"Well, I'll be dammed." -Yangtze River, probably

@mlhussivxi

3 жыл бұрын

severely underrated comment lmao

@susanlangguth955

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@georgecaplin9075

2 жыл бұрын

BADA-BUM-BUM-TSH!

@Johnstone565

Жыл бұрын

😂❤

Simon and all the channels he is on has officially taken over the role of what the history channel used to be.

@archivis

3 жыл бұрын

Not until he explains how aliens built all the stuff. :)

@caseywhite8969

3 жыл бұрын

History channel wishes it was this good.

@ilajoie3

3 жыл бұрын

Business Blaze throws that idea back in your face

@jayw6034

3 жыл бұрын

@@ilajoie3 are there bots for this channel or are you an idiot?

@Wakadorf

3 жыл бұрын

@@jayw6034 his name is Ivan I'm not sure if his first language is English.

2:55 - Chapter 1 - An old idea 7:25 - Chapter 2 - The good & the bad 8:45 - Chapter 3 - Work begins 13:50 - Chapter 4 - Controversy 16:15 - Chapter 5 - Challenges 17:35 - Chapter 6 - The final numbers

Remember, Simon, there are A LOT of Brazilians who watch your channel and would greatly enjoy and appreciate seeing your video on the Itaipu Dam ...

@jamesdonovan2188

3 жыл бұрын

Show it, a total different and amazing project.

@marksapollo

Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see a video on the Itaipu dam.

@sumkidincali

Жыл бұрын

Yea bro Brazil is so much cooler than China you should definitely do it

@deus_ex_machina_

Ай бұрын

It's natural beauty and the fact that it straddles two big countries (which brings its unique challenges) are all the more reason that it should be featured.

I’m 30 and enjoyed History Channel as a kid. The fact that Simon can turn modern marvels into a 20 minute video instead of 60 minutes of slow filler and commercials.... makes me a happy boi

@pashapasovski5860

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha you are still a kid, I did most stupid shit when I got 30,like getting married!🥊

@sopcannon

4 жыл бұрын

@@pashapasovski5860 I went to get milk when I was 30.

I’d love to hear about the other dam. Also if you could do the Pikeville cut through project in Pikeville Kentucky. At the time it was the second largest earth moving project in the US. They basically cut a mountain in half to stop flooding and rebuild a city.

@Danirio96

4 жыл бұрын

Check wikipedia. It's not like Simon has all the info just for himself

@draegin2566

4 жыл бұрын

Dani I literally live there and know about it. I would just enjoy seeing others know about this but if my towns history.

@voidremoved

4 жыл бұрын

After this I don't think I could sit through another dam video by Simon.

@whocare868

3 жыл бұрын

Chris Dotson Are you hate Chinese :))

Congratulations! One of the most accurate and balanced reviews of the Three Gorges Dam ever. I spent a year on site in 2000 as a foreign expert engineer regarding methods and machinery and am very knowledgeable about it and its construction. You are very accurate and a rational perspective. My company built many dams in the western USA and the Chinese came to see the results and request advice (Guy F Atkinson Co). I was impressed with their management and forthright administration, in addition to their construction accomplishment. I have lots of stories

@shreyvaghela3963

2 жыл бұрын

Do you think the dam is going to last or will it collapse??

@nobody5280

Жыл бұрын

I smell a 50 cent army soldier

@VZarok

Жыл бұрын

​@@nobody5280 Indeed, any admiration about what is today a crumbling wreck in so many aspects really didn't age well...

@roflmatol

Жыл бұрын

@@VZarok "crumbling wreck", LMAO; which parts of it are crumbling?

@dopaminedreams1122

9 ай бұрын

I smell BS, no way your actually a westerner

Should do a follow up on all the rain they are getting and the news blackouts about the dam

Special request: when you say numbers could you put them in text on the screen also? I might be the only one, but I can't mentally process a number nearly as fast as words.

@112deeps

3 жыл бұрын

I just ignore the figures. Unless comparison or percentage

@braveheart4603

3 жыл бұрын

when it collapses in very near future hopefully we will get good footage of it. that will be a good visual representation of how colossal without need for numbers except maybe the death toll.

@Normal_Boii

3 жыл бұрын

The true death toll will not be known till the collapse of the CCP sadly

@RonaldMcPaul

3 жыл бұрын

No, the numbers are big and meaningless. The most important thing are the Mao thuglife shades.

@Jaytwisty23

3 жыл бұрын

I might be the only one, no mate, you're that not special or unique 😂

An interesting mega-project would be the system that protects the netherlands from flooding. Lots of equipment to keep the water out which is only getting harder as sea levels rise. Also impressive to look at. I like the new channel. I hope it is successful.

@marcbeebee6969

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe someone could show the Italians before Venice is gone

@Odin029

4 жыл бұрын

The US built this massive storm surge barrier to help protect New Orleans against hurricanes. It seemed to have worked the couple of times they've used it. Maybe the Netherlands can just scale that thing up to protect their whole coast.

@danielpwerlinger

4 жыл бұрын

I think Tom Scott has already done a video on that if I remember correctly. Sorry Simon.

@that_hoser_143

4 жыл бұрын

The channel real engineering made a video on that it's very good

@roelofjacobs5807

4 жыл бұрын

@@Odin029 Well.... Dutch engineers have went to New Orleans to share their expertise. Plenty cooperation between the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and Dutch institutes and companies. Read articles about it in aDutch engineer-magazine and in general, the measurements are often very situation specific.

I recommend looking into the Marib Dam in Yemen. It was an ancient megastructure mostly forgotten today built in the ancient Sabean kingdom, one of the largest waterworks of it's time

The river’s name is actually the Changjiang, with means “long river”. The Yangtze is only the lower reaches of the river near the coast.

Can we get a video on the ocean cables that stretch the ocean floors

@j-tothe-ay

4 жыл бұрын

@drew pedersen I could understand that I've not searched them out myself. But Simon would definitely bring the bacon to the topic.

@andregomez9664

4 жыл бұрын

Oh hell yeah!

@nadtz

4 жыл бұрын

@drew pedersen The Submarine Cable Map is eye opening, I used to work in a datacenter that had maps of the major fiber runs in the US and the submarine map on one wall (old one, this would have been 2014 or so) and you realize just how much time effort and money has gone into connecting the world.

@seraphina985

4 жыл бұрын

@Biliary Clinton You mean like the Southern Cross Cable Network (SCCN) that has landing points in California, Oregon, Hawaii, New Zealand and Australia. Still the SEA-ME-WE3 cable with landing points including The Netherlands, Australia and South Korea is just a bit longer.

@seraphina985

4 жыл бұрын

@Biliary Clinton Oh for sure the consortium of companies behind that latter one is literally several dozen telecoms giants.

The next Megaprojects episode should be about Simon's mega work ethic.

@Zanthorr

4 жыл бұрын

? He's just a voice actor, he sets up a camera and films himself reading a script someone sent him, then emails an uncut version to someone else who does the editing.

@milkhbox

4 жыл бұрын

@@Zanthorr Even if that were true: 1. You're an ass. 2. Voice acting is not as easy as you seems to think it is. Voice actors put in countless hours and work incredibly hard to ensure they're delivering their lines in the best way possible.

@darkstorminc

4 жыл бұрын

More like his mega workload lol. How many channels is he juggling now?

@fonk7661

4 жыл бұрын

@@darkstorminc Approximately 1/3 of all youtube channels

@MrCTruck

4 жыл бұрын

Simon and company*

This channel is amazing. Oh, and your edits are fantastic. It's nice to have a more laid-back vibe with the really awesome projects.

Who's here after it was reported it this dam might collapse??

@buddy1155

3 жыл бұрын

more interesting question, who will be here AFTER the dam is collapsed.

@dylbowers

3 жыл бұрын

@@buddy1155 rest in peace

@samwelonduko9696

3 жыл бұрын

@@buddy1155 😂😂😂😂😂😂 we shall revisit!

@MrPip9999

3 жыл бұрын

That's why India and Taiwan are not afraid of China any more - All they need to do is to bomb the damned dam and 1/2 billion of Chinese will go to join Confucius in the sky

@budisoemantri2303

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrPip9999 but that will be cruel

I’m sure this dude is low key a super villain Just look how he dresses. And his surrounds. All his research is cover for taking over the world. We are on to you bald man. We know. And we are watching. Figuratively and literally

@BradGryphonn

4 жыл бұрын

His sidekick is nicknamed Pinky.

@Game...007

4 жыл бұрын

Supervillain teamup with Kyle Hill...

@c.armstrong2978

4 жыл бұрын

Simon yelling: WRITE THE SCRIPT DANNY! (In a zebra mask 🦓)

@Noone-jn3jp

4 жыл бұрын

Bezos?

@c.armstrong2978

4 жыл бұрын

@@Noone-jn3jp awkward Bezos laugh....

Legendary. Epic. Now do a video on the Saturn V Rocket, please and thank you!

The dam built to last 10,000 years, then 1000 years , then 100 years, then tomorrow or maybe next week. LOL.

@hendrikvanleeuwen9110

3 жыл бұрын

'Clearly proof that time is speeding up. There is no other reasonable explanation!' C.C.P.

@drobgyn5615

3 жыл бұрын

LOLOL

@varoksa

3 жыл бұрын

@Jason Cougar imagine being so delusional that you think holding leaders responsible is a conspiracy

@giusepperesponte8077

3 жыл бұрын

varoksa these nutcases can’t be reasoned with

@janet6421

3 жыл бұрын

@@giusepperesponte8077 CCP: This dam can survive the worst flooding in 10,000 years also CCP: All religion is nothing but superstition God: sends the worst flooding in recorded history CCP: The dam is moving, distorting, leaking, and cracking "within normal limits"

Thank you for your improvements to your show. I'm glad that when you talk about America you're not putting it down anymore but telling both sides of the story. Great show I subscribed again thank you very much

Skipped right over that “ship lift” now didn’t we !

@Noone-jn3jp

4 жыл бұрын

ebulating ahhh made in China I see

@user-cu9gh4nq7k

4 жыл бұрын

@drew pedersen world's largest shiplift at China's Three Gorges Dam kzread.info/dash/bejne/h65kzK6Tcs7eZqw.html

@user-cu9gh4nq7k

4 жыл бұрын

@ebulating But they did kzread.info/dash/bejne/h65kzK6Tcs7eZqw.html

@toolegittoquit_001

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-cu9gh4nq7k Sure shill

Yes tell us about itaipu damn in brasil, please

@MABfan11

4 жыл бұрын

i want to hear about that dam too

@timmalinowski62

4 жыл бұрын

Damn, me too.

@JoaoPessoa86

4 жыл бұрын

Tell us about all the dams. We need a dam series

@TheMattc999

4 жыл бұрын

@@JoaoPessoa86 a dam series would be absolutely awesome. 👍👍👍

@marcelozerbini5411

4 жыл бұрын

I'm buying a caipirinha for everyone that votes for Itaipu!

"2020 couldn't get any worse.." 2020 : **look at 3 gorges dam** well, I have another idea

@gerarduspoppel2831

3 жыл бұрын

Why not.

"I'll write as much dam poetry as I want."

I love the swell BLUEPRINTS in your thumbnails. Back in the olden days when I took my first drafting class, I was 13 years old (I am really, really old) and drawings were drawn by people with pencils. Back then copies were "blue-line drawings" that looked like the negatives of the obsolete blueprints and smelled of the ammonia used in the reproduction. I have worked on projects even older than me (older than dirt) that had the original old timey blueprints still on file. They are neat!

You don't want to be known as "That dam channel!" Stay epic Simon!

Very intriguing and great vid , wow a lot happen there an still will , thanks for all your hard work on all these videos , love the channel

I have no idea what's going on, but you keep popping up in my recommendations, and seemingly on a new channel each time. And your videos are always super professional and informative. Do you ever rest???

I think the Brazilian dam would make a great topic for Geographics though if it's too similar for this Chan. Great video as always. Love it. ♥️♥️

Please do an episode on the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme in western Australia. Love the vids :)

@masterred82

4 жыл бұрын

poor c.y............such a sad twist

@plug007

4 жыл бұрын

He was an Irish man

Love the new vidz Simon! Keep it up!!!

Congrats on the videos, they are great! Do an episode of the koogs, lands below sea level in Netherlands, North Germany and Denmark. It is very interesting.

What about the Aswan dam on the Nile? That's a crazy story involving the cold war, moving ancient temples and significant conflict with other nations downstream about water rights. I'd be interested in the Brazilian dam too if the story is interested. I like listening to dam stories. Also, please do tunnel boring machines or their projects. I'm fascinated by them.

@Klopp2543

4 жыл бұрын

That would be epic! The present Ethiopian dam currently getting built tensions as a follow up will make it fascinating

Dam failure: Kills 240,000 people Simon, casually: “not good”

@vonfaustien3957

4 жыл бұрын

Eh its a rounding error on what mao pulled off.

@laserowy_general

3 жыл бұрын

That's the very English way to say it. Anyhow you got the point.

@gtlegacy8

3 жыл бұрын

Try 4 million

@qingchengsui1636

3 жыл бұрын

So, you must missed the info that the flood of Yangtze can kill one million people. Hmmmmmmm, it’s really a tough call for shortsighted people whether to save millions of lives and develop renewable energy or not.

@joshborat8072

3 жыл бұрын

@@qingchengsui1636 the problem with huge dams like this is the environmental impact they have especially when so many are built on the same river

A weird side effect of this dam I had found while researching for a school project was an influx of ocean living jellyfish in the rivers

My father (jack scriven) was the president of the canadian company Teshmont Consulting Inc. They were the company tasked with allocating where all the electrical power the dam would produce would be sent to and how it was split up!! I remember as a child having dinner with chinese business executives and their CCP Handlers at our house in winnipeg, manitoba, canada where Teshmont Consulting was based. I even have a picture of me and my family and all the chinese staff at winnipeg airport when they left! great video, thanks for your work.

Hi Simon, you're the new Richard Attenborough! Have you thought about a Mega Disasters channel too? A few ideas for project's videos: - Boston's Big Dig -The Roosevelt tunnel in Colorado - The Golden Gate Bridge

@ginashemeth7708

4 жыл бұрын

Hello from Massachusetts I lived through the big dig and every time im in Boston I get PTSD

@erikroberts3545

4 жыл бұрын

YESSS! Do a BIG DIG video!

@barrybritcher

4 жыл бұрын

You realise Richard Attenborough is a dead actor?

@ajgunter8932

4 жыл бұрын

@@barrybritcher instead of being a dickhead, just correct the name to David. You dont ALWAYS have to be the prick, troll.

@strangelee4400

4 жыл бұрын

@@ajgunter8932 He corrected you. You got it wrong. No need to be on your period about it.

Simon: I don’t always start my videos by walking into frame, but when I do, I do it like a boss.

@hardwaylearner

4 жыл бұрын

Walk into frame, three wolf mug, *yup* its history time

Yo Simon, I love the way you present each and everyone of these projects. You come from a neutral stand point and bring ALL of the receipts. Wish I had teachers in high school like you !

So informative- thank you. I wanted to understand more given the many experts saying this dam is ready to collapse. Now I, Jane average know what a gravity dam is and why it is advantageous.

11:10 Yes, please talk about Itaipu Dam, for your Brazilians viewers Edit.: Little fact, Itaipu while the second largest dam, actually produces more energy in year than Three Gorges, because o the volume of Water of Parana River.

@ntdscherer

4 жыл бұрын

Itaipu: 79 TWh in 2019. Three Gorges: 87 TWh in 2015. So unless Three Gorges has dropped significantly in the past few years, no, Three Gorges produces more. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itaipu_Dam#Generation en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam#Generating_capacity

This video is interesting and I will watch it again. Simon may have mentioned the number of people that are being displaced by the rising waters but I don’t remember how many different villages are underwater now and historical sites of thousands of years old are now underwater.

@Anita-fh6ot

3 жыл бұрын

Ricky Hendricks 1 million people resettled I have read.

Always a great show. My favourite you tube presenter. Great lines always raise a smile even tho the subject may be sensitive. Keep it up Simon.💙

late June 2020...nice timing of your MegaProjects take on the Three Gorges Dam. Much rain and flooding right now.

"4x stronger than the next best nuclear plant" Holy cow "It could power 1/4th of the UK" Oh, that's it?

@Unb3arablePain

4 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind that the most powerful nuclear plant has multiple units on site. A typical nuclear reactor makes 800-1200 MW, though the most powerful single reactor in the world is 1500 MW. Compared that to the 22000 MW for this damn.

@NightBlado

4 жыл бұрын

More over this makes one wonder how much electricity we waste in Western Countries O_o

@pierzing.glint1sh76

4 жыл бұрын

@@NightBlado although it could power 1/3 of the UK (20 million people) he said it currently makes only 1.2% of China's electric usage today....so I'm not sure we're the wasteful ones ...

@rubenbraekman4515

4 жыл бұрын

@@pierzing.glint1sh76 keep in mind that China holds 20% of the whole fucking worlds population

@Jemalacane0

4 жыл бұрын

@@NightBlado Western countries energy efficiency has seen massive gains over the years. At one time, a single light bulb for lighting a house was 4,000 watts. Now, a light bulb is about 14 watts.

I don't know if you reflected or did a course but the last videos the past three days are next level. On all your channels especially business Blaze. Really really great quality Simon

@marcbeebee6969

4 жыл бұрын

@@megaprojects9649 no we thank you

Yes, would love to see more hydropower videos! The Itaipu dam in Brazil-Paraguay looks interesting too!

Thank you for such amazing detail info and history. This is the best I see regarding China's Three Gorges Dam. Awesome job!

A megaproject that often goes unmentioned and that you could do a video on is the us interstate system. If you look into it it had a huge environmental and socioeconomic impacts such as being a large contributor towards white flight and the abandonment of cities.

@pierzing.glint1sh76

4 жыл бұрын

8th wonder of the world

@natewatl9423

4 жыл бұрын

Even more so, the destruction of many small-town businesses and the ruination of the towns themselves. Not to mention the lack of foresight in terms of maintenance .

@Jemalacane0

4 жыл бұрын

It would have been much better if the U.S. used that money for a higher quality rail system for both passenger and freight services.

@pierzing.glint1sh76

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jemalacane0 rail is far too expensive

@Jemalacane0

4 жыл бұрын

@@pierzing.glint1sh76 No it isn't.

4:08 - Flatten your rug out, Simon!!!

@Skwertydogs

4 жыл бұрын

Nice catch!

@marcelozerbini5411

4 жыл бұрын

That's called sprezzatura! Something a little bit off to keep things interesting, that's what turns Italy into Italia

I enjoyed the show. Keep up the good work.

Simon, there’s two things that mega projects need: more dams and more trains and railroads.

@kalacaptain4818

8 ай бұрын

thats 3 things

I did a biology paper on the Yangtze dolphin that went extinct when the dam was opened. It was a beautiful dolphin that lived in the eddies of the river.

@AndreAndFriends

3 жыл бұрын

Is that paper available on line? Could you please share? Thx mate

@richardhampton4915

3 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised that it was still alive before the Damm opened.. the Chinese eat everything. There's no bird's or wild animals in their country.

@WiseSnake

3 жыл бұрын

The Chinese Paddlefish, too. That was a painful but unsurprising conclusion when it published back in March.

@zam023

3 жыл бұрын

@@richardhampton4915 That is false. If they don't have wild live anymore then how are we in this pandemic that originated from bats in China.

@DaleSteadman

3 жыл бұрын

I believe there were many species that became extinct after the dam was completed.

You should try to do an ancient megaproject like the Great Wall of China or the Pyramids at Giza, if enough information on their building is known to make into a video.

@victoriascotttheclassicist3692

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, I second this!!!!

@aellis6692

4 жыл бұрын

Do this

@psykovideos

4 жыл бұрын

things like great wall would be pretty much just old statistics of slave deaths, it is pretty hard to get numbers,that people agree upon, as all of those old records were burned and crossed out by Mao during The Great Leap (backwards)

@nymphrodellsalavin

4 жыл бұрын

Ancient Megaprojects section. Cover the 7 wonders, and then expand out. It could be sprinkled in here and there, like one ever two weeks or so

@lyon3103

4 жыл бұрын

By The Great Wall you mean that one took over almost a millennia with multiple renditions and countless death to build? Yes hit me up sir!

I'm from Paraguay and I can say that from what I've heard the Itaipu dam did irreparable damage to the eco system where it was build, but on the other side its viewed as a great company due to all the social projects that they fund. I know lots of people who have been able to further their studies thanks to the scholarships that they give out. Nevertheless I would still love to see your input on it! Love your channel!

Great video, well presented. Thanks.

The human genome project could be considered a megaproject.

@autopartsmonkey7992

3 жыл бұрын

no,,,,not at all,,. thats stupid

@MountainFisher

3 жыл бұрын

@@autopartsmonkey7992 Not really if you understand its scope.

@autopartsmonkey7992

3 жыл бұрын

@@MountainFisher i do,,,,you dont seem to understand anything much at all

@autopartsmonkey7992

3 жыл бұрын

@@MountainFisher nice attempt at an insult...tard

@MountainFisher

3 жыл бұрын

@@autopartsmonkey7992 If you understand so much why do you descend to the weak position of denigration? Wooooo so scary, let's appear to be wise by resorting to the tried and true resort of calling people names? Troll is the proper word for you Wumao.

Could you do one on the Romanian Parliament building? It was Caucescu's old Presidential Mansion, and it's massive.

Now that it is starting to fail it is going to be part of a video called Mega disasters

@tidepoolclipper8657

3 жыл бұрын

I can't help but be reminded of the St. Francis dam. What prevented that disaster from being that much more awful was that the areas affected by that collapse wasn't nearly as populated as today. Sadly, the Chinese government will do jack squat to protect their civilians from an upcoming collapse.

@robergoodguy316

3 жыл бұрын

@@tidepoolclipper8657 the river past through Wuhan, Nanjing and Shanghai so when the dam collapse the death toll might be a shit ton higher

@perrydowd9285

3 жыл бұрын

The whole of China's looking like a mega disaster atm. In 10 years we'll be bailing them out of the shit they're creating now, aaaand guess who will have to pay for it like always.

@perrydowd9285

3 жыл бұрын

@Jonathan Williams I hope so.

@C152SharjilJafri-hd5tq

3 жыл бұрын

@Jonathan Williams Hahaha deluded idiot.

I would love to watch your takes on our great Itaipu Dam! Love from Brazil 👏

Imagine a dam that could slow earth's rotation. Damn Edit: no pun intended haha

@petert3355

4 жыл бұрын

Forget the dam slowing the rotation of the world, imagine a dam that has the weight to actually alter the shape of the planet. The three gorges dam has actually depressed the Earth's crust in that location.

@joabes7710

4 жыл бұрын

@@petert3355 thats cool

@joabes7710

4 жыл бұрын

@@megaprojects9649 yowwww

@natewatl9423

4 жыл бұрын

@@megaprojects9649 , do you know of (and/or have you covered) any other man-made projects or activities, e.g. decades of atomic and nuclear testing -- or something else -- that may have slowed down the perceptible rotation of the earth?

@ronniedai3683

4 жыл бұрын

Technically Hoover Dam slow earth's rotation too.

Can't say "I hate Mondays" anymore, new Megaprojects is out!

@geoffreygriffin3015

4 жыл бұрын

And every other day of the week (if we are talking about the host) 😂

China: "Hey, y'know what would be *great* for the environment?" **Floods thousands of square miles displacing 10+ cities, 1000+ settlements, and countless species**

Yes, I would like to hear about the Itaipu Dam in Brazil regarding ecological effect, construction, cost, and has it really helped.

When running at full power, the Three Gorges Dam can provide power for 20 million people. That's really impressive for a single power station, but it also demonstrates how we can't rely on hydroelectric power as a primary power source. There just aren't enough enormous rivers in the world to generate electricity for _7,000_ million people.

@vonfaustien3957

4 жыл бұрын

They also cause massive environmental catastrophes where you build them

@deusexaethera

4 жыл бұрын

@@vonfaustien3957: Only for the land directly covered by water. Fish migrations can be compensated for, and the surrounding land is improved due to more reliable water supply. The big issue for me is they're heinously expensive and only moderately productive of electrical power, though they are pretty good for supplying water and controlling floods.

@vonfaustien3957

4 жыл бұрын

@@deusexaethera they completely alter the water flow for an entire region the changes to the environment are a lot more than just the submerged area and lots of enviroments and habitats rely on periodic flooding you can claim the resulting change is better but dam fundamentally destroy the habitat near and downstream saying the new ones better is like saying tailings ponds from mines are good because extremophiles thrive. Hydro dams arent clean power

@deusexaethera

4 жыл бұрын

@@vonfaustien3957: Learn how to use capitalization and punctuation. Writing everything in one long unbroken string of words makes you appear uneducated and everything you say less trustworthy. The same "destruction" of habitat occurs when a natural lake is formed in the path of a river, or when a river changes course. Blaming humans for doing it is a double standard. Humans are part of nature.

@JMAixKali

4 жыл бұрын

@@deusexaethera degrading an argument to one about grammer reeks of troll intellect

“...A balance between material costs and human and environmental costs by the Chinese government”. So just a consideration of material costs?

@windborne8795

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, yes. China is asshoe! 🇺🇸

@matevasas

3 жыл бұрын

@@windborne8795 the us as well brother ;)

@spinyslasher6586

3 жыл бұрын

@@matevasas Mate look up at the world freedom index. You'll see who's the larger asshole.

@matevasas

3 жыл бұрын

@@spinyslasher6586 haha freedom index. guess it's made by americans for americans. you hear what they want you to hear ;)

@spinyslasher6586

3 жыл бұрын

@@matevasas no, the freedom index is run by journalists from various countries. You can search it up yourself. US has a lot of restrictions, but nearly not as much as China (China is in the red, US is in the green).

Nice look, Simon - the camera work, the music, the textual section breaks & the backdrop.

Judging by the latest satellite images and the buckling under pressure from the most intense floods it's ever encountered.. there might not even be a three gorges dam here soon.

@dylbowers

3 жыл бұрын

its gonna fail

@kenzhang312

3 жыл бұрын

What is the source of this information？

@krollpeter

3 жыл бұрын

If it withstands - which I hope for millions of Chinese people - then it will need a major overhaul.

@foxtraner

3 жыл бұрын

Google image turns to be distorted it is common sense, but anti China idiots will believe whatever fake news they got fed

@krollpeter

3 жыл бұрын

@@foxtraner not all news in the West are fake news, there is more fake news in China than in the West. Stop viewing American + Chinese news.

I'd be interested to hear about the new Daxing International Airport in Beijing. It's quite a pretty, and enormous, building.

When og business blaze jokes come out in non business blaze environments. We love you 3 wolf mug. One day the Enron mug will pop up and I'll lose my mind, allegedly.

Good informed, delivery.

Yes on the dam in South America. Maybe also the Grand Aswan Dam. I'm also very interested in suspension bridges. Would like one on the Verrazano Narrows and many others.

It's pronounced Yahng-Tzeh lol. Love your stuff, Simon.

The other Dam in South America would be good to see, also the Aswan high damn In Egypt that the Old USSR help them build.

Do you think you could do a video on the Nevada-Class Battleships as both ships had interesting careers. One of which USS Nevada tried to escape Pearl Harbor, fought at D-Day , Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, and survived 2 atomic bombs. I would say that's a mega ship. Amazing videos

Fantastic!!! Finally, your uber-excellent reporting has been freed from the most horrific noise ever to be accused of being “music”

Meanwhile 100 years after it was built Hoover dam is expected to last 10,000 years

Followed the build from the start , where my interest in China really moved up a gear. I met the guy in charge of all the crushed stone to be used in the construction. Sounds boring but a very important technical part of the concrete .The dam is as I type being put to its toughest test yet.

Keep making the damn videos. We love em!

Great videos, great channels. Keep up the good work. Suggestions (on the Chinese theme): 1) The Great Wall 2) Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. (Maybe more interesting? Lesser known, for sure)

Simon you put this one out just in time for the 3 gorges to make headlines.

It might be larger, but from an architectural standpoint, the Hoover Dam (with it's Arts Deco style) looks more impressive...

Do a top 5 or ten dams, or a history of dams pre-harappa to 3 gorges? You rock dude!

Love your vids! Let the history be the judge.

5:10 "halting any work on the dam project" - I see what you did there. BADA-BUM-TSSS

Beavis and butthead, "er, is this a God dam"

Would love to hear about the other dam. Most, if not all, of these projects you're covering have been covered by so many other media sources. . Maybe look into other large projects that haven't been so widely covered? Thanks

We visited the Itaipu dam a few years ago and it really is awe inspiring. Can't even grasp how big Three Gorges is

Hey Simon, do you reckon it could be possible to do a mega projects on the Bismarck?

@cleverusername9369

4 жыл бұрын

That would be cool, or the Yamato.

When this dam busts.... Do you think it will speed up the rotation of the earth?

@miraflynn8935

3 жыл бұрын

I mean theoretically, if the change in the weight of the water behind the dam caused the rotation of the earth to slow, if the dam completely fails and all of that water is let out, as opposed to a failure where the water level behind the dam is still raised, then the rotation of the earth can speed up again.

@syedmohammedtahauvish4613

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah we our days will get faster by 0.0006 seconds😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏

@jchen1970

3 жыл бұрын

Syed Taha 0.06 micro seconds which equals to 0.000000006 seconds or 60 nanoseconds

Yes please, Do an episode on Itaipu dam as well!

Love your exposed brick walls and lighting. Looks like a really warm and comfortable place. 🤗

Dams terrify me because I end up thinking about what would happen if they failed. And just. So much horrific death and destruction... I mean, this is definitely an INSANELY impressive structure, but still thats horrific to think about.

@anatexis_the_first

4 жыл бұрын

Might even be worse if they just kept on working. I'm with the ecologists here, a dam like that is going to leave its mark on everything around it. But yeah, impressive as all hell, i really must say. I was having goosebumps for half of the video.

@aaronseet2738

4 жыл бұрын

Like the Vajont Dam.

@petermainwaringsx

4 жыл бұрын

I live out in the sticks and walk the Brecon Beacons but when I drive up to Mid Wales and through the Elan Valley, a couple of times a year, and I know it's irrational but, I find something ominous about the dams. The only other place I've had this sort of experience was in The City Of Rocks, New Mexico. I don't give a damn about other dams in the area or big ones I've visited, like the Hoover.

@Jemalacane0

4 жыл бұрын

@@anatexis_the_first Complete bullshit!

@Nyx_2142

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jemalacane0 Commie bot spotted.

Simon can you make one about the ''Palm tree islands'' around Dubai(if im not mistaken about the location)

I enjoyed this, thank you!

Great video! Could you do a Megaprojects on the Old River Control Structure? It regulates the flow of water from the Mississippi into the Atchafalaya River, thereby preventing the Mississippi River from changing course.

Henceforth to be known as Simon "Crazy Socks" Whistler.

Three wolf mug immediately sells out on Amazon :P

These Videos are so good

I absolutely like your choice of background for this video...