything, I'd imagine that'd pose the great problems and risk, especially for building and maintaining a 40 km long tunnel.

@drewstead316

25 күн бұрын

That's okay China won't last five more years anyways

@user-kj7ld8xh2p

25 күн бұрын

This dam would be bigger than the 3 gorges

@DunnickFayuro

25 күн бұрын

Depends if the whole tunnel is lifted at once or not...

@w8stral

25 күн бұрын

If both ends are uplifting at same rate... it doesn't matter

@krasslofw.4393

25 күн бұрын

They can do astonishing things. See Desheng tunnel. No one worldwide thought they'd make it.

Might be a good idea to have consulted with multiple experts instead of 1 -- only

@ProckerDark

24 күн бұрын

Yup, she keeps mentioning that the area is biodiverse when in reality nothing lives there, there isn't even soil, it's just rocks and snow

@euclidnaboye5662

22 күн бұрын

Yup! Consult all environmentalist so that your project will be done in one thousand years instead of 10. Hihi. Add the human rights too! Western thinking! Always insisting u're ways!

@t1n4444

16 күн бұрын

​@@ProckerDark Hey! Rocks are people too!

2:10 the map shows the Indian state of Arunachal and two UTs JK and Ladakh as per conflicted region which is not. And the conflicted regions are shown part of either China or Pakistan.

@rollinglama

19 күн бұрын

Wild wild waste 😔

@youtubeTeluguShortVideos

19 күн бұрын

They can’t get maps right.. how do you trust this video… Sham !

Underground hydroelectric power stations are a great idea. If done well, the sediment goes down the main river rather than into the diverted water inflow which is skimmed off the top. Here in New Zealand we have at least three of these types of hydroelectric power stations, Lake Manapouri being the most well known, which powers our aluminium smelter. By tunnelling a hole into the mountain and then damming the river at the top of the mountain the water "climbs" 30 metres in Lake Manapouri and then drops 178 metres (584 feet) down the tunnel (penstock) into the power station at the bottom of the mountain.

@user-wv3ew8qq7m

20 күн бұрын

The issue is that the tunnel is almost totally inaccessible for maintenance Just imagine if that 3000 ft water column found a crack in the tunnel wall. It'd erode a new, uncontrolled, tunnel within hours And once it fails, the damage would have a runaway effect. It'd carve a new channel through the mountain, and the bend would eventually go dry

@niconico3907

Күн бұрын

​@@user-wv3ew8qq7myou just build 2 or more tunnels so you can empty one ( close a water valve at the top, open an air valve) and do maintenance on it while the other tunnels are in use.

The US is learning the hard way, right now, that tunnels for water create cavitation that damages the tunnel.

@Infernal_Elf

25 күн бұрын

cavitation can be avoided with the right design. it only happens under specific conditions. Friction wear happens anyway tho but takes very long time.

@domtweed7323

25 күн бұрын

​@@Infernal_Elf The project is large enough that building multiple tunnels could make sense. That would allow each tunnel to be regularly shut down for maintenance.

@tarstarkusz

25 күн бұрын

A certain skill China does not have is drainage. Another one is good construction quality. The quality of construction is so bad in China that it has its own name. Unfortunately, that very name causes my comment to autodelete.

@Hana-qs9zg

25 күн бұрын

@@tarstarkuszdoufu dreg

@notbobthebuilder3109

25 күн бұрын

​@@Infernal_Elf it has to be perfect to avoid cavitation. Pumps hate it as my pool pump does 😭

Scott Lindgren led a major whitewater kayaking expedition down the Tsangpo River, theres a documentary of it somewhere.

@nickkleminsky

13 күн бұрын

It's about time to watch it again! It is very interesting, especially for an adventure and whitewater enthusiast

0:15 "...power the UK for an entire year..." I suspect that the phrase "for an entire year" is unnecessary. Presumably the dam produces enough energy in one year to provide the UK's electricity for one year. In other words, the two "one year" cancel out and you could just state that it could "power the UK" period. The 'Meaningless And Unnecessary Units Of Time' error is very common with reporters and narrators.

@t1n4444

16 күн бұрын

Yes. Because most reporters are quite stupid and went for an easy degree. Said reporters simply make up stuff to fill column inches so as to get paid.

@melvric

8 күн бұрын

It's both unnecessary and misleading. Like you mentioned, not stating a duration for energy production means that you can't compare to energy consumption (in energy x time units). In reality, this dam is expected to output 60GW, which is twice the average UK power demand (30GW). Hope this helps!

The incident in Sikkim was on 4th October 2023. Writing from Sikkim. The implications are still going on. In 2020, China lost as many as 43 soldiers, but you didn't mention it!

@bjorn1583

22 күн бұрын

its a vid on a dam not military personal

@asitdebnath

21 күн бұрын

@@bjorn1583 but you said India lost 20 soldiers in fighting with China!

@hanfucolorful9656

21 күн бұрын

@@asitdebnath You should say 430 solders to make you feel even better.

@user-dt5oc7ui1k

21 күн бұрын

U know as well as I do that if he got his info from one of the many CCP run propaganda sites, deaths will never b reported. Nor the shoddy construction practices or human rights violations. It's all China is superior, look at how much better China is than the US... so annoying

@robertscheinost179

21 күн бұрын

@@hanfucolorful9656 Close. China lost around 200 soldiers in this conflict. He was not trying to make himself "feel even better." What an ass remark, Dunning-Kruger Effect coming into play here?

Sounds like dam wars.

@GTFO_0

25 күн бұрын

Womp womp😂😂

very informative! great video!

@vt2095

20 күн бұрын

especially a bunch of unrelated clips

One of the CCP’s greatest crimes against humanity and the natural world. This part of the Yarlung Tsangpo is sacred to its native Tibetan inhabitants, it belongs to a place called Pemakö (པདྨ་བཀོད), one of Tibet’s many “hidden lands”, which are considered sacred spaces and portals into another, divine world. This gorge has been famously impenetrable, by even the most intrepid Victorian explorers such as Younghusband. The book “The Heart of the World” by Ian Baker covers this place and topic extensively and does it justice. This would be a complete and utter travesty in all aspects. Nothing about this can be considered a “triumph”.

@anyone1200

21 сағат бұрын

You are simply talking nonsense with double standards. What about the dams and canals in north ameria. Has consideration been given to the native people adter robbing their natural lands, rivers and mountains, and now trying to steal China land away by claiming to be Tibetans, which is part of China.

A tunnel setup would be exceptionally good for their downstream neighbors.Because its not holding any water back,normal flow is preserved. Electricity output would be somewhat variable over the year but i still think its the right move.Other powerplants can level those highs and lows. The only real question is whether the tunnel is cost effective

@straightshooter3693

21 күн бұрын

TOFU - DREGS DOOMED TO FAIL

I saw a small dam in Idaho burst, back in about 1980, whole roadbeds were transferred, intact, a long way. There was one old 3 story farmstead with it's snow stair moved about 1/2 of a mile, we played 'Match the House' where you try to figure whar pile of rubble matched which cellar. A fun car game. Dams fail. Think New York in about 1902ish. Death and destruction from a smaller dam project.

@shaundudley4576

19 күн бұрын

Not a damn dam

If the dam leads to a reduction or disruption of water flow to downstream countries could we see a dispute similar to that of Egypt and Ethiopia?

@shut-up-and-obey

25 күн бұрын

That's exactly why it's being built. Control over their neighbors. Power generator is just a bonus

@causewaykayak

25 күн бұрын

Australians might know their facts but their interpretations are tailored as anti communist propaganda. Take their stuff with a big punch of salt. This woman thinks that primitive superstitions are a reason not to build there. Maybe the dam plan is a bad idea but rubbishing it solely because it is Chinese is insufficient reason. The owner of this channel is clearly an over excited youth.

@domtweed7323

25 күн бұрын

Not with a run-of-the-river project. They can't store any water, so shouldn't impact water flow at all (unlike the Ethiopian project).

@causewaykayak

25 күн бұрын

@@domtweed7323 Excellent point. As a casual drop in on this site, I felt I was listening to a political rant. My family are Australians and they talk like the girl in the office there. Woke Liberal with a smattering of science to maintain plausibity. AUKUS in full spleen. For them such a project is the mad dream of a mad government - wrong because of its origins and the technical stuff so far as it goes it just padding I doubt the kid creator here knows peanuts about engineering, Hydrography or the regional politics. Just some U Tuber with a (very) slack jaw.

@skoll7526

25 күн бұрын

India has already built many dams to deprive Pakistan of it’s water.If China builds this dam then India can’t complain.

Flat earthers gonna freak the bowl will fill

I remembered that I've seen people talking about this project decades ago, and the project is not just about the dam, but also a super canel that links the river with Xinjiang to eliminate the deserts there

I don't know exactly if they can or not and I hope they can. Other than that, I saw the Three Gorges Dam up close, it's really big.

@willhickey7387

23 күн бұрын

It also has a bunch of cracks in it. 3 gorges is slowly failing.

@feizai245

23 күн бұрын

@@willhickey7387 Lemme guess, CNN/KZread graduated expert. LOL.

@Votexforxme

22 күн бұрын

not only is it big it also has cracks and is slowly deforming already.

@OdinsChosen208

22 күн бұрын

@@feizai245 lemme guess ccp propaganda believer

@MassiveBuild

22 күн бұрын

@@Votexforxme Yes, you are right, but don't worry, the Chinese government has a plan for that

The British had a plan to divert the Yarlung Zangpo into the Kali Gandhaki. Where the Kali Gandhaki cuts through the Dhaulagiri and Annapurna mountains is the deepest gorge on Earth.

@anyone1200

21 сағат бұрын

The same people have no say here. They only give unwanted advice to other countries that do not need their unsolicited ill advice. Classic example they were kicked out of EU for trying to brag too much.

Wrong Map, Arunachal Pradesh is part of India, These fake maps are mainly circulated by Chinese govt.

@akil412

19 күн бұрын

Cope Pajeet

@akil412

19 күн бұрын

Cope pa*jeet

@since_win_sins

19 күн бұрын

JnK too with Arunachal

@md.shahjahan4405

19 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@andrewstocks227

19 күн бұрын

Womp womp durka man

6:16 > "Before emptying in Indian ocean"!! That's bay of Bengal. Hope you'll remember this for future references.

@Akhlesoni

Күн бұрын

Both are correct

If its going te be realized, then India and Bangladesh have to start building there water reservoirs. Hopefully they will cooperate together.

@bjorn1583

22 күн бұрын

they should have built water reservoirs decades ago

@frostwing9046

21 күн бұрын

Nah. 60% of Brahmaputra is fed by tributaries within India. Plus as they said it will be a run-of-the-river dam not a reservoir, hence no water will be stored. Plus even if China builds a huge reservoir dam or divert water. It will be a boon to India, since the Brahmaputra river flooded every year causing billions in damage. And India has no capacity to respond to it. The current flood as of today has resulted in 50+ loss of life in Assam. Imagine if China stops or diverts 40% of that water, people in Assam will be grateful.

@t1n4444

16 күн бұрын

Yes. But the climate change will soon melt all the global ice and everything will be underwater apart from mountains which might not be able to produce food for the survivors. Everyone will have to develop an appetite for sea food. I don't suppose building a dam will be at the top of the list.

@anyone1200

21 сағат бұрын

At least they will do something positive, instead of barking around with their demi gods.

Remove all the cement blocking rivers asap. The subcontinent just recorded a temperature of 53C degree this June. This is beyond what humans can withstand (ditto, animals, fish, birds, microbes.)

@thinktank8471

23 күн бұрын

Ask Modi not to treat China as threat.

Run of the river projects don't require huge lakes to develop their water pressure. Without the reservoir, the impact of landslides and earthquakes is diminished. Niagara Falls power plant is an example Construction will need to avoid impeding sediment flow. Silted in dams lose capacity.

Bro, I love that you have 1.1M subs and you still use a janky lighting setup, broadcasting from a room in your house. I'm not being facetious, I think it's great. Content is king. Nice work.

Dams has sediment flushing provisions with the outlets lower than the turbine outlets. Run of the river dam do not stop the flow of water. After a brief period of filling the dam normal river water resume. However some water may be diverted for irrigation

@ResortDog

20 күн бұрын

UH duh, The silt all drops at slack water, not at the dam.

@timberwolfe1645

19 күн бұрын

Absolutely NOT TRUE!!!! Natural FLOW of water is NEEDED for FISH, Setiment, and it's how LAND is FORMED. DAMNS DESTROY the ENVIRONMENT

This sounds like straight out from 2012 movie.

And that map you showed is wrong. Arunachal Pradesh is part of indian democracy.

@hemmatdahal

4 күн бұрын

@megabuildsYT how careless!

@hustler_lxxx7300

Күн бұрын

That china mate

@anyone1200

21 сағат бұрын

You are wrong. Get your facts straight.

I wonder how many people were displaced to build this one.

I love the way you've transformed this channel, Regis.

@6IX9INE-CODM

25 күн бұрын

transformed? WDYM ?

@cannedBear

25 күн бұрын

O

@brandon-hh7jf

25 күн бұрын

Refreshing in today's world to have something presented without being distorted by partisan geo-politics.

@TheMalcolmPowder

24 күн бұрын

@@brandon-hh7jf Do not believe the hype, especially CCP hype. This video is tainted with CCP hype. Wherever the Chinese are, is followed by the CCP officials. They are not great engineers, rather they create flawed construction with substandard materials "Dreg Tofu".

60 Gigawatt? GREAT SCOTT! :D

@bobsmith3983

24 күн бұрын

You don't have to wait for a lightening strike to power the DeLorean. Just plug it in.

holy... 60 gwh?! that's 10x your standard nuclear power plants

@user2kffs

24 күн бұрын

GW, not GWh

@ryanjohnson3615

24 күн бұрын

Would be nice for everyone if this is a way for China to use less coal.

@bobsmith3983

24 күн бұрын

60GW is 60x a standard nuclear reactor.

@bjorn1583

22 күн бұрын

@@ryanjohnson3615 the biggest polluter on the planet is the US military so it would be far better for everyone if they stopped burning dinosaurs

Was expecting to bore a tunnel and redirect a river towards the arid Gobi desert.

The Angry Beavers: "Hold my beer..."

Yes, lets build a damn on top of a seismically active area. Not like the Himalayas are done growing... this is like buying your toddler super expensive shoes. 😂

Love this channel. Anything that doesnt have whistler narrating

Tunnel seems like a good idea then. Given this isn't a dam, but a run of the river, then even if it was destroyed by an earthquake, then there wouldn't be many significant downstream consequences as the river would just continue running as normal (assuming they will also retain the original line of the river as an overflow.)

This should be an international cooperative project where every country involved shares expense and rewards. ( maybe this will even strengthen the connections between the countries involved )

@gshaindrich

18 күн бұрын

seriously? has everybody just 70iq points? this should NOT be built! We´re in 2024 CE, everybody claiming and advertising projects like this as "green" and/or "clean" energy is an absolute moron. Didn´t the three gorges dam do enough damage to the environment? Are all you people just incapable of learning?

@t84t748748t6

18 күн бұрын

unless Tibet can leave china i don't see it happening china doesn't make friends whit neighbors

@maybehuman4

17 күн бұрын

Ideally sure, but the countries in that area don't get along. Plus international cooperation on mega projects rarely strengthen connections between them. See the ISS (International Space Station) as a recent example. At the end it didn't bring Russia any closer to the west, and now the project has to be de-orbited because Russia is not interested in maintaining it's sections.

As a retired mine manager that has worked in Chinese gold mines for several years I can confirm that the Chinese are very good at tunneling and mining. Ok their safety culture was somewhat lacking but it is like all things in China rapidly improving, to be honest western ideas of safety a few decades ago was also pretty woeful. If a series of tunnels have to be driven 50 plus km and a series of underground power caverns excavated to manage the pressure drop then I see no reason why it couldn’t be done. Logistics and access maybe difficult, geology and hydrology may cause huge problems but the actual tunneling whether by drill and blast, but more likely by multiple tunnel boring machines is all proven technology in which the Chinese are well versed. The diversion dam at the upstream end would probably be no more than a low weir/ low head dam type structure, who needs a few more 10’s of meters of head when you have 2000m to play with, so interruption of water supply to international neighbors would not be a problem either during construction or operation plus a weir would allow the full river bed width to be used to bypass flood volumes back into the rivers natural course and allow minimum flows into the bypassed section of the gorge. The fact that the project is located on the collision zone between the China and Indian tectonic plates would need to be very carefully studied, I would imagine most of rocks here would be very contorted and low strength limestones and mudstones. So not a crazy idea, just a very big one.If I was not into my dotage i cannot envisage more exciting project to be involved in, on second thoughts, sign me up.

@edukid1984

24 күн бұрын

May I ask when you worked there? I'm asking because China's pace is much faster than the rest of the world. The country today is starkly different from just 10 years ago in almost every aspect (not least of which their culture on occupational safety), never mind the wild wild west days before Xi Jinping took power.

@kevinrogan9871

23 күн бұрын

@@edukid1984 i worked in China from 2007 thru to 2012, as you indicate everything was and is changing rapidly. As an engineer I feel somewhat jealous of the amazing opportunities and projects young Chinese engineers have to look forward to, I also worked for a couple of Chinese mining companies in Africa, their attitude towards investing in resources was in marked contrast to the short term grab the profit view the western companies I worked for had. I thoroughly enjoyed my time in China, an amazing intelligent race of people, I am totally horrified at the western attitudes, and more especially the Warmongering USA view, that permeates the media and people’s attitude toward China here in Australasia

@holgernarrog962

23 күн бұрын

@@kevinrogan9871 I was working as an expat in Middle East and Africa. Western company`s have very good reasons not to invest too much in Africa. The Chinese are starting to learn it* You are aware about the African cycle? A new government comes to power...attracts foreign investors...the investor invests in the business....the business turns profitable and generates a nice cash flow...the government gets hungry eyes....the governments puts obstacles on the business...the investor gives up...a local (friend of the government) takes over...manages down the business...the business gets idle....The cycle can start again. *The chinese miners have 3 advantages over western miners. 1. The government stand behind them as many of them are owned by the governmen. 2. The chinese miners are not that much hampered by complicance rules. 3. China is the biggest consumer of raw materials and thus has a better position.

@edukid1984

23 күн бұрын

@@kevinrogan9871 I see, thanks for your thoughtful response. The years you spent in China was a time of major triumph and tribulations for the locals - and often of severe growing pains. I recall the Beijing Olympics, Sichuan earthquake, shocks from the Global Financial Crisis, rampant corruption coupled with increasingly glaring inequalitis, and environmental degradation at tipping points. Suffice to say they have come a long way since you left. The national psyche of ordinary Chinese was very different from what it's like today. Now they are (for the most part) a rightfully proud people that judge the Western nations on their merits (or more often lack thereof) instead of looking up to them as a "better world" that they should strive for. That being said, they don't have any quarrel with the average joes in say Australia and are still welcoming to anyone willing to visit with an open mind. Just don't mess with them or their way of life (and politics lol).

@michaelmorrison4201

23 күн бұрын

You check out their rocket development? It's not quite "out of this world," but it's ambitious!

60 GW??!! That's enough to power 50 trips back in time!

Although I'm a crazy fool in love with enormous engineering projects, it breaks my heart to think how many rivers in Asia, as already is the case in the American West and Alpine Europe, have been incarcerated with towering, concrete plugs or rechanneled for the convenience of housing sprawl and the efficiency of agriculture. The imposition of geometries that serve our convenience, however, happen to bedevil ancient, pristine environments with their least natural shapes: right angles and straight lines. As with the brutal corruption of the world's oceans with our human storm of noise, our flood of plastic, our sewage overflow and bycatch cloudbursts, the rivers of the Earth have been sterilized with chemicals, clogged with silt, suffocated of oxygen by reservoirs and dismembered by dams. When I hear about new such travesties, I think of that great line in "Under The Volcano," when the protagonist contends with a familiar endless but aimless discussion of national interests: "It's too late in the world for flags," he quips, bitterly. Precious the irony of apothegm that so much power of history can be condensed in eight words and recast as a history of power. And like any recipe for abbreviated disasters, just add water to those eight parched words and it's already too late in the world for dams. Especially if the little sea a dam will birth must straddle an ominous crack in the Earth, on a mountain touching the sky, while everyone pretends that no-one asked, "but why?"

So generous of china spending 100b$ to help uk with their electricity

I think Bangladesh has the right to say no, according to the international laws of the rivers, passing through different countries.

Fresh water will be priceless in the future lol

What incredible construction project , just crazy ❤❤❤ Great video

This dam idea is actually really really smart, by using a tunnel and huge elevation difference, there's no need to build a huge concrete dam holding back a large water body. A portion of the water can simply be diverted into the pipe tunnels to the turbines or letting the water run its old course during maintenance/down time.

@DrewWithington

18 күн бұрын

It's not really smart though. The Himalayas is being created by the Indian tectonic plate crashing into the Asian tectonic plate. That's why the mountains are so big and so young. The whole area is highly geologically unstable.

@rusticbox9908

18 күн бұрын

@@DrewWithington Not sure what young means... But every year billions of liters of water passes through the gorges flowing out to the sea and the potential energy not harnessed. The Chinese are willing to have a go at it and make cleaner energy without a large water pool. How is this a bad idea?

@marilynlicht5376

9 сағат бұрын

@@rusticbox9908, um, what part of UNSTABLE don't you understand?

@marilynlicht5376

9 сағат бұрын

when tectonic plates subduct, or slide past each other, tension builds up and is released in EARTHQUAKES,,,,that's what unstable indicates

@rusticbox9908

8 сағат бұрын

@@marilynlicht5376 So what? Worst case is the tunnel and turbine room gets destroyed and investments lost, river flows back in its original course. Why is this a concern to you? Are you part of the surveying team that's taken core samples of the geological formation in the area? Because it's hard and nothing should be done is your attitude, clearly not for the Chinese engineers.

Oh dam…

As observed from satellites, a warmer planet is a wetter, greener planet.

5km of head! Thats 50,000kPa. 500Bar. Containing that pressure in a huge pipe the size of a river🤯

Happy Independence Day America 🦅

@estiennetaylor1260

20 күн бұрын

Not worth celebrating when it's on stolen land.

@I_Love_Jamaica

19 күн бұрын

​@@estiennetaylor1260 Yep it's on Britain's land

@villiamfangy6205

18 күн бұрын

@@I_Love_Jamaica fuck you on about?

@estiennetaylor1260

18 күн бұрын

@@I_Love_Jamaica it's on aboriginal land as well

@I_Love_Jamaica

17 күн бұрын

@@estiennetaylor1260 yes on tribes land

0:15 What does that even mean?? Over what time-span, a day, a week, a year, every second?

@Gabeldou

25 күн бұрын

Fr missinformation detectet

@cozmingalusca6275

25 күн бұрын

I think over a year.

@WahrheitMachtFrei.

25 күн бұрын

@@cozmingalusca6275 But then why bring the time element into it? It makes sense only if "the dam could supply the entire UK with power" [full stop]🤷‍♀

@SteveFrench_420

25 күн бұрын

​​@@WahrheitMachtFrei.Uhhhh, to illustrate to we westerners how much power it produces. That's how everyone does it. You have to give comparisons so people can understand the scale.

@SteveFrench_420

25 күн бұрын

​@@WahrheitMachtFrei.Another thing, the dam can "supply the UK with power for a year" means the ENTIRE UK. Not sure what the problem is.

Better figure out what concrete is first 😂

Like we've _ever_ developed 60 GW of renewables (mostly hydro) without this much geopolitical fallout.

whoever thought of nuking a proposed water source wasn't thinking

@TheFlagUnit

20 күн бұрын

@@kimisaacbuelagala1314 it’s a great idea

Why use the erroneous map in the video...disliked and complained.

I’ve said for decades that China’s interest and stranglehold on Tibet is “Water Related”. They’ve already managed to cut down the volume in several rivers that are critical for the Mekong River and Bangaladesh and NE India. If they continue to harness the headwaters of so many rivers it WILL become a serious geopolitical problem.

@uniquerai

6 күн бұрын

Their water,their land and wtf you’re?

@anyone1200

21 сағат бұрын

Tibet is part of China. Get your facts straight. Is Kashmir part of India or Pakistan.?

Ahhh so that's why I saw those drones grabbing concrete bags..

$100bn is ALOT of money

@user-hr1nd7cn2v

26 күн бұрын

I know.

@awabaziz7029

25 күн бұрын

It's nothing for china 😂

@cobracommander.1958

25 күн бұрын

America constructed a 100 meters high speed rail at same price 😂😂😂😂😂 so china doing it is no biggie....

@Ghandara-hg1gc

25 күн бұрын

Since Jan 2022, the West has promised $380bn to Ukraine to fight its war against Russia. Just to give some perspective.

@JinxXIII1

25 күн бұрын

I made it in hour

Let me know when a single mega project ever on this channel is completed. I tried to go back 3 years. Maybe i am mistaken. Not saying 0 mega projects have ever been finished. Just saying none i have seen on this channel. 3 years isn't much either. Now maybe 10 years.

@Bay0Wulf

17 күн бұрын

You’re a bit naive … 3 years in “Mega Projects” isn’t even long enough to get it Engineered. Building such a thing alone mat take tens of years.

@bsherder

17 күн бұрын

@@Bay0Wulf That's true. 3 years is too little time. Still there is a video by MegaBuilds titled "Top 20 Biggest Megaprojects Completing in 2024"

@DevinDTV

17 күн бұрын

​@@Bay0Wulfhe already said that in his post. learn to read

@Bay0Wulf

15 күн бұрын

@@bsherder Well, having been involved in building for 6 decades I’d note that even simple projects have a tendency to NOT “Come in” by their projected date. Its rather amusing to see Architect, Owner, Construction Mgr standing about after a well blown date trying to decide when next to project its completion … IF you’re not in anywise responsible for the project’s end date.

So nice of them to power the UK

@marilynlicht5376

8 сағат бұрын

hahahahahaha,,,,,I was waiting for someone to say that

point be noted that most water in the river is deposited in indian side the chinese side of river is much smaller

Dude atleast show the correct map of india

NOT SMART TO BUILD ON A MAJOR FAULT

@gshaindrich

18 күн бұрын

also not smart: Destroying the planet by destroying nature when flooding forests bigger than whole nations. And how many millions of tons of CO2 and methane will be generated by this project?

@DirtRider999

17 күн бұрын

No let them waste their money good.

@maybehuman4

17 күн бұрын

A lot of things are built along major fault lines. Most cities in fact, because that's where the water is. The entire nation of Japan is an active seismic area. I'm guessing if a project like this can last 100 years it would be a massive success with the amount of electricity it will generate in that time.

@t1n4444

16 күн бұрын

Yes. The issue of orogeny is always with us. We're doomed to have new mountain ranges upthrusting upon us.

@vervetech9395

13 күн бұрын

You think they don't know that?

Wow, able to produce enough power to supply englands power needs per year, every minute.😂

He referred to this project as crazy a crazy number of times.

If USA builds a dam, that' fine, that's success, that's progress, that's "green". If China does the same, "that's extremely bad", no matter what.

@AkashYadav-ho5ub

4 күн бұрын

slow speed of earth by which country dam 😆😁😁😁😁😁

In Tibet which they stole? Hmmm...

I think 2012 movie is coming to life love it, we play with nature and it start playing with us😅 Awesome plan

Also a warmer planet is a wetter planet, not a drier planet.

Hopefully they don't use the same contractors they use to build some of their buildings 😂. They gonna crumble 😂

@muhammadzakria4426

21 күн бұрын

just like 3 gorgeous dam?

@bronks76

20 күн бұрын

So,if the failure,(collapse) of the 3 gorgeus dam can effect the rotation of the earth,so what will happen in this case.

@muhammadzakria4426

20 күн бұрын

@@bronks76 what will happen??

Thanks to the conservation of energy, this will slow down the planets rotation. This is not even a joke.

"To dam the impossible dam to fight the impossible flow To bear with bear with unbearable power To run where the waves dare not go"

Just a thought, how about we all start using fewer lights at night.

@danielmiliszewski5802

25 күн бұрын

😂

@IanHausser

25 күн бұрын

lol

@Nphen

25 күн бұрын

Light pollution harms insects, mammals, birds, and plants. Lighting can be made a lot better for wildlife without sacrificing security or human visibility.

This video is legit womp womp womp noises all a long

@itsbonkerjojo9028

22 күн бұрын

Wdym . It's not worth watching or ?

Sounds like a interesting experiment with a few impressivly catastrophic risks, have at it!!

Very interesting thank you!

A dam of this size in a very active earthquake zone is like an atomic bomb that can blast at any moment

@nakedikhei7883

21 күн бұрын

@@ahmedouvic ?

@ahmedouvic

21 күн бұрын

@@nakedikhei7883 yes

@groot843

20 күн бұрын

And?

@shaundudley4576

19 күн бұрын

Its not a dam. didn't you get that? it doesn't dam the water

@ahmedouvic

19 күн бұрын

@@shaundudley4576 what does it do then ?

India won't be a blind spectator to this development

@bobsmith3983

24 күн бұрын

India can't do anything about it.

@narendrasinghparmar7797

24 күн бұрын

It will never be built. Note it.

@timromayale3018

23 күн бұрын

What can you do it's their water so whatever they want that's up to them

@narendrasinghparmar7797

23 күн бұрын

Changes Geopolitics in the next few years may dissuade China from executing the project.

@timromayale3018

23 күн бұрын

@@lastone2631 it's Chinese territory not Indias so barking dog seldom bite

It's possible but very difficult to build heavy infrastructure in the Himalayas. The earth is very fragile & unstable ,minor earthquakes are frequent, water will gush through the walls if you're building a tunnel.

Better to split the colossal project into several smaller ones so that when natural disaster happens, the damage can be contained.

@bjorn1583

22 күн бұрын

thats why they not building a dam but a tunnel

Wow, you make the innocent assumption that China ACTUALLY cares about other nations.

@metroidragon

21 күн бұрын

the CCP cares about the resources of other countries, which is why they are trying to take over Canadas politics and we have traitors in the Trudeau Liberals who are actually beholden to the CCP for orders.

@chion918

20 күн бұрын

does your country or you personally care about China?

@Ajoebe6396

20 күн бұрын

​@@chion918the country which is threat for many neighborhood countries and also to other country, who cares about f##king china

@shaundudley4576

19 күн бұрын

O you are such an expert about China Then? Spit on a nation of 1.5 billion little man...so very brave.

The majority (~70%) of the catchments of this river are within India and Bangladesh borders, so they both won't be affected at all, especially since it is a "run-of-the-river" which literally is NOT to disrupt flow nor does it store water. And it was recently confirmed by Indian government as well. In fact, this dam could help India and Bangladesh by allowing them to build storage dams in their own borders without any need to disrupt flow of waters while capitalizing on already controlled upstream flow from Chinese side, for a few years- thus making dams cheaper for Bangladesh and India if they coincide with the construction of this Chinese dam.

@tiny-kl7ob

23 күн бұрын

than why r indians complaining ?

@lordwiz2236

23 күн бұрын

​@@tiny-kl7ob19:27

@akashsharma1134

23 күн бұрын

That’s your misconception! Everyone knows how backstabbing China is

@BengkarNobeng

23 күн бұрын

​@@tiny-kl7ob cause they eat shit and talk shit

@thechloromancer3310

23 күн бұрын

@@tiny-kl7ob Probably American influence in their media, social media, and NGOs looking to stir up trouble between China and India. Divide and conquer.

Catastrophe struck Sikkim on October 4 last year when Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) devastated the region. The disaster wiped out 80% of Sikkim’s electricity generation capacity, including a significant 1200 MW hydropower plant ( Tiny Dam as mentioned 16:49 ). Currently, no hydropower projects along the Teesta River in Sikkim are operational, allowing the river to flow freely. Along with the water, a significant amount of materials has also been carried downstream. We hope this leads to a bountiful harvest for Bangladeshi farmers, who may benefit from the increased water flow and nutrient-rich sediment.

Tofu dreg construction should hold up well.

China does build fast. They have to - after all, it's falling down just as fast.

@trozan2796

22 күн бұрын

You're jealous because your country will never ever be like China

@shaundudley4576

19 күн бұрын

Like?

@GalvayraPHX

19 күн бұрын

@@shaundudley4576 Tofu dreg buildings falling down left and right currently, cracks on the Three Gorges Dam, abysmal quality of infrastructure built as part of the belts and roads initiative...So many choices if only you actually look for it.

So, how many will die with this one?

@rundown132

25 күн бұрын

as many as China needs

@Sammasambuddha

25 күн бұрын

Can you die if you've never lived?

@chion918

25 күн бұрын

hard to say. but what are some of the mega projects your country is building in recent time? it likely takes decades to do anything, while all costs associated with the project sky rocketed by the effects of inflation , lack of labours and nonstop bureacracies.

@davidbatson432

25 күн бұрын

@@Sammasambuddha well done there sir/madaam, well done

@jessejames8901

25 күн бұрын

The biodiversity

Half expecting a 2km tall dam... the tunnel actually could make sense.

Would you mind dropping a link to Dr. Gamble's video you're referencing?