China's $100BN Himalayan Mega Dam

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[@Kaesemesser0815]

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]

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]

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]

VPNs are so overrated. I would not waste my money on these products this channel is shilling. I do not support any KZbin 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]

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.

[@SpiritmanProductions]

Great video, but a little note for your script writers, if I may: A common mistake is saying something like: "it could power the UK for a year", because it could also power it for five years. Or five minutes. It's not about time, it's about power output. So the correct way to say it would be "it could power a country the size of the UK". Thanks.

[@I_dont_want_an_at]

very good

[@yasserfarhat8070]

they re always trying to exaggerate

[@yaya-nw4ic]

Does output mean X gigawatt per hour/day/year?

[@SpiritmanProductions]

@@yaya-nw4ic No, output (for example in gigawatts, GW) measures the rate of power generation at any given moment. GWh (gigawatt-hours) measures the amount of energy produced or consumed over time. A 1 GW power plant running continuously for 1 hour generates 1 GWh of energy.

[@CobraShuttle]

My jaw dropped when it was revealed they were thinking about a 40 mile tunnel under a mountain to do this. I never knew about this grand canyon, but now I desire to go visit.

[@lvjinbin28]

Why don’t we interview Chinese engineers about Chinese projects?

[@thelayer5211]

😂😂😂

[@tredogzs]

What do you mean? I am in construction, when I started 20 yrs ago American companies were the global leaders doing projects everywhere... in 2024 the top 20 contractors are ALL chinese companies. Look it up, it is published. There is no question China is the global leader in construction, media and technology manufacturing. As a construction project manager we do interview Chinese engineers... also we apply to work for Chinese firms.

[@Works_Made_Easy]

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]

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

[@w8stral]

"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]

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

[@partyeslife8157]

Three gorges problem damn I mean 3 gorges dam. 😛

[@ericf1461]

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

[@onizuuka_sensei]

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

[@dariustoderas5822]

Chinesee beavers😂😂

[@drrichardwiesenhuber]

They first of all need European engineering knowledge and workers on site because China can build nothing on its own(nothing to coy here-you need experts). As the big construction companies have mostly contracts with Tata Steel they will think twice before building a dam for a Dictatorship that will affect India directly.

[@okwatever3582]

@@drrichardwiesenhuber they used western engineers since the 1990s, they then learned so much from them. they then used their knowledge to advance in more drastic dammmms. now they don't rely on the west thanks to the western engineers in the 1990s and 2000s that taught them the how-to build these structures,

[@Macreno1]

​​​@@drrichardwiesenhuber bro ur brain is stuck in 1990s 😂

[@Macreno1]

​​@@drrichardwiesenhuber tata steel..!!!? 😂😂😂. Bro it's still not too late to delete ur comment before many people read it. 😂😂😂

[@hokroeger]

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]

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

[@Palmist5555]

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[@McP1mpin]

No matter what or when their dam directly affects access to water for their neighbors and geopolitical rivals? Almost every major river in the US empties into the ocean. We're not restricting water flows to Mexico.

[@hokroeger]

@@McP1mpin As I said; "ChinaBad" propagandists will always find something bad to say. In fact, dams assure a continuous normal flow of water river downwards, through the whole year, preventing floods and drought. That was the first reason dams have ever been build.

[@GeorgePhilip-lw7ls]

Very true

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

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]

I can see by your watch, I gotta go.

[@come4t_a_bull]

​@@davidhanna8470- Hahaha, good one! lmao

[@busterbeagle2167]

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

[@zuikoglass4091]

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

[@andrewthompson5728]

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

[@nuclearbriefcase7259]

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

[@ssrae-2229]

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

[@lainfonet]

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

[@geoms6263]

@@ssrae-2229 Big “Re-education” camp

[@SaveAllTheGoodThing]

The fresh water turns into septic water once it reaches India

[@qaz120120]

What are indians doing there in the first place?

[@drbingyao]

Use some common sense: hydropower plants don't consume water. The same amount of water continues to flow into India. So, why imply that China is taking advantage of India? This is different from the Colorado River, which has been diverted so extensively that it runs dry before reaching Mexico.

[@prohacker5086]

Hydropower plants allow you to stop and flood the river whenever you want. China will indeed stop the river to force its neighbors to accept whatever he wants.

[@agusjusup]

Ya China membangun mangkok besar untuk hanya air mengalir kenapa ? Ribut? Apa tetangga takut kalah makmur warga pindah ke China ?

[@praveshgaire3437]

If u missed they talked its not just water but sediments too that gets blocked

[@hahahehehoho8191]

Upstream dams control the rate of flow of water. There have been many instances when upstream dams dump a lot of water during heavy rain which further worsens the flood downstream. Conversely, during drought they hold on to water more than the regular flow worsening the drought at downstream regions.

[@abcde_fz]

Use some physics, Doc: Forcing water through tunnels and spinning turbines removes a shitload of energy from the inertial mass. (Duh, that's where the electricity comes from.) Sucking out energy attenuates the velocity at which water will continue downstream, directly affecting downstream users. Pretty obvious you don't know much about fluid dynamics or energy production. My opinion: Your "common sense" sounds more like chinese propaganda, since you insist on mentioning a river on the other side of the planet in the US, rather than simply stating your "common sense" point, and ending it then and there. Fifty Cent Army? Pay fifty cents and see what quality army you end up with. chinese quality. Even they call it tofu dreg.

[@peanutaxis]

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

[@rinotilde2699]

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

[@ovieimoni5832]

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

[@bobsmith3983]

@@ovieimoni5832 One year.

[@peanutaxis]

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

[@elzar760]

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

[@kevinrogan9871]

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

[@silentstormstudio4782]

Well its better to inest in semicon than this bullshit

[@2wwwilly]

sensationalism to draw visitors hahaha 😅😅

[@shipperturtle]

tomato tamata

[@jcthe2nd]

Stop buying using things made in China

[@shaundudley4576]

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

[@draco4717]

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

[@rusticbox9908]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@marilynlicht5376]

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

[@rusticbox9908]

@@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.

[@sunside79334]

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

[@user-yt198]

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

[@gunsumwong3948]

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]

Big tap

[@Ikiendangi]

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

[@quiquecruz2890]

@@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...

[@truthalonetriumphs6572]

Who's seeing this after the recent floods in China?

[@kinsumandal2467]

Watching this after the biggest floads in India.

[@souvikpal7309]

​@@kinsumandal2467biggest? Really?

[@electronvishwakarma]

​@@kinsumandal2467 ?????????

[@shobarajesh2724]

@@kinsumandal2467wtf?

[@johnperic6860]

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]

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

[@BrunoDias1234]

This dam would be bigger than the 3 gorges

[@DunnickFayuro]

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

[@w8stral]

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

[@krasslofw.4393]

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

[@N8ate88s]

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 😮.

[@reach1835]

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.

[@johnblazer7661]

"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"

[@lupus7194]

Keep going. You had me stating to sing along.

[@johnblazer7661]

@@lupus7194 Dude, I wasted like fifteen minutes on that already lol Rhyming is hard. I should do a cover

[@johnblazer7661]

"To stand as a rampart so strong And to craft the uncraftable wall To build when your arms are too weary To stop the unyielding fall"

[@zacherysaucier6747]

WE NEED MORE VERSES TO THIS!!!!!

[@henriksmonthlychallenge7486]

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]

Guess the narrator doesnt know what he’s saying

[@rinotilde2699]

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

[@bobsmith3983]

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

[@clivedinosaur8407]

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

[@seawater1322]

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

[@the_glorious_thing]

This is just clickbait it's not even a dam, just a hydroelectric power station

[@ronchappel4812]

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]

TOFU - DREGS DOOMED TO FAIL

[@ro.7427]

It's actually a good idea, if the intention is to have it collapse probably in under 10 years. And that's assuming the builders don't cheap out, except in China they always do. So if built, I would give it a lifespan of 2-6 years before catastrophic failure. The entire project is absurd.

[@megamarvelousmarty]

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

[@motogee3796]

😂

[@mr.watertap5676]

lmao

[@discordmemesnitro]

All stuffs aside this idea gives me chills 🥶

[@vendettamedianl]

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]

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

[@t1n4444]

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]

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

[@ramuvsign]

And earth crust already changed its rotation

[@lichanyanthan5684]

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

[@rossariotrimboli]

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

[@n0t-Rohannn]

transformed? WDYM ?

[@cannedBear]

O

[@brandon-hh7jf]

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

[@TheMalcolmPowder]

@@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".

[@psychedclimber8767]

May sound superficial & religious, but man should not mess with the embodiment of goddess, the amount of energy that can be harnessed is simply a glimpse of it

[@PaulL-hm7cz]

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

[@ProckerDark]

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]

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]

​@@ProckerDark Hey! Rocks are people too!

[@davidhanna8470]

Sounds like dam wars.

[@GTFO_0]

Womp womp😂😂

[@badazzmuffin5781]

The 6 year Olds in the comments making dam jokes... dam kids...

[@scottstewart5784]

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

[@Infernal_Elf]

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]

​@@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]

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]

@@tarstarkuszdoufu dreg

[@notbobthebuilder3109]

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

[@Delosian]

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]

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]

​@@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.

[@mook681]

Especially when it is In the middle of a hot spot for earthquakes and those mountains are slowly rising each year. The whole concept is absurd and destined to fail

[@rb26DETTn]

This is some strong chinese propaganda bruh

[@steveo6034]

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

[@nickkleminsky]

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

[@MassiveBuild]

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]

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

[@feizai245]

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

[@Votexforxme]

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

[@OdinsChosen208]

@@feizai245 lemme guess ccp propaganda believer

[@MassiveBuild]

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

[@chandleredwards]

Micro power generators placed along the river can harness power without the costs of digging a tunnel or building a flow interrupting dam.

[@davidhanna8470]

@@chandleredwards The problem with micro generation is in the cost and loss of distribution. Why does Vegas thrive? It's only about 30 miles from the Hoover Dam. Water and all the electriciry needed to pump it.

[@marlonm.7939]

very informative! great video!

[@vt2095]

especially a bunch of unrelated clips

[@johnye4433]

At least one geologist showed up

[@Trueye-sl2mr]

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]

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

[@timberwolfe1645]

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

[@milqioe]

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

[@weepingcamel1]

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

[@user2kffs]

GW, not GWh

[@ryanjohnson3615]

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

[@bobsmith3983]

60GW is 60x a standard nuclear reactor.

[@bjorn1583]

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

[@MrMomo182]

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]

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.

[@floatingmaster]

For those who are not that familiar with the Metric System, 100 billions kilowatt-hours (kW⋅h) is just 100 terawatt-hours (tW⋅h)

[@LetsGo-wl5zo]

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

[@bjorn1583]

they should have built water reservoirs decades ago

[@frostwing9046]

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]

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]

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

[@jeffyuan2126]

but the whole bangladesh is a big reservoir, and you want to build more in it...

[@kimisaacbuelagala1314]

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

[@TheFlagUnit]

@@kimisaacbuelagala1314 it’s a great idea

[@projectcontractors]

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

[@benjaminhparkerphotography8791]

This is going to be a geological nightmare just like the 3 gorges dam.

[@sethxu3714]

glad to be your nightmare idiot

[@RobHBS]

60 Gigawatt? GREAT SCOTT! :D

[@bobsmith3983]

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

[@Sailor376also]

My opinion.. Put that much water flowing that far downhill, that fast, the water will scour the inside of the tunnel quickly. Water is harder than steel, harder than rock or concrete, and flowing water oscillates. Quickly, it will bang into one side of the tunnel and then the other. Single digit years, that is all it will last. Lessons were learned in the spillway tunnels of Glen Canyon Dam during the high releases of 1983 and 1984

[@asullivan4047]

(H2O) best protective barrier against radiation-!!!🤗. Former nuclear reactor inspector😇

[@mycardbrokedown5699]

Yeah nah the speed of the water as well as the weight of it can be distributed... the problem for this endeavour is the ridiculous cost of such a thing... some napkin calculations result in the need of at least 4 17m wide tunnels to be bored out over a disrance of 50km... that is insane in and on itself, no idea how many waterways you'd need to have this volume split up into to keep the cement from being erroded but just the tunneling itself would be about 50bn$... add the infrastructure needed to get there and the water management structures they are probably looking at ~ 3x that cost... idk if that is even feasible unless they find a magic wand to get those costs in check. Technically it can be built... but the cost would be astronomical.

[@axhed]

don't forget you'd be lining those tunnels with chinese concrete...

[@Sailor376also]

@@axhed Won't matter. Good concrete or Chinese 'tofu' construction, solid granite. We confuse water with being soft,, you can float in it, swim, dive, drink but water is actually harder than steel We think of materials as having 4 states,, gas, liquid, solid, plasma. Water has 19 states,, and some research puts that number at 21 states, or 23 states. My favourite,, (I like a good kaboom as well as anyone) when it goes critical. 218 atmospheres of pressure at greater than 705F,, at that moment, it turns to steam.

[@operarioespeculador-trader1776]

@@mycardbrokedown5699 China has the money to do anything. The Americans have no money to do anything other than wars, threats and terrorism all over the world, so they ridicule the Chinese. Americans and Europeans are failures and losers. They do not have the capacity and competence that China has.

[@ahmedouvic]

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

[@nakedikhei7883]

@@ahmedouvic ?

[@ahmedouvic]

@@nakedikhei7883 yes

[@groot843]

And?

[@shaundudley4576]

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

[@ahmedouvic]

@@shaundudley4576 what does it do then ?

[@platinumpengwinmusic5564]

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

[@gloucesterjet1]

The run of the river system seems the most logical and environmentally friendly way to harness the massive hydroelectric power potential of the Yarlung Tsangpo river and preserving its natural surrondings as much as possible at the same time. Over the 5,000 years of Chinese history, mega engineering projects like building the Great Wall of China and the Grand Canal and most recently the Three Gorges Dam, are testament to China's engineering prowess. Based on past records, I am sure the Chinese will be able to pull this off when they are ready to proceed. Cheers to China!

[@SpartanONegative]

Happy Independence Day America 🦅

[@estiennetaylor1260]

Not worth celebrating when it's on stolen land.

[@I_Love_Jamaica]

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

[@villiamfangy6205]

@@I_Love_Jamaica fuck you on about?

[@estiennetaylor1260]

@@I_Love_Jamaica it's on aboriginal land as well

[@I_Love_Jamaica]

@@estiennetaylor1260 yes on tribes land

[@thedevice713]

Not only indian soldiers, Chinese Soldiers also lost their lives and even more in numbers then india. its separate thing that china couldn't give homage and gratitude to their martyr soldiers.

[@sinnemo9185]

Are you serious? Brush up on the video that disk more and watch the news as well, India sacrificed 5 times more people.

[@yiweijiang2000]

source?

[@zakkaryzoah1386]

China could work with India & Bangladesh to build additional power generation for them. They’re far more likely to gain Bangladesh’s and India’s cooperation if they share the wealth.

[@chengruzhang7001]

why need? what can india possibly gonna do.

[@jeffreystewart9809]

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. 😂

[@haroonsheikh1912]

I mean y'all said the same thing when they were building The 3 Gorges Dam or when they were manufacturing semiconductors or the Electric cars or the 5G etc...And guess what...China pissed on all of the WEST and went on to be the best🤷

[@user-ii1iy8fz1d]

Clyde dman in New Zealand is built directly on an active fault. Still standing. 😂❤

[@mook681]

For the time being... 😂

[@WahrheitMachtFrei.]

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

[@Gabeldou]

Fr missinformation detectet

[@cozmingalusca6275]

I think over a year.

[@WahrheitMachtFrei.]

@@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]

​​@@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]

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

[@Nelkson]

I love how much this man enjoys his work. I really enjoyed this video. And I learned a lot.❤

[@IndPolCom]

India has also recklessly constructed multiple dams on rivers going to Pakistan. China has only learnt it now from India.

[@TonyStark-mm6qy]

Womp womp bullah 🤣🔥

[@sabitalrazi9936]

india has build dams in almost every river in Bangladesh

[@RaiyanNazif]

​​@@TonyStark-mm6qyfew days later you also will be womp harder . Btw how is Tripura and Assam. Lindu pajeet 🤮. Dirty smelly rendians

[@Prince_115]

More than 75% of water to Brahmaputra comes from India and Myanmar, not from Tsangpo section of Tibet. So India is already gearing up to minimize any adverse impacts. It's Bangladesh which would be severely affected. And hello Pakistani, read some more so that you don't look 🤡.

[@RaiyanNazif]

@@TonyStark-mm6qy Tere gand me aag Kyu lagi Hain he re tanatan 🥁🥁 drum

[@davidhanna8470]

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]

Not a damn dam

[@danwarrjack]

Me at the bar: Do you restrict the flow of water? Because dam! Woman at the bar: … China: Yes

[@francesscully1071]

There is nothing to celebrate about Mega projects.

[@DavidHacker-x2x]

I agree wholeheartedly 👍

[@pratibhapanghal]

Very true

[@etyght]

There is nothing to celebrate about your birthdays.

[@jonirischx8925]

Wut? They are marvels of engineering and better the lives of people in the region. What's not to celebrate?

[@Propermess21]

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

[@hemmatdahal]

@megabuildsYT how careless!

[@hustler_lxxx7300]

That china mate

[@anyone1200]

You are wrong. Get your facts straight.

[@thescarletdemon89]

​@@anyone1200 Dude shut up

[@poorchef1895]

​@@anyone1200 Xi taught you personally 😂

[@abcde_fz]

"To keep things simple though, we'll just stick with The River." A lot easier than Yarlung Tsangpo.

[@kummaar1]

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

[@80_kanon_08]

You think the CCP gives a shit about international laws? Just look at the S. China sea as an example. The Chinese don’t give a F, they’ll step on your neck if it gave them the edge up.

[@aju007online]

So you show a recent Chinese impromptu claim on India's Arunachal Pradesh as contentious, which has been part of India without a counter from China for decades. Then you show only India’s Kashmir as contentious, whereas the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (as claimed by India for decades) is conveniently shown as an integrated part of Pakistan. Wonder where this is coming from!!? Hypocrisy has its limits!

[@astronautdolphindetective6908]

i like how the video is showing a nuclear power plant while talking about a coal burning power plant lol

[@jacobkuntflapp]

Free tibet.

[@potatocrackers2808]

Free Kashmir, Hyderabad and Sikkim

[@jacobkuntflapp]

@@potatocrackers2808 different between contested and occupying by force you rock throwing glass house wankers.

[@vervetech9395]

You can leave your keyboard and go do it

[@jacobkuntflapp]

@@vervetech9395 I would love to

[@DmitryStein]

And Uygur

[@SparkyOne549]

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

[@jz9201]

China: everybody leave by free will 😂

[@Tony-xy7lj]

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

[@bengalboy284]

It doesn’t empty in indian ocean rather in bay of bengal.

[@michaeladenuga4097]

The Bay of Bengal is part of the Indian Ocean

[@bengalboy284]

@michaeladenuga4097 uk is a part of europe,usa is a part of north america.what's your point??

[@John.Doe.A.D33R]

1:32 "to use a nuclear weapon & blow up that damn..." what a typical American response lol... thinking nuking bomb is always the solution to any problem in life. 🤡

[@AbhishekSharma-rf2no]

Tibet is free country

[@fuethao8633]

Dont forget Hawaii

[@AkashKumar-qo3xj]

Pakistan is part of India...❤

[@sushmajoshi8666]

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]

Ask Modi not to treat China as threat.

[@Palmist5555]

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[@jords_railfanning]

$100bn is ALOT of money

[@awabaziz7029]

It's nothing for china 😂

[@cobracommander.1958]

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

[@Ghandara-hg1gc]

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

[@JinxXIII1]

I made it in hour

[@clearheaded5696]

​@@JinxXIII1That's your sperms you are talking about.😅

[@toddfagan7703]

The chinese are amazing people ,so smart an a GREAT PEOPLE .

[@straightshooter3693]

NOT SMART TO BUILD ON A MAJOR FAULT

[@gshaindrich]

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?

[@maybehuman4]

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]

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

[@vervetech9395]

You think they don't know that?

[@Umer.k]

Stup

[@Bay0Wulf]

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.

[@Rajarai-s4d]

Their water,their land and wtf you’re?

[@anyone1200]

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

[@riderchallenge4250]

nope not really that river in china doesn't even rainfall enough. It actually becomes big river only on Indian side bcz India receives massive rainfall.

[@arandomguy007]

Arunachal Pradesh is integral part of China illegally occupied by india

[@cutedesi703]

The international dispute over Indus waters began in 1948, when engineers in East Punjab shut off water supplies to an important Pakistani canal. Ever since, political narratives in Pakistan have cast the struggle for Indus waters as a matter of national survival. And this is why India is holding on to Kashmir and Pakistan is spending $419B of their GDP because india intends to make Pakistan a barron wasteland. Both India and China are wrong!!!! Just sucks when the sho is on the other foot.

[@songrunner3027]

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

[@brython1]

So glad to see that Kashmir isn't a part of India in the map you presented ❤

[@major2707]

Chinese Kashmir, pakistan Kashmir, indian Kashmir 😁

[@TonyStark-mm6qy]

Kashmir was, is and will always be an integral part of India 🇮🇳🔥

[@Joe-r1y3m]

@@TonyStark-mm6qy you want your country got crashed again like in 1962, right?

[@AkashKumar-qo3xj]

Whole pakistan, Afganistan, nepal, bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar is claimed by India.... #AkhandBharat❤

[@anupombora2316]

@@AkashKumar-qo3xj I think you are slightly mistaken. Neither we claim nor we want to invade anyone to be one country. We just want to remind all citizens of these countries that we were ONE once and undivided. But divisive forces have separated us and started to exploit with divide and rule policy, rendering us vulnerable to growth and development, not withstanding the dirty politics in these countries, post separation.

[@kilersocke]

The tunneling variant looks much safer and cost effficent to me, even if a lot of power gets unused while it flows over, or doesent fit into the tunnel. Because you can avoid being destroyed by landslides, a lot of sediment can still flow through, and you dont have to deal with this big waves of flush every monsoon season. So the overflow can still use the old riverbed and wont break your dam. It takes longer, but its way more protected from the elements, and safer from earthquakes and falling rocks.

[@muhammadaazm]

2:05 what about the map of kashmir 😮

[@AkashKumar-qo3xj]

Whole Pakistan is part of India....

[@bsherder]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@Bay0Wulf]

@@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.

[@HolloMatlala1]

14:27 Them Bends,power at every turn

[@avarmauk]

So nice of them to power the UK

[@marilynlicht5376]

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

[@griffinpeck1267]

“300 Billion Kilowatts per hour each year” So we have an engineering background but not a grasp on energy literacy??

[@megarafjogos]

A Kilowatt hour is the amount of energy delivered by a kilowatt in one hour. Kilowatt is flow rate of energy, Kilowatt hour is the amount of energy. 300 billion kilowatt-hour per year means that the dam would produce enough energy in a year to power something at 1Kilowatt for 300 billion hours.

[@zexiao]

Foreigners：Gorges，spectacular🎉 Chinese： Gorges， energy😲

[@sonarbangla8711]

This hydropower plant is China's contribution to south Asia energy need and the gate way to greater Bengal, traditional friend of Buddhist China.

[@ankitkaalia450]

Kashmir is in India Wrong map !!

[@seancoutu]

lol superpowDer india

[@ViscountAlbany]

If this is rated at 60GW it will be able to power a country twice the size of the UK on average. UK grid demand is typically about 30GW

[@GalvayraPHX]

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

[@trozan2796]

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

[@shaundudley4576]

Like?

[@GalvayraPHX]

@@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.

[@onemoresamadams]

China extracting hydropower without damaging biodiversity, yeah right. 😂😂😂😂

[@KongKourtnie-bm7sw]

Ok, then name me ONE country that built a hydropower dam without destroying biodiversity

[@asullivan4047]

Beijing is as Beijing does.

[@Bk6346]

News flash: there are dams all over the world. Canada, Brazil, United States.

[@4tress300zx]

Find a toilet?

[@Dr.SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi]

@@4tress300zx Why don't you have it ? Are you peeing into Winnie Pooh's face?

[@derekgrey3927]

A few years ago I was dropped of by a helicopter at the Angsi Glacier with my buddy and we whitewater rafted the entire river it was pretty sweet. Took almost 3 months. True story

[@KateAustino]

Thank you Lord Jesus for the gift of life and blessings to me and my family $14,120.47 weekly profit Our lord Jesus have lifted up my Life!!!🙏❤️❤️

[@KarisBale]

I'm 37 and have been looking for ways to be successful, please how??

[@KateAustino]

Sure, the investment-advisor that guides me is..

[@KateAustino]

Mrs Lucy Baldwin

[@DonaldTequilas]

@@KateAustino Ma'am please I need a financial breakthrough how did you do it?

[@LukeJacques-h7e]

Her services is the best, I got a brand new Lambo last week and paid off my mortgage loan thanks to her wonderful services!

[@harishbhide6775]

Why there is wrong map

[@weelee4476]

Engineering have always been the center piece of Chinese history for thousands of year. You must have forgotten about the Great Wall.

[@harshawardhansiddhanti957]

2:10 Reporting for showing wrong map of India

[@ambimu55hak]

Oh shutup, no one cares.

[@losmi3573]

Cope pajeet

[@imviiku]

Ganga's source is in India's territory. Call it Himalayas, no one calls it Tibetan plateau

[@FTH_SUAK]

Indigenous people of himalayan are tibetan not dravidian

[@imviiku]

@@FTH_SUAK it's a Mix of Aryans and Tibetans

[@charles8769]

India should go and take it and see what happens. Didn’t China already whoop y’all once in the 60s?

[@kinsumandal2467]

"Damn it"

[@shubhamchauhan938]

Guys don't worry yeh bhi made in china hai😂 Tut jaayega 😂🤣😁

[@imviiku]

Woh baatein purani ho gayi aabh