Inside Dubai's $100 Billion Sinking Artificial Islands

[@Crooked_Clown]

I've been in Dubai a few times, and let me tell you that it is so hot and humid that you hardly see a single person outdoors during the day.

[@jeffrejr1]

I go every winter the weather is perfect

[@r.ccustomtruckingsydneyaus4632]

But at night time 😂😂😂😂

[@surfrescue3232]

And it’s the same if you go to Toronto, or any where in Canada, Chicago Boston, Berlin, etc etc, during the winter . Just as FEW people out in the icy conditions as in Dubai’s heat . Give me Dubai any day, but sadly the worst part is all the steroided and botoxed bumbag wearing t()()ls, calling themselves influencers. Annoying AF.

[@tommybutler2454]

I love a boots on the ground perspective. Wow. Thanks !

[@jamesw4895]

Never interested me in going to a giant shopping mall in the desert. Plus the heat is unbearable. I like to get outside.

[@MyLoganTreks]

They should plant mangroves all over those islands and create a natural refuge habitat, and they can say it's a carbon sink/ offsets for all their oil production

[@MikeBaxterABC]

Best idea!!!!

[@KandeShack]

When I was in Dubai, there were sooo many office buildings that were all empty!

[@Jessywildca]

I stayed in Dubai for a year and it's not what it looks like from outside... It's super difficult for a long run, the wether is unbearable, outdoor life in nonexistent, you feel like you're in a cage... In general it's esthetically beautiful and clean but not comfortable nor convenient for living there.

[@SashaEmbodied-x6w]

I could not disagree more. I've lived in Dubai for almost 2 years now and I have found it to be the easiest, safest, most fun city to live in and navigate. Outdoor life is VERY MUCH existent and thriving, with rooftop bars and beaches filling the city, as well as a growing number of public parks maintained beautifully throughout the year. Virtually all cafes and restaurants at street level have terraces or gardens. Aside from the peak summer months when many people go back to their home countries, the weather is amazing with sunshine every day, a buzzing fall and spring time and a mild winter. Culture, arts, and pretty much any sector you can think of is thriving. Dubai is quite literally the place to be, and in my experience those speaking badly of the city either were not lucky enough to truly experience what it has to offer, or simply never visited in the first place and instead make their conclusions based on badly researched KZbin videos.

[@mickgatz214]

They haven't even got a sewerage system in their infastructure! 😂

[@crobrazilac]

​@SashaEmbodied-x6w I was there, would not want to live there nor come back. Very superficial and artificial. Plus the heat.

[@MikeBaxterABC]

It is so clean in the city, because NOBODY goes outdoors! .. It's like living in the Canadian Arctic!!!

[@SashaEmbodied-x6w]

@@MikeBaxterABC LOL, you literally know nothing about Dubai.

[@collegeri]

Get to the point.. 9:44 for “ sinking”

[@hangemhigh7069]

thanks mate!😊

[@kifkroker6483]

@@hangemhigh7069 Thank you so much!

[@FinnPetersen-bd3pc]

Has all the tell tales of being AI generated text!

[@johanndork5364]

Never understood how basic services like water, power and sewage were supposed to work on these new islands.

[@NormanSilv]

Who says they have those utilities available?

[@chrisw.5138]

Poop trucks

[@Open-MindedSkeptic]

They don't do sewage. They have poop trucks and ships. Oh and american women.

[@Sultan_europa]

Why the American woman? ​@@Open-MindedSkeptic

[@MrLucysWildRide]

I've never understood the idea of turning dubai into a tourist destination by building countless luxury hotels and resorts.... I don't go on holiday to stay in a nice hotel!

[@seaofenergy2765]

When its like 40 degrees outside you probably will...

[@OO-ep7sz]

The relentless Heat is a deal breaker

[@SashaEmbodied-x6w]

Heat is only an issue during peak summer months. Fall / Winter / Spring are literally perfect

[@richardelliott8352]

@@SashaEmbodied-x6w why would anybody with that kind of means invest in that kind of heat and a government where you have no rights, and depend entirely on the favor of royals. and what happens if the slave workers revolt?

[@Johnny-fw9xj]

The luxurius islands promised luxurious luxury for the most luxurious. The luxurious restaurants offer luxurious luxury, beyond any luxury seen before. The luxury...

[@afam58]

Anyone knows sand castles don’t last for ever😢😢

[@xlr555usa]

And so castles made of sand, melts in to the sea eventually

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

Scripture says Do not build your house on sand

[@bobcaputo8155]

The narrator seems to like to hear himself talk. This video should have been 5 minutes not 14:16. Just get to the point and say it. The projects failed!!

[@raptorhacker599]

But he said good information

[@HieronymusChockvivantvanit]

My brother and I, when we were kids, played a lot in the dirt. We tried to build mountains for our toy cars by piling up lots of dirt. We learned quickly that it doesn’t work. Eventually, as you add more dirt, it starts to collapse under its own weight. Mountains are solid rock. Why don’t “smart” people know that?

[@VanillaMacaron551]

These places don't respect human rights nor is there a rule of law you can trust. Foreign businesspeople have been jailed indefinitely on trumped-up charges. Personally I wouldn't go there!

[@SashaEmbodied-x6w]

LOL what made up lies. It's literally the opposite of that, safest place to do business with foreign investors pouring in like crazy. Stop hating on them just cause they're richer than you.

[@homodeus8713]

@@SashaEmbodied-x6wThese people are mad. It’s an illness - their superiority is based on nothing and their cultures are dying - they killed then.

[@greghemlock6679]

Spending money on these artificial islands and even an indoor ski resort in the middle of the desert goes to show you all that oil money still can’t buy class😮 they spend that money like a pimp

[@homodeus8713]

You sound like one of the Poors. 😅

[@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934]

Awesome comment 😎

[@the_truth_seeker334]

You know the pain and build yourself a class when you work hard to earn the money.

[@Ominous89]

Dubai looks so alien to me. Probably not a place I want to be.

[@stevenwilson8718]

If i only had a nickel for every multi billion dollar projects ive started but never finished...

[@mox6466]

For a 1 month old video, id expect better due diligence. Palm Jebel Ali was sold overnight again. Agents slept outside Nakheels office.

[@royrice8021]

Remember the Tower of Babel? 🤔😳😩

[@genekelly8467]

Same happening with China's man-made island modifications in the S. China Sea. When you build a few feet above sealevel stuff gets washed away

[@jimmanney4948]

What a great idea, build on reclaimed sand with bed rock hundreds of feet below. What do you think will happen. Throw some stones on the beach and see what happens, especially if you add water.

[@NellyYeung]

I was part of the development team for the Palm Jebel Ali (My team ran the Crescents and Trunk planning and infrastructure)…if it wasn’t for the GFC, the vision would already been a reality. We had a great management team and put into place “World’s Best Practice” on the Palm Jebel Ali. I really miss Dubai and miss my role with Nakheel. Although a civil engineer by profession, my speciality is in masterplanning. I have been part of quite a few large masterplanned projects in Australia, but these days, work under the radar. 😉😉😉

[@user-DeDub]

They obviously didn't think it out. Another fleece

[@SPDATA1]

No way I would go there....😊

[@jonathanhernandez4304]

There is nothing "mysterious" about it looking/ being deserted. What's mysterious is what made them think that this would be a good idea? That's the damn mystery!!?!

[@Engineersoldinterstingstuff]

More sand in a dessert is like creating pure gold. What could go wrong. And now the line. 😂

[@ghazanfarhussain5032]

Please.look also into the Arabian Coastal Belt Being filled with landfill For Coastal Residential Area ? 5:07

[@ghazanfarhussain5032]

Oceanic cool winds Entry into the coastal cities Would be aborted Making them unnatural Hot 🔥 Cities ?!?❤

[@xlr555usa]

And so castles made of sand, slips in to the sea eventually...

[@freddyrassinger8198]

Geniusly appropriate quote.

[@raydavies2146]

Hendrix lyrics 😊

[@MarkFreemam1957]

Classic song

[@scottlewisparsons9551]

A couple of years ago I flew into Dubai, had a long time to wait for my next plane. The airport is a huge hell hole. I am not interested in looking around Dubai, the place has been basically built using imported cheap labour. I won’t be back.

[@jmarshal]

They should sell villas cheap to tech bros and NFT influencers who will literally shill Dubai for free.

[@kskumar-mg9iu]

Perfect parameter to understand sea rise.

[@patrickvillers6454]

Man vs nature nature wins everytime.

[@mheib9904]

Think how many poor people you could’ve fed with wasted money on building sand castles.

[@saltymethods2637]

Is this a Dubai promotional video?

[@lifetimevic]

Why would you want to live in Dubai??? It doesn't even have breathable air! I had to pass through the air port last week. The pollution was that ban you couldn't see the other side of the airport! The most important thing you need a in a city is clean air. Last week

[@juandebermudez1435]

No mangroves, no life… planting mangroves offers numerous ecological benefits including carbon sequestration, coastal protection from storms, enhancement of biodiversity, improvement of water quality, support for food security, economic advantages through fisheries and tourism, as well as increased community resilience against climate change impacts.

[@doobiedoo157]

They are sinking fast like the premier league football club they own

[@homodeus8713]

Envy.

[@g.w.7893]

"And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it." Matthew 7:26-27

[@MrHugaKuga]

The irony of an oil state, spending billions building low level sand bars and not considering climate change and sea levels rising...

[@SashaEmbodied-x6w]

Yeah, I'm sure they don't have billions in funding available to pay the top experts to consult them. They're lucky they can read your comment on KZbin tho 🙄

[@seguinodezeeuw1779]

Climate change is a western religion. There they have islam

[@BilijanaPajaziti]

In vellt gip niht so sujne stat stat iz ajne Traum in di vellt. DUBAJ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊

[@franciscouderq1100]

These guys should know better about the forces of nature. Their great ideas of grandeur and projects hyper magnitude will end up badly. All these projects produce lot of wastes and require huge energy consumption and fresh water . All of which are getting scarce.

[@SashaEmbodied-x6w]

LOL do you seriously think you know better than the brightest minds in the world that have been brought in to build this city? If you knew the faintest thing about Dubai, you would know that they do not use fresh water and instead developed a technology to desalinate sea water. Ignorance runs deep on this thread.

[@MikeBaxterABC]

4:32 Did you know the majority of average everyday people, who win the lottery, go bankrupt afterwards?? This is because money can not buy wisdom. This is exactly what is happening in Dubai ...

[@BanguSomaraz]

Dubai is the place where the new Rich investors, fools the world.. 😂😂 Every most modern, innovative ideas have 5 year lifespan... 😂😂😂

[@ValRyan-i5u]

What was that old thing about houses built on sand ?

[@cmwHisArtist]

After the recent storm in America, islands at sea level should be suspect. Especially with no electric, sewage, or fresh water sources. Big deal you have lukewarm water 30 feet from your door.

[@jmarshal]

Silty, gross water with infestations of mosquitoes. With a smell you can’t learn to love. Yuck 🤮

[@cmwHisArtist]

@@jmarshal …..mosquitoes breed in salt water?

[@jmarshal]

@@cmwHisArtist well you wouldn’t think so but that’s what I’ve heard from a lot of people. So it might be standing water from bad plumbing, sewage, who knows.

[@rxb364]

Sinking as fast as their cash reserves

[@AliReza-tm9bp]

THE PERSIAN GULF

[@AliReza-tm9bp]

All the lands separated from the mother land (Iran) in the Persian Gulf will eventually return to the arms of the mother land

[@philipliethen519]

…when they melt into the sea.

[@guillermosanchezll]

Saw a video how it was a failure before it was built taking all of California beaches away

[@HerbieCassidy]

if you're not building on bedrock or hearth that can hold so much weight that doesn't change due to what you're building on moving, all u have is something temporary

[@ioanbota9397]

I like

[@dasstrange4437]

This happens when u dont know what to do with infinite money glitch😂

[@kafathi]

I wonder since when there is a place on the map showing "Arabian Gulf"?

[@davidpalin1790]

Oh well never mind 😅😅😅

[@karylhogan5758]

No one will go there. No one will buy there.. Even if free😂😂😂

[@xlr555usa]

Criminals go there, do their deals and then leave

[@Hammertime054]

Beckham bought one years ago😮

[@BrianValley-me6bg]

It's no surprise that this project is tenuous. Building on sand?

[@thomascherian3560]

Dubai will do it...and people from all over the world will line up to buy.... seen that happen many time for the past 20 years i have been here...Vision is real.

[@karylhogan5758]

Doubt that…

[@OmarIbnSayyid]

You know nothing about Dubai, or how it’s going to be completely devoured by the sea water.

[@SashaEmbodied-x6w]

100%. People talking bs on the internet do not understand the market demand, vision or technology that has built Dubai. Imagine thinking you have all its flaws figured out when the place can literally afford the highest-level experts in the world to consult them and build their city.

[@karylhogan5758]

@@SashaEmbodied-x6w but you can’t drink or police lock u up forever.. weather too hot anyway

[@SashaEmbodied-x6w]

@@karylhogan5758 LOL please don't embarrass yourself. Dubai is filled with bars and clubs and you can drink however much you want.

[@bryangopan]

Those who keep talking about wether here - it is only unbearable for 5 months ( june to oct) and mind it dubai is well designed to take care of this heat . Atleast its safe out here - there is no violence and political drama like else where. Every one work hard and be nice .And there is nothing sinking any where - you can literally book a weekend get away to one of the hotels running in thag island managed by IHG group Voco monaco . They even preseeve and grow Corals to have the eco system balance.

[@Triune3]

Money can do anything…. But where are those environmentalists? No protests?

[@kobolds638]

I don't understand why people spend money to build house on place hot and no water 😑

[@lawyer1961]

I would never go there. It's scary.

[@davidklaehn2938]

I like Dubai. There high rises are something else Love to go for a few months in the winter time if they have a winter??? 👍🇭🇲🇭🇲 Keep up the high-rises.

[@lindakilmer2548]

Get to the point! Yes, they build BIG in Dubai!!

[@mickgatz214]

I reckon if u people living in the sand deserts should just scoop up all that sand, that originally came from giant mountains, and just dump it back in the ocean, where it came from. Eventually, you will reach a fertile layer of soil for growing crops again?. This is only a temporary solution., we're just overpopulated. 😥

[@rajatvir]

Palm jabel ali is going great and investors are making generational wealth.

[@richardw3470]

Isn't the sale management being handled by the Ponzi Company which is branching out in to new endeavors?

[@semperfidelis8386]

sickening display of money.

[@catherinemcenhill2323]

They flooded dubai this year, its amazing how they manage to flood a desert people wake up

[@MarkFreemam1957]

Neom!

[@lt1107]

I was there last week on ‘The Heart of Europe’ island - it worked for me! It was a relaxing day away from the city! I have also stayed in the RIU on Deira island and that was great too! Maybe the islands won’t last forever, but they are getting tourists/ visitors there for now!

[@stardresser1]

Mmmm yes. Tons of tourists.

[@kanishakelis]

How is this supposed to be a tourist attraction when I can’t afford it? I’ll have to work up to a year just to enjoy a weeks vacation here I’m ok 🙂

[@AlDiMaggio]

It’s laughable like a Mirage in the Desert. Grand plans that go nowhere

[@gioguillen311]

Fake luxury and cheesy islands ( the universe/the world ) such a waste of materials, i dont think theres a single thing in Dubai that makes me curious to even visit.

[@markcinco8405]

The value of real estate investments is in the fact that "they're not making any more". 🧐 A house built on sand cannot stand. 🤓 Google "unintended consequences" and "a fool and his money". 😭 Apparently someone found out that shoreline adds to property value, so they gone squeeze the whole universe of shore into one ocean. 🤪

[@LeonBarnes85]

No wonder my gas is so high

[@andrewmilne1679]

Horrible place to live

[@dral9971]

$100 billion dollars - all earned on the oil that is killing the planet and under slave-like employment conditions - could solve many pressing problems facing humanity. This kind of completely pointless project is a mockery.

[@marilynbaker2231]

Europe in the Middle East? Just go tp Europe.

[@richardw3470]

Western women will love the 'protections' offered in a 'religious' nation.

[@MrOmwm]

The clicking is annoying.

[@globaloneness2012]

The real estate market is booming like never before, prices are at their peak. This video is as usual total nonsense!

[@wateratz]

I love the place, and especially being out in the desert. You get used to the heat, and it isn't a suffocating heat like you get in the European heatwaves. But they have goofed up in certain aspects with the islands. And even the Infrastructure for Wastewater cannot cope with the likes of the Burj Khalif where the Waste is trucked away. Too much too fast

[@Kmax3000]

Ya it was always a ridiculous idea.

[@RippersArk]

Bro have you ever visited these structures. They not sinking and all issues are felt with. Go get on a plane and go and look.

[@kamranaskari4263]

1:55 persian gulf

[@garychaney5484]

We have been warned about the rising sea level due to global warming. Maybe the ocean is just rising! LOL

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

Scripture says, Do not build your house on sand...

[@christi2993]

You see the same abandoned architecture in China. Big plans gone awry.

[@louisemarshall9301]

The most boring place I've ever been to

[@makkienleong6865]

And add 3 major flood not long ago. I wonder if there is more from climate change.

[@ML-lm2mx]

Cloud seeding?

[@cmwHisArtist]

You might see a few people outside at night….

[@rajatvir]

This is by far the dumbest video ever

[@clintcountryman4849]

What a stupid idea

[@JorgeMoreno-bm2oz]

should have been... the world, the solar system, the galaxy, and then the universe.... they just didn't think it through, the naming, not the project LOL!

[@Jazzmaster71]

Dubai, first city of the human subside due to decadense.

[@silviaalexandrecordeiro8400]

Um exemplo são as hotelarias nas Maldivas. 😎🤔😎🤔😎🤔😎🤔😎

[@ElliotLaffey]

How many times are you going to say "a hub of innovation and progress?" 🤮 👎

[@jimmymarty5861]

And we are talking about carbon footprint, what a scam

[@justindressler5992]

It's just another example you don't have to be intelligent to be rich. Who intentionally builds there homes in sinking sand of the coast of the desserrt. Rising sea levels anyone 😂

[@kolbybeautymakeupartist]

A sign

[@rombojombo5012]

Well. Climate there is actually quite nice from Nov-March. The filthy rich escape Dubai during the worst summer months. To Europe. UAE is very safe. Robbing, stealing and any type of street violence is extremely rare. If malling, shopping, clubbing and plastic fantastic man made lifestyle bores you there, camping in the desert and hiking in neighboring RAK emirates is actually very nice during winter season. Real estate marked there is booming right now? Many Russians avoid European sanctions..investing their money in Dubai and UAE. Dubai and UAE is the perfect place for white collar crime. If you want to escape your country and hide your stolen money somewhere, Dubai is the perfect place. Since they won’t question your money and will not report or hand out any banking details to other countries.

[@denismahlangu]

I stuk for 3 days i dont wish to go back there again i saw devil on the street

[@RogowskiBubba0864]

Moneylaundering nr 1 is Dubai.😊