China's Insane Plan to Dig a Canal Across the Balkans

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[@aditibanerjee857]

Fun Fact: a Toyota Corolla will fit in the canal

[@acanadiancapitalist2107]

Thanks for the fact

[@rishi_raghav]

Isn't that wendover production?

[@anselmschueler]

@@rishi_raghav no, that's planes

[@temavero2124]

I think that at least 10 Toyota corollas can fit in the canal

[@stefanandrejevic2570]

Wait really?

[@zaedin1]

To demonstrate our political power, *I SAWED THIS COUNTRY IN HALF*

[@plusxz821]

United States:

[@Aurmm]

:/

[@Aurmm]

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[@Aurmm]

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[@Aurmm]

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[@danielbishop1863]

If RLL had been around in 1900: America's Insane Plan to Dig a Canal Across Panama

[@wolfiewiggins2810]

Panama is super narrow though

[@Klauserasme]

@Reality it wasn't even a country it was own by Columbia I think the US supported a revolt that gave Panama independence

[@shinon748]

@Reality was part of Colombia which didn't agree to the deal. So the US armed, trained, and funded separatists in the Panama region promising their independence if they agreed to the Canal. Real shady shit.

[@Chocolatnave123]

@@shinon748 ok but one countries needs dont outweigh the needs of the world, thats just idiotic thinking to believe otherwise

[@ankitbytes]

@Drone Strike you can pass your ships through the canals too

[@SPDCorporation]

I love how he placed the Denube river in the middle of the biggest moutine range in Bulgaria...

[@GrantMcWilliams]

So Ruse is now in the mountains...

[@simski394]

thats not how the danube between Bulgaria and Romania looks like, which surprising to see getting it wrong since its clearly visible on the map, you are drawing on

[@bonononchev634]

Dunno, I’d like to sail on a river going straight through he Balkan mountains :D.

[@ImStevan]

Neither does it look like that in Serbia, it runs as the Serbia-Croatia border

[@urosmarkovic2428]

True, he didn't put effort into drawing it precisely, and yet talks about a very serious speculation.

[@mart4144]

It was so off, it was kind of distracting lol

[@andypre1667]

@@bonononchev634 Can't wait to see the new Danube Bridge at Shipka Pass!

[@skeletonlord2126]

Whoever drew the Danube across half of Bulgaria messed up lol. You can even SEE the actual Danube on the background map.

[@LittleBaboon]

Glad I'm not the only one that noticed that. It is actually drawn on top of the Balkan Mountains (Stara (Old) Mountain) ridge. Not a mistake that Wendover are often making.

[@arlyham5328]

They stole this video idea from a channel called Politics with Paint, this is a shoddy remake of their good video so that’s probably why

[@the4thindustrialrevolution225]

Reallifelore is known for messing up maps.

[@NYCfrankie]

Glad to know I'm not the only one who noticed

[@ilovebussid7637]

Това е вярно но не докосва Варна където живея

[@marius4iasi]

So, besides getting the Danube wrong on the map, there is a statement that cargo ships go through the mouth of the Danube River. That is impossible, it's a protected area, a wild delta. There is a canal connecting the black sea to the river which avoids completely the delta.

[@ionut5367]

Well, they got the river's position all wrong even though it's clearly visible on the damn map, so no wonder the Danube-Black Sea canal was missed/ignored as well...

[@twinkieman237]

Danube isn’t the main focus of this video, they have separate videos on that subject. It’s understandable that they didn’t pay more time to focusing on that aspect

[@twinkieman237]

@@_Meng_Lan in this video, it kinda isn’t the focus point so it’s kinda irrelevant

[@youliahadzhidimova5260]

@@twinkieman237 All the versions of the canal connect to the Danube and the Mediterranean. Neither the Danube nor the Mediterranean are the topic of the video, but you cannot talk about the canal without them. Also, their geography literally determines where the canal can be built. So they are very relevant and getting their geography wrong diminishes the video. An example of something irrelevant to the video would be the Gibraltar or Crimea. Just admit that you said smth dumb and stop. Everyone says wrong stuff occasionally and that's fine. Being stubbornly wrong instead of moving on - that's stupid.

[@twinkieman237]

@@youliahadzhidimova5260 you seem very passionate about this subject. Unfortunately, the precise location of the river on a fake map in a video focused on a different subject and not the geography is by definition irrelevant

[@maumigaming4668]

Saw this video right after the Suez canal blockade. What a coincidence 🤔

[@maxdenbreejen9844]

8:58

[@siddharthkr4816]

@@maxdenbreejen9844 evergreen panama registered ship , main investor chinese this video is one month back

[@johncedrixl.cubillas1273]

@@siddharthkr4816 O

[@Aviation_Comrade.]

Should of put, A coincidence, I ThINk nOY

[@naturesadda7903]

It's not a coincidence, actually it's a youtube artificial intelligence that works what you watched and shows you related results

[@gregorykafanelis5093]

In the city of Thessaloniki, our metro is in construction for over 30 years and the Chinese want to build an channel spanning multiple countries? We would be in Saturn by then

[@adamaristophanes6055]

Literally same goes with Serbia. In the video it was said that the main problem could be disharmony between Balkan states, I laughed my ass off. All the mentioned governments work very well with each other, but usually just when some money has to be gained for their own pockets. They can't even build good roads, bro...

[@arelcemkencebay2819]

@@adamaristophanes6055 yeah kosovo goes “well„ with serbia

[@VojislavMoranic]

@@arelcemkencebay2819 You will be dealt with by then because nobody wants a wild islamic card near a expensive project.

[@arelcemkencebay2819]

@@VojislavMoranic did not know we were playing Uno

[@n52498]

@@adamaristophanes6055 My friend all the Balkans politicians are papets. If all the Balkans countries could make trade alliances even together with the Turks no EE America and China would be needed. We sold our biggest advantage geographical placement. And now Turkey is doing the same with erdogan. I only feel sad for the Turkish people they will see the story that happened starting there in 5 to 10 year. All the Balkan had power and groth, and then we sold everything. Peace from Greece.

[@F22onblockland]

China: "Hi, I like money." Everybody: "What inspired you to build a canal across the Balkans?" China: "Money."

[@binwooyoo1023]

Lol, that's Mr Krab dream

[@bucketslash11]

Chinese saying: if you want wealth you first have to build roads

[@marcolai9699]

I’m afraid that China wants more than just money but power

[@standuphail4673]

I dont like when I stub my little toe on the door, or when I hit my elbow on the door when I dont open it far enough. I request that all doors be removed.

[@bucketslash11]

@@marcolai9699 unlike the US they'll be gaining power without committing war crimes

[@orkungencer8110]

8:58 Evergreen going to Suez Canal.

[@liars6495]

interesting how the people who know whats going on have infiltrated my homeland .

[@aps1s]

not the same ship bud.

[@ThefourthPistol]

Ik this is s joke but evergreen is a company.

[@prabhukiranz]

but the ship name is EverGiven.... ahaha .. I also got confused

[@hanorisera2779]

😂😂😂

[@ybr8192]

2:37 i really like how the Danube basin is going through the central part of Bulgaria where mountains are kek

[@Nothing-pg9qc]

Yeah, that is a mistake, the Danube doesn't go through there.

[@gay.mer9328]

Ik I saw that and I knew something was wrong.

[@Desolator84]

IKR, Danube is clearly seen on that map.

[@shinchan-F-urmom]

1820s: European ports in China 2020s: Chinese ports in Europe

[@BlackDragonKrui]

world is an wheels shinohara

[@marcag9810]

@King of the Lilin I, for one, welcome our new chinese overlords

[@tigerfist2864]

Karma is sweet the future is china 😘💪🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳

[@marcag9810]

@@horationelson2212 americans have been saying this for 20 years. Aaanytime now, just like the rapture and all that stupid stuff americans believe lol

[@timlilijinsheng4070]

@@marcag9810 Just like us Chinese saying usa is going to wear down...and we are still waiting...

[@gabirotim4480]

China: *does something near the Balkans* Balkans: *whatever they're doing....It's made out of plastic*

[@rj5848]

That’s actually true , all Chinese product are made of plastic mostly

[@dismantledhenry5006]

And USA

[@Aurmm]

:/

[@prathammd5376]

6th

[@LudicrousTorpedo]

Not to mention that China is only using this project as an advantage to influence Eastern European Countries, which btw some are now rejecting China for the US. Even Estonia is warning us about China.

[@kaibroeking9968]

The idea of connecting the Danube and the Rhine does not go back to 1840, but to the year 793 when Charlemagne had the fossa carolina dug for that very purpose.

[@johnsmith-tp2pq]

He's talking about connecting Danube with Mediterranean sea via Morava-Vardar channel, a Serbian idea from 1841.

[@ivaylokudinov]

Please revisit how you have placed the path of the Danube River over the Bulgarian map. You have actually place it over a Mountain range of Balcan Mountain. The Danube is located more north, you can actually see it on the same image

[@wolfiewiggins2810]

Oh my god who the hell cares

[@Chujoi0]

@@wolfiewiggins2810 all of balkans

[@zoli604]

@@wolfiewiggins2810 This guy, me, a lot of people? If you don't care then do not comment at all, then it's just a waste of time.

[@GrantMcWilliams]

@@wolfiewiggins2810 Everyone except those who don't know where Romania and Bulgaria are. Wolfie, is that you?

[@Desolator84]

@@wolfiewiggins2810 Wars have started here for less.

[@Takcci]

2030: China's crazy plan to fill the Grand Canyon with water!

[@timtams_6]

i would actually like to see what a canyon full of water would look like

[@IanGW2005]

@@timtams_6 big big lake

[@The.Subtilizer]

@@timtams_6 Lake Powell is a notable example

[@timtams_6]

@@IanGW2005 exactly big, big lake...

[@trollinape2697]

@@timtams_6 boring

[@xBlueWolf]

China tries to canal through Nicaragua, now this? When we get to Mars, I'm sure China will build a canal across it lol

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

They will build a canal between the two poles.

[@panhandlesomen]

Prob they would try and build a system transporting gas from jupiter if we start colonising our solar system lol

[@gordonchao3074]

That Nicaragua Canal is by a private company.

[@Anis-zc9rw]

Nah China will try and make a tunnel between Earth and Mars

[@fallendown8828]

😂

[@sebaseba2001]

There was a plan discussed between Yugoslavia and Italy, during Osimo treaty times, to build a canal from the Adriatic sea to the Sava river (via Ljubljanica river first probably), which is connected to the Danube. This was also the ancient route.

[@noobslayer123]

the sava river is not navigable with anything else than small rowboats and kayaks, so idk how that would work...

[@zaidk22gb67]

@@noobslayer123 2 years is crazy doe

[@gketchup777]

To add some important points: Large container ships woldn't be able to sail up the Danube even with the canals, because almost all the bridges over the Danube are way too low and the Danube itself is not that deep on many places, so they would have to unload to far smaller barge ships anyways. From this point on I see no reason why trains can't be used. It would be much more cheaper to buff up the existing railroads since they already connect to large factories and warehouses directly or pass by really close to them to which you would need to transport the stuff anyways. How can be cheaper and more "green" altering flows of large rivers and transporting to some big cities via ships then transporting to the real destination via other ways instead of transporting from sea ports directly to the end points without choking up in some central cities? Also cutting through the balcans would bring havoc on anyone living downstream from that point near the Danube. Serious water shortage and environmental issues could occur. The more I think about this whole concept the more ridiculous it looks just to save money.. Perhaps bringing home to europe some of the production and ceasing to exploit slave work and coal based energy plants in China would make much more sense and make the world much more green and crysis tolerant via decentralization.

[@awabaltahir9547]

"Half a century ago in the early 1970s " My brain thinking it's the 1950s : 👁️👄👁️

[@IloveRumania]

Actually, 2021-50=1971.

[@govindseebun4905]

@@IloveRumania many of us have a mind still living in the early 2000s. Hence why when someone mentions half a century ago, we think of the 1950s.

[@lakevapour9267]

Me，too

[@awc6007]

@@govindseebun4905 True

[@Tyler-bp4md]

@@govindseebun4905 not my zoomer brain

[@cactusng]

Ah, yes, cutting through a continent so I can get the phone case I ordered while drunk three days earlier

[@Rex-ww4cw]

It's more than that. 70% of the product in the world are made in china

[@cactusng]

@@Rex-ww4cw I know. Depressing, really.

[@jimjimsandburg2754]

Did you know the China wanted to build a canal across the Southern strip of Thailand?

[@sulu8050]

@@jimjimsandburg2754 I personally think the Kra Canal in Thailand that you mentioned might be a strategic outpost to weaken Singapore, who is more US-aligned in ASEAN. Maybe they planned to make Singapore poor as many trade and commerce ships past through the Malacca Strait which is not far from my home, ships and trade are the reasons Singapore is prospering. Another suspicion is the Forest City, which I live only minutes away, rumors had it that the city was built to attract Singaporeans and Chinese to live in the city far from Singapore itself as I already said is more US-aligned. Something that doesn’t fit the bill is that buyers from Malaysia are restricted in the area from what I heard.

[@sylviethetg7598]

@@sulu8050 I don't think china much cares for that, honestly right now they're really only concerned with Taiwan, the Sea to the east of Vietnam and money

[@precursors]

*China: We can build this canal in no time! *hires Montenegrin workers

[@slavicbalkanboy]

hahahhahahahhahahahahhahaha one for you BT hahhahahahhahahahahah

[@thomasjaggers3576]

Just love it when an "influencer" shows a panamax container ship at sea while talking about a canal barge.

[@invictus.9469]

And want them to cruise on danube river where we have a maximum high of 5,25m.

[@bigbraintime5361]

Is no one going to mention how wrong the danube is drawn on the map? How the hell do you get it so wrong? I can literally see it without it even being drawn in blue. Its supposed to be the border between Romania and Bulgaria

[@kyzantia8884]

ikr you can see the outline of the river very easily on the map

[@petermikus2363]

Yeah same near slovakia its kinda fricked up

[@Milangavrilov]

Yup, also Serbia is highlighted wrong

[@user-wh7rw1lz3m]

Agreed, that was lazy

[@user-bl4sk2gz4e]

and I say that it is not so on real cards at all

[@venumadhav8637]

Next Wendover Productions video Logistics of digging a canal across Balkans

[@Seidazdarevic]

Balkan*

[@BTsM.BnussTYPC351]

How about the Thai Canal which also involved China?

[@SManSte]

as a Macedonian I can tell you this plan is physicall unfeasable. a lot of people have farms close to Vardar river, you cannot simply widen the river because of some china bullshit trade routes, those people buy their bread from those farms.

[@fpsserbia6570]

@@SManSte it is not chinese idea, it is idea made by serbian and greek intellectual in 19th century, china is interested to finance it because it will make them more profit. the only problem is will this project make more money then it is invested, in long term for serbia, macedonia and greek it will, but i m not sure that rest of the countries are willing to invest if they are not given a full control over canal, so it will make a huge geopolitical shift in the Balkans, so whoever control the canal will have great influence on serbia and macedonia, nost so much on greeks because they already have access to sea so control over canal won t matter as much to them.

[@dzonikg]

@@SManSte State will give them some money and that is it...same like highways and railroads are built

[@aleksandardjordjevic4936]

There is a canal in Romania that connects Constanca with Danube and it saves a lot of time for ships...

[@andrf1749]

and there are 1500 - 1600 km from Aegean Sea to Belgrade

[@danvaly2256]

Fun fact: There IS already an artificial Canal connecting Danube and Black sea in Romania so the ships will not take the Danube Delta route to enter Danube river since is impossible because of the depth and also protected natural reserve, but they will take the route of the Danube-Black Sea Canal, more to the south. Also the Danube river does not cross the centre of Bulgaria, but it is on the border between Romania and Bulgaria.

[@Kraut_the_Parrot]

dude..... you could have at the very least credited Politics with Paint or listed him as a source. This way this is just a rip off. You literally start the video with the same phrase as he did "China is on the rise" which honestly just looks like a gigantic middle finger stretched into his face, he spent weeks on research that you basically just took without giving any credit. What makes this so much worse is that you have 4 million subscribers compared to his 10 thousand... The bigger we become as creators the more of a social responsibility rests on us to be supportive, fair, and kind to smaller creators who struggle to build an audience. Doing stuff like this is just wrong.

[@40BlocksUnder]

Agreed.

[@MickGallJr]

I side with the Troutfather

[@whenzdinner]

Yeah, I saw that too...

[@jikusenYT]

Completely agree with this, the comparison was rather jarring.

[@catalinpreda4666]

It makes sense tha they messed up the route of the Danube so bad than... It reminds me of copying homeworks before class in middle school, that's how bad the research was

[@ymj4256]

So basically Chinese are challenging the geopolitical advantage of Turkey.

[@bugattiveyron96]

Hopefully Turkey fights back and stops them

[@pepega7015]

Basically ye

[@sporksto4372]

@@bugattiveyron96 I would really like to see Turkey stop China lol.

[@TylerSolvestri]

@@sporksto4372 China would put money on their mouth and they will just shut up. ErDOGan is just like an European Politician. They move where the coins are dropped.

[@dragan6057]

Lol I hope they build canal so we earn some money in Serbia

[@wnman44]

Hi @RealLifeLore. Love to watch your videos. Actually the idea to connect the Meditaranian sea to the Danube was born around 1800. The Austrian industrial Revolution wants to connect Vienna with Triest, the main Shipport of Austria at this time. There was a canal built now known as "Wiener Neustädter Kanal" and is still active as "normal" River between "Wiener Neustadt" and Baden. was mostly used as transportation for coal or wood the main energy ressources so far. Actually the project was only planned to run at this route Vienna-Wiener Neustadt-Sopron-Györ-Ljubljana-Vrhinka and stopped in Vrhinka because it was at this time not technical possible to built. Afterwards the project has been cancelled because, a train connection was built(Semmeringbahn).

[@VladislavVladimirov]

The Danube is shown here much more to the south than it actually is, passing through the Balkan Peninsula. It is drawn along the Balkan mountain range.

[@ionut5367]

Yeah, I like how they even persist with the error at 6:34. I guess it shows how far removed from reality are both the people involved with making the clip are, but those that come up with such plans as well...

[@themediabros]

China: next, we must build an underwater tunnel from San Francisco to Tokyo!

[@hadi8699]

Big brain

[@danielbojkovski723]

The balkan plan isnt actually that crazy. A canal and enlarging of rivers with immense benefit.

[@josfitz5817]

@@danielbojkovski723 Turkey: Excuse me what the fuck

[@Janissary452]

@@josfitz5817 love ur response

[@shawnmo3887]

No，to Shanghai

[@JC-sp6ov]

china: builds a Canal in the balkans fishes who live in it: claims independence

[@samuelhulme8347]

Fish is both for plural and singular

[@JC-sp6ov]

@@samuelhulme8347 true they mean the same thing but fishes is not wrong

[@otherthrakker]

@@samuelhulme8347 'fishes' is a plurality referring to multiple species. I.e. a school of anchovies can be referred to as group of fish, where a shoal of yellow tangs and clownfish is a group of fishes.

[@JC-sp6ov]

@@otherthrakker Correct and my comment was referring to the multiple species inside the canal

[@k-studio8112]

The revolution has begun!

[@kaposipal]

a high-speed rail line to thessaloniki would be just good enough...

[@LordTrayus]

Meanwhile in US: 'We need to rename this Dam. Because Hoover was racist!"

[@thecringekid5744]

Fun fact: this man is so based,he made Romania eat up half of Bulgaria by drawing the danube so southward. Also ships use the Danube-Black Sea canal that shortens the distance significantly

[@Silvike21]

Do ships even go through the Delta? Wouldn't this cannal fuck up the fauna and flora of the Delta?

[@Blanosul]

@@Silvike21 with Romanian canal between Constanta and Cernavoda, the path will avoid Delta and length can be shorter from 1900 km with maybe few hundreds km.

[@ciprian2106]

@@Blanosul 400 km shorter.

[@ilovebussid7637]

An insult to Bulgaria

[@HollyBerryDoodle]

Who cares. Neither country matter on the global stage.

[@user-hl7bw8yw7n]

3:12 Well, I guess the Danube now splits my country in half instead of splitting us from Romania.

[@MrSilki2]

each day u learn somth new x)

[@teodorasenov2307]

Не знаеше ли? От днеска Дунав минава през Стара планина!

[@supermaster2012]

Greece: It's free real state

[@panagiotispapadakos392]

This would make Thessaloniki a very wealthy City.

[@rrajan5476]

China is going bust

[@rrajan5476]

Don't drop your taramasalata yet

[@panagiotispapadakos392]

@@rrajan5476 What do you mean?

[@nyleeu2632]

As a Chinese, Greek history is one of the foreign histories that I can rarely empathize with. Regardless of whether these cooperation will be achieved, I hope and firmly believe that the descendants of civilization will regain the prosperity they deserve, Whether it's Seres or Byzantium.

[@ionutp1223]

China don't understand this part of Europe.

[@nyleeu2632]

@@ionutp1223 At the same time, two empires that were almost synchronized in history, one was destroyed, and the other was reborn on the corpse of the Mongol Empire. This is the difference between China and Eastern Rome. I personally respect the descendants of Eastern Rome. Greece is my favorite. Western countries, as for Europe? I do not care.

[@imperfectcell7081]

Why "rarely empathise" with?

[@williamchamberlain2263]

I can see ABSOLUTELY NO WAY that this could possibly go wrong.

[@craigcarter400]

Famous last words

[@williamchamberlain2263]

@@vladimirpopovic7552 someone who wants to sell a lot of blasting explosives and earthmoving equipment, I think

[@gpscrapper7028]

I don’t know what you talking about willi

[@user-cj1tc8zi4e]

Surely they will do a better job than they did on the Three Gorges Dam.

[@CaptainMirro]

Yeah nothing sounds like a easy way for military to move around!

[@donttak3]

I like how the Danube river flows straight through the Balkan mountain in Bulgaria.

[@user-gt5ev1ey3g]

Lol

[@donttak3]

@@razvi.0465 Just like your sense of humor!

[@modplayer727]

@@donttak3 7:46 am like wut ?

[@goktugyldz574]

it actually flows from romanian-bulgarian border

[@ilicbojan5198]

@@goktugyldz574 Serbian and Romanian border...

[@urielba]

Exceptionally well explained! Thank you Joseph for sharing once again such a high quality video

[@mendjelire8392]

Key word: INSANE. I hope saner heads prevail.

[@planescaped]

Seems like another massive ecological blunder for shortsighted gain. So I fully expect it to happen.

[@rafaelalodio5116]

Yeah, he didn't even touched on this subject but I'm sure it would be an environmental catastrophe

[@mafan-_-]

@@Faber-cator plastic junk that’s being bought by the west, China would’ve been making it if no one was buying it

[@euroboy9188]

Project will never happen. So no need to worry.

[@agentstarkk]

@@mafan-_- you're exactly right, sadly

[@ishouldprobablychangemyuse5093]

@@mafan-_- it's not like people in China are buying it too, right?

[@BHuang92]

"China's plan to split the Balkans with a canal" *Definitely won't piss anybody off.....*

[@magnetospin]

5:25: 10km/h seems incredibly slow, but that'll still 240km/day. A 900km difference would be less than 4 days.

[@pavelslama5543]

I see that the RealLifeLore has absolutely no clue about what ships can go through which cannals. You can move a huge 200 000 ton ship through the Suez Cannal, but you certainly cannot move anything above 10 000 tons through Danube, and other rivers, so you have to transfer the goods to another vehicle anyway, so why waste time with small and slow ships, when you can use trains?

[@invictus.9469]

Thank you! Dont forget maximum high of 5,25m and the main transport route from piräus to western europe is per train wich is also much faster.

[@iskrendinev957]

You can literally see where the actual river is running, but the blue line is drawn over the Balkan mountains in Bulgaria...

[@vladpoofin1759]

It's because he stole this video from a smaller youtuber called politics with paint

[@MrBar_]

You have forgotten that Danube flows trough one more capital city, which you didn't even mention - Bratislava

[@HeroManNick132]

Also Danube passes on the map through Stara Planina instead of north that is between Romania and Bulgaria.

[@IloveRumania]

Bucharest is also near the river.

[@zbigla]

@@IloveRumania With cities like Tulcea, Drobeta Turnu-Severin, Giurgiu, Călărași and Brăila being right on the shore of the Danube too.

[@sstoi]

There is also a canal from the port of Constanta to the Danube at Cernavoda so you don't have to go all the way to the north

[@dpvue]

You did not take into consideration the following facts: i) the existing Danube-Black Sea Canal (made in Romania under Nicolae Ceausescu's communist regime) - which already shortens the path towards the Danube in the Black Sea; and ii) the Montreux Convention which grants the free passage of civilian vessels between the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea through the Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits. As a matter of fact, the construction of the Danube-Black Sea Canal required an investment of about 2 billion dollars. The initial ROI was 50 years. However, the operation of the canal brings annual revenues of only three million euros, which means a return on investment in over 600 years.

[@user-gt5ev1ey3g]

I'm from Bulgaria and I heard about this canal from you .

[@jasastopar]

Believe me, china wont do this, cuz after a year china will get so annoyed by balkans arguing

[@dungeontnt]

I live in one of those contrres and we will not ( accept it you do politics those people will).

[@GhostXRizz]

@@dungeontnt Asians: crying for you

[@mikicerise6250]

I fear this may be true. xD

[@johnmarston3820]

@@dungeontnt Godzilla had a stroke trying to read this

[@antond92]

The countries which would host the canal actually had no serious problems with each other. Macedonia and Serbia are on more than ok terms. Serbia and Greece are the closest nations historically and politically, not to mention our great friend to the northeast, Romania. The only problem may be between Greece and North Macedonia, but for the economic development the canal would bring, I believe they would not allow their disagreements to affect the project.

[@mag9792]

If RealLifeLore uploads and it isn’t about an insane plan to build something has RealLifeLore even uploaded at all?

[@footballnerd277]

To be honest this is probably the least insane of their insane plans videos. Seems like it will actually happen.

[@User31129]

If an insane plan exists but isnt featured by RLL does it really exist at all?

[@liamnixon4428]

Do you think it's a coincidence that before this video, Futurology and Politics with Paint already had their own videos regarding this canal? RLL even uses some phrases in this video that PwP used in his own, such as "China is on the rise" in the beginning.

[@GuadalupePicasso]

There are so many historical bridges along these rivers that I imagine aren’t high enough to accommodate the heights these types of cargo ships.

[@pactimnoob1131]

You think China or money greedy politicians care about that?

[@Zorieon]

Sailing a cargo ship through an 88km long tunnel would be so scary and cool.

[@samuelflg607]

even Cooler with a sailboat

[@KingRockport]

Average sailing speed of container vessel is 25 knots, i.e 45 kms per hour. So this canal makes no sense. Minimum saving

[@sabitkondakc9147]

Chinese monks would like it though 😅

[@gnas1897]

@@KingRockport I don't care it just looks cool

[@CommonCommiestudios]

2017: Orange man wants to build a wall 2021: Orange cartoon bear (ignore my pfp) wants to build a canal

[@rj5848]

Basically 21st century in a nutshell

[@plusxz821]

20's PAX AMERICANA ENDED HELP ETHIOPIA IS EATING AFRICA AAAAAAAAAAA

[@staC-wh6ik]

with the difference that the wall was a waste of money, while this will bring a good chunk of money (at least for the inverstors) ;)

[@dinoxman8584]

Ayo what’s with your pfp then hmm?

[@ander936]

@@staC-wh6ik and lead Chinese influence into Europe

[@huiouyang2003]

As an ordinary Chinese, I noticed that the friends who discussed in the post below were all saying that it was the Chinese who wanted to build this canal. Let me clarify that this is a project proposed by the Serbian government to the Chinese government on its own initiative. The Chinese government, scholars, and officials previously estimated that no one knew about the idea of connecting two rivers in the Balkans to build artificial canals. The Chinese built this artificial canal without any problems. For China, it is purely a commercial project without any political purpose. This canal is not a project worth mentioning for the Chinese in terms of design, construction, operation, management and funding. I hope everyone will only discuss whether the Serbian government and other governments have the political will to build it.

[@kables_net]

The current trail on the Danube is not as long as described here. There is a canal that connects the port of Constanta (southwest of the Black Sea) with the Danube.

[@jakedumwoodie6959]

Can you please bring back the “ If the ... returned today” series

[@tommysmyth1210]

What if the “if the.... returned today” series returned today?

[@-.respect.-]

@@tommysmyth1210 hmm

[@neelanjanabandyopadhyay6250]

I would like it!!!

[@MrCrowe55]

The part of the Danube, that's shown as passing through Bulgaria here is actually the Balkan mountains, shift the blue line a bit further north.

[@mihaid82]

The route is shorter through the canal Danube-Black sea near Constanta and now is no longer necesary to go through de Danube Delta...Also have in mind that maritime ships can sail on a limited distance up the Danube to Braila...from there, only on barges

[@ericromano8078]

I hope they go through Venice. That tunnel would be an amazing thing to see..... on video. I think I'd be too scared to go through it.

[@the4fibs832]

5:50 Comparing one barge to "42 train cars" is highly misleading. Large European freight trains regularly 40+ train cars and around 2000 metric tons each - so the same as your barge. Plus the train will get the cargo closer to the destination. How are fossil fuel driven ships "much more environmentally friendly" than the largely electrified rail freight network?? Genuine nonsense. We need to be expanding rail freight right now, not destroying waterways.

[@timjones2329]

It's from an American, I can't help but wonder if that plays into it, for some reason they're allergic to trains over there.

[@Desolator84]

Don't barges/cargo ships use very little energy to move, while most heavy lifting is done by buoyancy?

[@the4fibs832]

@@Desolator84 As opposed to a train sitting on rails? What is being lifted? All buoyancy does is keep the boat afloat. In either case energy is spent to push the vehicle forward. For boats that energy comes from fossil fuels and for trains it is largely electric.

[@Desolator84]

@@the4fibs832 Both have some advantages, but wear and maintenance on railway infrastructure is greater. Also, water transport makes less noise pollution and is far safer.

[@the4fibs832]

@@Desolator84 The creation of the canal would require far more resources than rail tracks and would destroy a natural waterway. I don't think that can be underestimated. Also water transport can be quite loud, see: fog horns. Are there really many instances of rail freight causing injuries or deaths? I agree that rail does require more maintenance though.

[@storyspren]

Oof, the phrasing of "altering the geography of the Balkans for economic gain" really sounds like something other than digging a canal lol

[@ishanpednekar6576]

20 billion? Would have never expected such a low price

[@MrMiko1983]

Interesting. But i'd like to point out that shipping on the Danube is not that reliable as the video suggest, because cargo ships has to stop when the river is flooding cos they can't fit under the bridges(and i am not talking about this huge container ships only small ones absolutley no chance without ship swapping)and there is also a problem when there is draught which is a solvable problem if you build dams, but a lot of them still not existent along the Danube. Greetings from Budapest.

[@wanali4504]

Everyone: what inspired you to build a canal across the Balkans? China: USA

[@nosimpsii9258]

this part is totally misleading actually, the silk and road was firstly mentioned in 202-8 B.C in the Chinese history called zhangsai during the Western Han Dynasty, at that time the road was used to transport silks, but nowadays XIJINPIN makes this into a real modern measures to do business,(I'm Chinese and I just want to explain this phase of history,do not attack me thank you😅)

[@user-fc7xt1nn2z]

@@nosimpsii9258 那是张骞Zhangqian不是Zhangsai啦

[@baotutubenbenxiong]

@@nosimpsii9258 不知道别鸡巴瞎解释。丝绸之路这个概念是19世纪李希霍芬在中亚探险的时候首先提出的。从汉代开始，中国与西欧的贸易，不管是经手不经手阿拉伯帝国，主要都是走海陆，极少部分走陆路（中亚南欧大草原），只有一部分才会走塔里木盆地-兴都库什山-伊朗高原-巴格达。

[@baotutubenbenxiong]

@@nosimpsii9258 所谓的丝绸之路从来就没有运过丝绸。

[@nosimpsii9258]

@@baotutubenbenxiong 百度百科

[@XerxesZangeneh]

Don’t forget, China building a canal is also to reduce Turkish soft power in the region, and the two countries are silently disputing in the region, in Egyptian diplomacy in particular. Don’t trust the red dragon.

[@mafan-_-]

Because Turkey is a shining example of trustworthiness...

[@danieldossantos5868]

Don't trust either, but china is far more of a threat to the world.

[@aussieboy4090]

@@danieldossantos5868 Threat to American hegemony

[@danieldossantos5868]

@@aussieboy4090 America is definitely not perfect, but it is far better than to have China ruling in its place.

[@orestisbe6978]

@@danieldossantos5868 Well, I vote we let them have their cold war in the pacific

[@alexandrucrisan8167]

A little correction, ships can't go through the danube delta, they have to go through the danube-black sea canal in romania

[@samderegter3322]

Can you tell us something about the plans there where on building a canal threw the south of france, this would shorten the route to rotterdam at least as much.

[@WoaHusko]

Balkans exist ethnicity: and I took that personally.

[@thetoiletpaperrollondalgom4592]

👀

[@L4wr3nc3810]

1/10

[@XylastHope]

Yo, the Danube river ain't that low. It's the border between Bulgaria and Romania

[@letnjiznoj]

And the border of croatia and serbia

[@unclesam5230]

@@letnjiznoj and not in Hungary either

[@vkdrk]

They are also wrong in Slovakia. River Danube is on the border with Hungary but they show it in the middle of Slovakia in the the mountains. This video/map is ridiculous.

[@mr.dripler7403]

Love the vids man, this is what I watch when im boted

[@startledhamster]

I'd be sooooo happy if this happened, but honestly, it's highely likely that Turkey would start a war rather than to lose exclusive power as gatekeeper for blacksea, and danube trade route

[@stickly6539]

i love the incredible increase of your content recently keep up the good work bud.

[@storytellerstudiostm9409]

China's way of saving time: *LET US SHRED EUROPE!*

[@sosoable]

Better than being controlled by Germany

[@slenderjake5301]

Well, the US shred Panama🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ace1durago04]

@@slenderjake5301 literally unrelated

[@ezrahadwi135]

Serbia : it's fine Other Balkans :

[@jeeseliu8028]

it already sherd

[@TimeCourier]

@ the 4:51 mark, the video flashes an image of the City of New Orleans while discussing a canal across Europe. Why?

[@raresfilip3687]

You forgot about the romanian Danube - Black Sea channel. It shortens your designed route by half, so, yeah.. It is allready there :))

[@thatonefriendiii2827]

"Sir, this is a Wendy's"

[@PianoBoyLiam]

The person who made that original comment is hilarious.

[@plusxz821]

No,it's patrick!

[@danamatei4090]

3:12, it turns out that Romania controls Bulgaria's capital Sofia

[@aleksandarpopovic7458]

Everybody talking about Danube's position in Bulgaria yet no one talks how he drew Danube in river Tisa in Vojvodina (Serbia)

[@aleksandarpopovic7458]

Also river Tisa is in Hungary too so he also misplaced the line there

[@majawow]

Guy, Chinese are building road highway from the port of Bar in Montenegro to Serbia, I think that might be the path.

[@dimitrismexias5956]

As a Greek I approve of this because it will shift some much needed power to us.

[@SuperHDninja]

Finally the greeks will stop complaining about constantinople

[@panagiotismagos3649]

@@SuperHDninja lmao we will never stop complaining about Constantinople. Even if we somehow reoccupy the city we will still find a way to complain about it

[@ghostofathens6600]

With China we can increase our economy and influence also we can increase our infrastructure as well so nice

[@wikixp8563]

@@ghostofathens6600 Wait, i saw your comments on mario's history talks . . .

[@ghostofathens6600]

@@wikixp8563 that guy is a bad historian I don’t think he even has a degree

[@6918]

That's not the path of Danube, you placed it in the middle of Bulgaria, while it's the north border of the country.

[@Umur64]

yo ucan even see the real danube on the map, wtf?? lol

[@slavicbalkanboy]

Thats okay we are moving bulgaria to Zanzibar Africa

[@petarramovpetar7509]

Everyone gangsta until you realize that the canal is close and might go through your house

[@user-yw4fz6xk2j]

The Vardar Axios river barely has water, how can a container ship go through it? You'll need rafts!

[@mihaelac2472]

Than the rest of the Danube will dry up and the Danube Delta will die out.

[@teodorasenov2307]

I'm Bulgarian and I can say that the map of the Danube river is wrong! The Danube river doesn't run through the Balkan mountains and Bulgaria! The Danube river is the border between Bulgaria and Romania!

[@sosoable]

Western media always lie. They made a deliberate mistake to promote the Chinese threat

[@ten_tego_teges]

You can even see the actual river on the map XD

[@fidankadjordjevic410]

I am from serbia and even i know with my balkan brother that the Danube is not going in Bulgaria but betwen Romania and Bulgaria

[@nikolahristozov6156]

so all Balkan brothers in this thread let's hope the commies don't f our geopolitical and market situation we have merely constructed after ottomans, communism and so on .... ;(

[@111elf1]

the whole film is bullshit. good luck maneuvering full sized containerships through austrian danube. 😂

[@marcello7781]

Nicaragua, Malay Peninsula and the Danube. They surely love canals.

[@ezrahadwi135]

About Thailand Canal, i guess it would fail

[@omarjaafar2961]

I mean china has long history of bulding canals

[@Renne78]

The 2nd option is a crap und leads straight to the Brenner which lies almost at a heigt of 1400m. And it wouldn't be so much better if you take a route from the Adriatic Sea through Slovenia/Croatia to Hungaria. It would be much easier to use a route via Rhone, Saone, Doubs and the Belfort Gap in eastern France which leads to the Rhine somewhere near Basel, Switzerland.

[@faisal-ca]

I wish a day when all big powers will compete in terms of building roads, canals, tunnels to make life for business communities and ordinary citizens easier.

[@ChandranPrema123]

2020-21 in Nutshell: "CHI-NAH" "China" "CHI NA" "CHINA"

[@chavem]

This reminds me of "Nina. NINA."

[@dozendark2369]

3:34 You pronounced Thessaloniki so good that thought you were Greek for a split second

[@alexbattlechief9155]

But he butchered piraueus

[@zorancurlic813]

Космет је Србија!!!

[@ILLYRIANW0LF]

Косово је Албанија!!! Срби су са Кавказа. Google: племе Сербои/serboi за више детаља..

[@Tata-yi9yp]

ILLYRIANW0LF Lepo pišeš Srpski! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@gaberobison680]

I immediately dismissed the Adriatic route lol. Good luck sailing the Ever Given through the Alps if you can’t even sail a canal

[@panospanou4401]

Imagine running aground in a tunnel hahahaah

[@matthewchandler6550]

Love these videos. Fascinating to see the long term thinking and planning.

[@U93BG]

Everyone: Making memes about China and Balkans Me: Why Danube are in the middle of Bulgaria (Balkan Mountains) ,not just normally between Bulgaria and Romania

[@LanteanLegacy]

:D, I noticed that too. Im pretty sure it will be more efficient with Struma and Iskar rivers/ Maritza and Iskar/ Maritza and Osam connect, ofc you'll have to spend some kms digging, but it still sound better + It goes through 2 countries not 3

[@chavdarnenov6619]

Not only! Most of the route is wrong in parts like Hungary where it makes a left turn and misses Bratislava and Vienna.

[@dragan6057]

Why Serbia is without Kosovo its clearly Serbian land

[@urosmarkovic2428]

Because big youtubers don't care about details, they clickbait you and make money, they don't care enough to be punctual

[@mauzer6004]

Has anyone ever seen the Vardar river? During summer, at many points people are fishing right in the middle of the river and the water way below waist level. No way that river can become navigable. It's too fast, too shallow (the maximum depth of the river is just 4 meters) and the coast around it on many places are tall and narrow canyons.

[@yunassaxer7119]

great work!