The deepest hole I ever saw someone dig was during a speech at a wedding
@cl7593 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣☠️
@Raysnature3 жыл бұрын
Oh you were there. Sorry.
@Garbagejuicewaterfall3 жыл бұрын
Quality comment
@Pauldjreadman3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@wt13703 жыл бұрын
I have one coming up. Thank you for reminding me to keep it simple
@paulearp58233 жыл бұрын
Digging a hole by hand to the depth of a 120-story building is pretty darn impressive.
@KennyNGA8 ай бұрын
Thank you but yo momma did half of the work
@89caballero3 жыл бұрын
"The dwarves delved too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dum... shadow and flame."
@theswullnasty33533 жыл бұрын
I see you’re a man of culture 😏
@privacyvalued41343 жыл бұрын
@@theswullnasty3353 Only the finest culture.
@stormmeansnowork3 жыл бұрын
I give you a pass for citing this, but the gray hat guy probably still isn't doing so...
@karltriebel42623 жыл бұрын
Strike the earth!
@justabigbuhckdontlookatmeb80803 жыл бұрын
I hate to break the bubble on this chat but that movies kind of fake lol Balrog isn't real that part is cgi
@SirBoden3 жыл бұрын
I tried digging a hole to China when I was a kid. Unfortunately I lived in a swamp and 6 inches down I hit water. So then I decided to dig a swimming hole. A determined kid can shift a lot of dirt in five hours, Mom was not happy 😃
@zapkvr3 жыл бұрын
Linus Van Pelt tried the same thing in the fifties
@ling0s1383 жыл бұрын
My friend as a child was digging a hole to China in his sandbox. He made it a couple feet down by the time I moved but he hadn’t made it that far past the sand lol
@davidlinehat46573 жыл бұрын
Haha, I did the same thing in Maryland where we had thick clay about 18 inches down. I'm impressed that you had the initiative to keep going. I stopped and left an ankle-breaker
@Gr3nadgr3gory3 жыл бұрын
Mom should have checked in on you about every hour.
@hellodumplings85643 жыл бұрын
Cringe
@rossbroomfield51993 жыл бұрын
While generally accurate there are some points that need clarity. The mantle is SOLID. Not liquid not even sticky liquid like caramel. Don't ever let a geologist hear you say otherwise. (The technical term is rheid). When digging deep, adiabatic melting occurs, this is when you release pressure (because you've dug a whole) which causes the rock to melt. Also I'm pretty sure the kola superdeep is still the deepest we've ever dug there are some oil well that are longer like the one in Russia but are on an angle so are not actually as deep. Also most of the crust is oceanic (basaltic) and only up to 10km thick (0 at the mid ocean ridge). Continental crust (granite effectively) is indeed usually between 30-50km thick but can be up to 90 under the Himalayas! Also its the intense pressure from the weight of overlying rock which makes the inner core solid due to gravity pulling it down. The force of gravity near the centre of the Earth would actually be a lot less than that on the surface. And one finale reminder the mantle is solid otherwise shear waves wouldn't be able to pass through it!
@johnnemesh54593 жыл бұрын
*hole (unless you are talking about the whole hole, I guess...)
@Fjallkloka_Aventyr3 жыл бұрын
in theory...
@kaizorro033 жыл бұрын
Thank you, this is much clearer with your explanations.
@sabinepeter41503 жыл бұрын
kola superdeep still is he deepest. here is an article describing the www.drillingcontractor.org/erd-advances-push-limits-on-chayvo-wells-28693
@chunkymurps3 жыл бұрын
@@Fjallkloka_Aventyr Yep! I agree. Where's the physical proof?
@mixnmatchflavourbleach23133 жыл бұрын
"Don't Dig Straight Down" Simon casually dropping Minecraft hints
@Beryllahawk3 жыл бұрын
I laughed pretty hard at that, won't lie
@beagleuk32333 жыл бұрын
Maybe it's a tip for Sam and Danny as they plan their escape from the Blazement
@ComaDave3 жыл бұрын
I drink your milkshake!
@Sideprojects3 жыл бұрын
Dig up stupid.
@shimasclan3 жыл бұрын
@@beagleuk3233 I could totally see his other channels writers leaving hints and advice for Danny and Sam. Danny should write a script about it.
@MikeOchtman3 жыл бұрын
You can only dig half-way into the earth. After that, you're digging out again.
@KLP3683 жыл бұрын
Lmao your not wrong
@lil_dlv34003 жыл бұрын
That is what I dont get what will happen if u start going to the other side of the earth?
@DrDIYhax3 жыл бұрын
@@lil_dlv3400 yeah I know right will gravity switch when you get half way?
@ginger_nosoul3 жыл бұрын
@@DrDIYhax speaking very generally, yes it would switch once you pass "the center". Its kinda crazy to think about imo.
@thewaywardgrape38383 жыл бұрын
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude! 😮
@WallySketch3 жыл бұрын
The title : How Deep Could We Dig? The actual video : How Deep Did We Dig?
@ericcolvin35463 жыл бұрын
I think, somehwere near the beginning, he implied 50km max - that being the width of the earth's crust at its widest point. Beneath that, rock is molten (like hot caramel) and, as he quickly pointed out, it doesn't make much sense to talk about "digging" through liquid. But you're right. The question he posed was not definitively answered. And his ironically condescending air suggested one ought to feel embarrassed even to ask a second time (or to ask him to explain why communism might not be a viable alternative to Exxon/Mobil for getting things done). There you go. English professionals in a nutshell.
@sammycals24363 жыл бұрын
@@ericcolvin3546 I agree. Hoped for a little more thought effort since it's actually a tricky question. A few corrections. Could get a long answer. The rock in the earths mantle is not liquid, just in the outer core. At temperatures of 180-200 °C the rock is also not behaving plastic. This begins at minimum 600 °C or way higher, depending also on the pressure and composition. For the Kola superdeep borehole the temperatures were the limiting problem, but not caused by plastic behavior of the rock, but the high temperatures was damaging the drilling instruments. Now some additional mentions: Plastic behavior of rock does not mean a liquid rock. It's still solid but higher temperatures allow them to be easier deformed, especially over time scales of many million of years (similar thing also for the mantle flows -> happening over long time scales!). The actual limitations for the deepest possible boreholes of my perspective are lying in new materials and alloys that can drill under insane temperature and pressure conditions. Machines that can lift many hundred tons of steel drilling pipes are required. Actually the Kola borehole was a good choice, because there is an old craton, which lithosphere is compared really cold and up to 250 km thick, whats the upper end for lithosphere thickness. The Crust there is just 50 km deep, but the lithospheric mantle there differentiates from the deep crust just in the composition of the rocks and of course higher temperatures, but not by rheological behavior. A plastic behavior is taking place below the Lithosphere in the Asthenosphere. Sry for that long text, but as a mineralogy student I wanted to clear up some of the things he mentioned. Although I kind of critised, keep going with some geology content now and then
@ericcolvin35463 жыл бұрын
Wow, @@sammycals2436 , thank you so much for such a detailed answer. Fascinating. Before this, most of what I knew came from Ladybird books likely published in the sixties and not updated by the time I read them around the age of 8. I will have to look up many of your terms (and if I can't understand the explainations, I'll resort to my brother-in-law) - but these drew me in, and are wonderful pointers to help me learn a great deal more about the mystery of the Earth's core.
@MrJunjor3 жыл бұрын
@@sammycals2436 Thank you, your comment ia actually better and more informative than the video :)
@desslattery34573 жыл бұрын
Yep a waffling idiot how far to a history lesson about am waffling 🙄
@saadxt3 жыл бұрын
So basically his face is a natural clickbait. Looks just like Michael from vsauce
@StatTheMusicFinder3 жыл бұрын
Also he is on like 29 channels
@gregg.6173 жыл бұрын
Haha. I wasn't paying attention to the channel name and thought it was Michael.
@infamous86163 жыл бұрын
and binging like babish
@LogoBallers3 жыл бұрын
He looks like a reverse hair legal eagle
@Oscarr8143 жыл бұрын
This guy, Michael from Vsauce and Babish are the same person from alternate universes. Geniuses
@chrismullin94373 жыл бұрын
I was hoping to hear more technical aspects, like how keeping water out of holes led to better understanding of air pressure (vacuum pumps couldn't pull water more than 32 feet up), and how we fight the pressure of the rocks around the holes at these deep depths. Also, isn't there a scientific reason for digging deep into the crust? Seeing the chemistry happening down deep could help understand tectonics and such.
@BertM33 жыл бұрын
The way you keep water out and sabilize the wellbore is done by filling it up with a drilling fluid that balances out formation perssure. Also there is a technical limit in play. when you drill 12km deep, you have 12km of drillstring below the top connection taking all the weight. So this needs to be strong enoug. Drill pipe in use today in the OG industry do about 350T, and weight about 45,3 kg/m, so you can reach about 7,7km vertically. So for the 12 km mentioned you already need specialized equipment.
@lirrtrainwreck3 жыл бұрын
I want to know how and why exactly the heat from the mantle doesn’t boil the seawater or at least affect it in some way if the bottom of the ocean is maybe 30 miles away or so from it
@chrismullin94373 жыл бұрын
@@lirrtrainwreck Rock is a good enough insulator to prevent it. There's a thermal gradient from the molten mantle to the seafloor, so heat is transmitted, but not very much. We make ovens for melting metal that are a few feet thick and insulate 1000 degree interiors from maybe 100 degree exteriors, so insulating several thousand degrees with 30 miles of rock should be no problem.
@dude-jk2hn2 жыл бұрын
@@lirrtrainwreck Liquid + Lava = Land
@quickmythril2398 Жыл бұрын
@@lirrtrainwreck it does sometimes. do you know about undersea thermal vents? - sorry just realized this was a 2 year old comment i replied to... :)
@ImKevan3 жыл бұрын
I still remember one of the first times i ever even heard the concept of digging a giant hole, it was some Australian movie, was some kid in the movie that wanted to dig a hole to china, spends all day digging this massive hole on a beach before his dad comes out and tells him he has to stop and go to bed, next morning some Asian guy just taking a stroll down the beach, falls into the hole, kid just happens to wake up and walk outside as the Asian guy is climbing back out of the hole, runs back into the house screaming DAD!!!! lol.
@outdoorsythings25733 жыл бұрын
yes .. I can't remember the movies name ether.. but your comment made me remember that. to funny
@JohnDlugosz3 жыл бұрын
There was also a skit on SNL with Jackie Chan as the guest. (Jackie was digging the other way, and met the American when the tunnels intersected)
@ImKevan3 жыл бұрын
@@JohnDlugosz haha, I'll have to look that one up, gotta love Jackie Chan, thanks for the heads up!
@Ramoreira863 жыл бұрын
Omg yes thats the only.scene i remember from that movie
@anastasiaaddison43693 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure the movie title is along the lines of 'Magic in the water' or something.
@bradley1633 жыл бұрын
I'm going to tell my geologist friend that Simon said the mantle is filled with caramel rocks.
@scottbruffy90713 жыл бұрын
Delicious molten rock
@tigercap1003 жыл бұрын
He also thinks it's not flat.
@musewolfman3 жыл бұрын
@@tigercap100 how can it be flat? Where would the dinosaurs live if it was flat?
@Joe-up5ty3 жыл бұрын
Haha Simon says taste the mantle
@keithphilbin30543 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the honeycombe. Mmm.. honeycombe.
@nymphrodellsalavin3 жыл бұрын
Brothers of the mine rejoice! (Swing, swing, swing with me!) Raise your pick and raise your voice! (Sing, sing, sing with me!) Down and down into the deep Who knows what we'll find beneath? Diamonds, rubies, gold, and more Hidden in the mountain store Born underground Suckled from a teat of stone Raised in the dark The safety of our mountain home Skin made of iron Steel in our bones To dig and dig makes us free Come on, brothers, sing with me! I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, diggy diggy hole I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, digging a hole The sunlight will not reach this low (Deep, deep in the mine) Never seen the blue moon glow (Dwarves won't fly so high) Fill a glass and down some mead Stuff your bellies at the feast! Stumble home and fall asleep Dreaming in our mountain keep Born underground Grown inside a rocky womb The Earth is our cradle The mountain shall become our tomb Face us on the battlefield You will meet your doom We do not fear what lies beneath We can never dig too deep I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, diggy diggy hole I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, digging a hole I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, diggy diggy hole I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, digging a hole Born underground Suckled from a teat of stone Raised in the dark The safety of our mountain home Skin made of iron Steel in our bones To dig and dig makes us free Come on, brothers, sing with me! I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, diggy diggy hole I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, digging a hole I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, diggy diggy hole I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, digging a hole
@666soso3 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for this lol 😂
3 жыл бұрын
Ah, a man of culture.
@kodiakjak13 жыл бұрын
There it is
@phranerphamily3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣👍
@nickromo81953 жыл бұрын
Is this from the hobbit?
@TizzyLento2 жыл бұрын
"From the widest valley, to the deepest trench, holes define who we are and where we're going."
@OriginalNotFunny3 жыл бұрын
Me getting this YT rec: "WTF is Babish doing talking about holes"?
@christiansdronemoments15153 жыл бұрын
When you turn on inter-dimensional cable and go to another theme show of binging with babish
@chaoticspice30753 жыл бұрын
Me: “Lets go vsauce is talking about holes”
@darabbit3333 жыл бұрын
I thought it was Matt from Dope or nope
@krystalbrooks68693 жыл бұрын
I was hoping to see a 3D image of the length of the hole compared to the earth's crust.
@DomyTheMad4203 жыл бұрын
"it's not clear why we'd do this?" near infinite thermal power anyone? no? aight coal it is.
@hannahbeanies88553 жыл бұрын
I really thought that’s where we were going with this! 😟 I’m across not too familiar with thermal power though so no idea if it could even be done...
@itarry43 жыл бұрын
@@hannahbeanies8855 it is done in Iceland they even have heated streets in their cities.
@hannahbeanies88553 жыл бұрын
@@itarry4 oh yes I have heard about heated streets existing before. Which is super neat, but it never occurred to me to question how they do that. Thanks!
@itarry43 жыл бұрын
@@hannahbeanies8855 they've even got restaurants that use the hot steam directly from a fissure in the rock to cook their food. That place has so much energy it's just a shame there's no way to get it from there to other places that would be safe and cost effective.
@graphixkillzzz3 жыл бұрын
@@itarry4 right? I mean, we would need like, these little energy storage, things...🤔😳🤷🏼♂️
@888johnmac3 жыл бұрын
Simon's intro , sounded like he was digging himself into a hole
@Sideprojects3 жыл бұрын
How shall I get out of this hole? CUE INTRO
@catherinehaven70153 жыл бұрын
BA DUM DUM TSHHHHHHH
@davidnunez3853 жыл бұрын
“Don’t dig straight down” Normal people: really? Seems like the fastest way Minecraft players: duh 🙄
@shutupqueer30903 жыл бұрын
ayo just stopping by to say we have the same last names haha
@stevekirkpatrick16123 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that you pointed out the peculiarity of "knowing" the inner construction of the planet without ever getting remotely close to it. But then you just blew past that.
@jameshanson70653 жыл бұрын
Kind of my thoughts as well. I wonder how they factually "Know" what all is down there. Other than just being told back in science class. And not because a bunch of formulas and equations or letters on a chalkboard says what's down there. But how do they "Know"? I'm not trying to challenge it or say it's incorrect in any way. I'm just curious. He did mention in another video before about all that being based on Theory. It may have been the borehole video.
@Mehrunes863 жыл бұрын
Simon: How deep can we dig. Me: Around 56 blocks😂
@static24303 жыл бұрын
I lol'd at the "Don't dig straight down" bit.
@Calvin7047043 жыл бұрын
until the 1.18 update dropped
@Mehrunes863 жыл бұрын
@@Calvin704704 Isn't it 1.17?, maybe i'm wrong🙂
@Calvin7047043 жыл бұрын
@@Mehrunes86 the update is now split into 2, where the cliff and caves (the one that change the depth and height limit) is in the 1.18 planned to release later this year
@Mehrunes863 жыл бұрын
@@Calvin704704 Thanks👍
@MalcIgg3 жыл бұрын
how did we get a whole 8 mins of digging without this quote - come on Simon ;p "The dwarves delved too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dum... shadow and flame" :D
@NotHPotter3 жыл бұрын
Lol, because Simon famously hates LOTR.
@Gryffyth_Aurum3 жыл бұрын
Because we cant have dinosaurs and dwarves.
@rogueviking92683 жыл бұрын
Because Sam doesn't do the fine, vintage *muah* memes for this channel. #FlogDannyForLongerIntros
@anarchyantz15643 жыл бұрын
Watch him on Business Blaze. He is a heretic and not only hates LOTR/The Hobbit but virtually ALL fantasy! Danny has been trying to tempt him over but looks like we may have to knock him out with a concoction of Rotting Turtle, Beard Blaze Oil and Danny's Radiator moonshine, then force him to watch all of LOTR and The Hobbit extended versions back to back until he finally cracks. #PoundDwarvesIntoSimonTillHeBreaks
@rickythe2nd633 жыл бұрын
Ah, yes: Simon's Bane!
@alanscott92573 жыл бұрын
Your newer videos hit different, I like it, like you're more relaxed or happier.
@karlosh92863 жыл бұрын
So when the Bee Gees sing "How deep is your love ?" well no more than 50KM !
@Hazlius3 жыл бұрын
Everyone’s asking How Deep Can We Dig but no-one is asking How Deep Should We Dig
@valberm3 жыл бұрын
I dig it, bro.
@benjaminoechsli19413 жыл бұрын
Dr. Ian Malcolm approves.
@jasonwilde1973 жыл бұрын
Digging holes is the foundation of a good childhood.
@STaSHZILLA4203 жыл бұрын
Imagine what your parents were doing when you were outside digging.
@vegastjg3 жыл бұрын
@@STaSHZILLA420 pops was doing his version of digging I bet
@jasonwilde1973 жыл бұрын
@@STaSHZILLA420 He was digging holes too, but inside the house.
@emirhaneksioglu45033 жыл бұрын
Da was digging a hole with a stick.
@gregbors83643 жыл бұрын
“How deep is your hole?” - Bee Gees, probably
@blackholerainbow30293 жыл бұрын
"I really mean to learn."
@jasonluong38623 жыл бұрын
Why dig when you just go to any active volcano. There’s a deep hole right there.
@Dewalt-mh1dz3 жыл бұрын
yeah just casually divert the ocean into it
@reidkemp3 жыл бұрын
Gamer 1209 that’s how u get an island. The volcano wins.
@MAKABALLA3 жыл бұрын
@@Dewalt-mh1dz yeah, remember Minecraft? Duh.
@roberts34233 жыл бұрын
Correct, a volcano is connected to the mantle, which means theres a hole that goes trough the crust. Since you already seen just how insane lava is, you wouldn't want to dig that deep.
@Thanos_Kyriakopoulos3 ай бұрын
Soviet Union: creates an industrial nuclear superpower out of farmland Simon Whistler: unlike everything they ever tried, Russians managed to bore a hole in the ground. Oh yes, the famous Russian incompetence and British objectivity
@thiagopazuzu3 жыл бұрын
Me: no more videos, I'm going to sleep. KZbin: hey, wanna know how deep could we dig?
@terryenby23043 жыл бұрын
As a kid, my siblings and I decided we would dig to China. We wanted a free holiday and it seemed like a good idea. We got about a metre down, and it was about a metre in diameter and circular. Unfortunately there was quite a layer of rocks, and something else got our imaginations going the next week, so we never went any deeper, but I think it’s probably still in my parents garden as a testament to how well we can collaborate, and how short our attention spans are 🤣
@Davethreshold3 жыл бұрын
That's a ❤warming story thank you!
@tolep3 жыл бұрын
You just need a scrum master
@mwolfe32193 жыл бұрын
Our sons did the same thing, and the hole is still there. It floods during winter rainy season (Oregon). We’re wondering if the next generation will take up the challenge now.
@NorseGraphic3 жыл бұрын
Really cute. 😂
@Cuuniyevo3 жыл бұрын
@@mwolfe3219 My brothers and I did something similar as kids, also in Oregon, but eventually were told to fill it in because it was a trip hazard. =P
@handsomeblackmuscle98453 жыл бұрын
"If you want to go to the core, that's your choice. Just don't let out the dinosaurs" -Simon
@professorcranium47923 жыл бұрын
no one wants to point out how LAZY Simon was re Capitalism vs Communism?? ex: all sides agree COMMUNISM defeated CAPITALISM pretty much always. (ex: Murica has to pay COMMUNIST CHINA a billion cash PER DAY (!!!)....and that's just in interest payments, ha ha ha!) (WEIRD we work with our "enemy" instead of getting all the money we need from CAPITALISTS or BANKS, hmmm!) ex: in 2020, CAPITALISTS BEGGED SOCIALISTS TO RESCUE CAPITALISM. (Same as always!) CAPITALISM makes as much sense as virgin births! "If we have TWO CEOs making $5 million EACH....that will lower costs FAR more (thanks to this Competition) than the Socialized FDNY, which only has ONE CEO (making $200K a year, hmmm)! And the Capitalists have to spend more on ADVERTISING their product or service...in ONE SECOND...than the Socialized FDNY does in a 100 years!!" CAPITALISM MAKES NO SENSE OF ANY KIND.
@johnnemesh54593 жыл бұрын
@@professorcranium4792 Don't forget the capitalist banks that went socialist in 2008. Or all of the "Better dead than socialist" Republican hypocrites who had no problem with the $2000 checks that were sent out.
@sansfreedom16293 жыл бұрын
@@johnnemesh5459 We get it, you're too lazy to work. Nobody wants to see political discussions on a video about digging holes.
@8jordan3 жыл бұрын
It's almost like gold is used for things other than currency and just sitting around... like oh idk... technology
@VKURDR3 жыл бұрын
"in the center of the earth is this thing called a mantle, its insane that we know this never never having dug into it." i have to use this one day.
@willyuhler34173 жыл бұрын
My cousin and I dug a hole into a hillside it went about 15 feet down at a 30 degree angle it was about 3 feet wide in diameter we hollowed out a chamber and we'd camp in it and stash stuff. We had zero idea about engineering or structural integrity no shoring up or anything! We played in it for a whole summer one day we went out there and it all collapsed we both realized how close to death we came.
@TheEvilCommenter3 жыл бұрын
I ask myself this everytime I argue with my gf.
@theclandestinewitness3 жыл бұрын
Nailed it
@ryancase88583 жыл бұрын
Beat me to it. Damn!
@stacyrussell4603 жыл бұрын
😂
@Delgen19513 жыл бұрын
Remember dude long after you have forgotten the argument, She will remember it! Every one of them...Ever. That is how deep you have dug the hole.
@albertvaninwegen6013 жыл бұрын
Who goes in the hole?
@TremereTT3 жыл бұрын
Finally someone agreeing that Germans digging trenches around their spot at the beach is rational!
@therisingphoenixstrikesaga47043 жыл бұрын
Is this really a german thing? I mean we always did that on vacation but I just thought that was something that everyone did.
@TremereTT3 жыл бұрын
@@therisingphoenixstrikesaga4704 Nah I think everyone does it. But the people on 4chan.org/int constantly told us that is a German thingy...also it triggeres the Brittish for some unknown reason.
@ronberger43403 жыл бұрын
@@therisingphoenixstrikesaga4704 think it is. Germans are known for digging and being quite possesive about their beachholes and trenches. Hard not to mention the war, Basil
@johnbagley53413 жыл бұрын
You reckon that superdeep borehole is still as deep as it was when they capped it off, or you think maybe the plastic rocks have filled it in a bit?
@DjDolHaus863 жыл бұрын
I'd hazard a guess that unless the area is extremely seismologically stable and/or the cap is extremely watertight it has probably collapsed to some extent
@yeoldpepsi3 жыл бұрын
"and it was a borehole." Yes, highly valuable, almost unobtainable knowledge, perfect. I have now subscribed
@briefcaseguy3 жыл бұрын
"Let's turn to the undisputed king of the mines - South Africa" -> zooms into Democratic Republic of the Congo.
@stephenz72383 жыл бұрын
To make basements... DANNYYYYYYY!!!!
@chaddelong9983 жыл бұрын
this is how the whole "Reign of Fire" dragon problem started. careful what you dig for, it may have been digging for you.
@butter2623 жыл бұрын
That's where the dinosaurs live. LOl, really. Love your humor.
@b-sideplank3 жыл бұрын
No half baked pop-science video is complete without a good dose of red scare and brazen Russia phobia.
@griffinsimpson-tuckey98323 жыл бұрын
seriously. i've been laughing my ass off that he thinks the reason russia dug a slightly deeper hole than they did as the soviet union, is somehow because of capitialism and not at all the passage of time
@joehemmann11563 жыл бұрын
"It's crazy that we know this despite never having seen it" The retort there is that we actually don't. We have a lot of evidence of how physics in general works and we make a lot of predictions based on pressure and composition of our planet based on observations of the crust and the magnetic field gives us some Intel on how the core behaves, but if we actually broke through and found the core actually WAS made of caramel, it would not be the first time science was upended by observation. And no, I'm not anti science at all, I think the fact that science as a principle allows for itself to be upended when observations don't fit predictions is very much a strength of the scientific method.
@toof9873 жыл бұрын
so it's not turtles all the way down, but caramel?
@joehemmann11563 жыл бұрын
@@toof987 my guess is the Monsterverse is right, the outer crust is just a ring around another inner crust that has a bunch of giant beasts living on it
@wraitholme3 жыл бұрын
Science does get upended by observation, but it's _very_ rare that science gets _very_ upended by something... at least in the last hundred years or so. We're constantly getting better at doing science properly, and we're also constantly getting a better idea of how things work at various scales... and reality is, largely, consistent. We're often able to _prove_ our understanding with predictions, which is the final part of the scientific method, and extrapolating our understanding to areas 'just' out of our reach is pretty reasonable. If we ever do get a fresh sample of mantle, I think we'll probably a little surprised by the makeup in interesting ways, but it's very unlikely that we'll be very surprised.
@joehemmann11563 жыл бұрын
@@wraitholme true, kind of. I would avoid saying we prove predictions through observation and that there haven't been major shifts to established theories in the last 100 years. A good example of a counter to that is the Hubble constant which dictates our understanding of how the universe is expanding. It was derived in the 1920's and for a long time got stronger through observation. But then as we made better and better telescopes and new ways to interpret the data we were seeing, things started not lining up so well. There were tweaks to the constant and as I understand it, the way observation still failed to line up with theory is what gave rise to dark matter/dark energy theory. Which, if you believe it, together make up like 90% of the mass/energy mix of the universe. That's a pretty seismic shift on its own, but there's also a growing number of scientists pushing back saying we invented something that groundbreaking just to try to prove why the Hubble constant didn't work as well as we thought it should and instead there is no dark matter or dark energy and we should just be redefining the theory about how the universe interacts at those scales. That field is going to shift pretty dramatically soon, either to entirely new physics theories or via observing the existence of dark matter and energy. So to your point, you should definitely not view the shifts in science and become distrustful of it. Science is very likely correct about what makes up the core and it's behavior. But don't get too married to any theory, no matter how "proven". It may well end up disappointing you.
@wraitholme3 жыл бұрын
@@joehemmann1156 Hypotheses (rather than actual established theory) shift all the time, but I wouldn't call it a seismic shift. The bit of our understanding filled in by the dark matter etc hypothesis wasn't an established understanding that was drastically upset, it was very much the unknown that just had a surprising answer. Like... if I went digging about in the bottom of my garden, I might find that my fence is in the wrong place. I might find a species of plant that everyone thinks has been extinct for millions of years. I might find an entirely new fossil. What I'm not going to find are literal magical faeries, because those are impossible. My point is that our understanding of physics at multiple scales is pretty solid, because we use it all the time... from cellphones, to nuclear plants, to satellites that take relativity into account, to 'space age materials'. We arent going to find anything that drastically changes fundamental physics, because our knowledge there has been extensively proven. At most we'll find unexpected things at the edge, but they will be filling in gaps, not changing what we know.
@iowafarmboy3 жыл бұрын
Just a side note, the gravity isn't huge at the center of the earth, the pressure is. You would actually weigh less to none at the center of the earth than you do at the surface.
@CowboyCree633 жыл бұрын
The force of gravity creates the pressure
@iowafarmboy3 жыл бұрын
@@CowboyCree63 Correct. But if you could somehow go to the exact center of earth, you'd be weightless
@CowboyCree633 жыл бұрын
@@iowafarmboy you would be weightless only because the pull of gravity would be equal on all sides around you, not because of lack of gravity.
@d.s.archer59033 жыл бұрын
“I’ve been drill’ holes in the Earth for 30 years. And I have never, NEVER missed a depth I’ve aimed for!" Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis): "Armageddon" (1997).
@jmace59643 жыл бұрын
I worked on rigs for 10 years and I heard this quote about one a week lmao
@nicksurfs13 жыл бұрын
I’d dig one in an enemies yard so their house turned into a volcano. That would be pretty cool
@pedrocarvalho49993 жыл бұрын
Try not to have enemies, will you?
@Kvn-mp3th3 жыл бұрын
evil
@mainlyglitches3 жыл бұрын
Actually I think it would be pretty hot. I would not suspect it to be cold at all.😉
@sthanstigger23283 жыл бұрын
Interesting topic 👍🏻😊 Small correction to the point about Sakhalin well being the deepest. I believe it was 15 km deep in terms of length but most of that length was horizontal. In terms of vertical depth that well was only ~2 km deep, which is normal for an oil well. I think the Kola well is still the deepest in vertical depth which I take to be the topic of this video.
@sthanstigger23283 жыл бұрын
This project is interesting additional reading on the topic: drilling in deep waters where the earth’s crust is thinner en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikyū
@austinalderete27302 жыл бұрын
Thank you. This video is incredibly misleading.
@chufa723 жыл бұрын
Until the balrog shows up
@suparoo1003 жыл бұрын
After nearly 50 years working in various oilfields around the world I would be willing to bet that 15k you're talking about at Sakhalin is NOT straight down, they would be deviated wells
@furrycannon3 жыл бұрын
I like digging. I have a lifetime ambition to have an underground base.
@hannahbeanies88553 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed the video! Now I’m going to enjoy the inevitable comments correcting whatever you got wrong. 😁
@StayNightGaming3 жыл бұрын
This dude has so many channels, that productivity is wild
@epsben3 жыл бұрын
2:01 - «South Africa» *zooms in on Central Africa*
@gcburns43 жыл бұрын
Kinda wish you dug in to geothermal aspects here. As it's easily the best renewable source on planet with no intermittent power issues, massive battery infrastructure or constant maintenance required. There's absolutely a great reason to dig super deep holes if we can do it affordably.
@realdizzle873 жыл бұрын
There is no known scientific means by which we can extract electrical energy from this geothermal heat. If you'd like to come up with a new idea, I encourage you to go for it. But, as far as our current understanding: there's no way to make that thermal energy do mechanical work without putting in far more energy than we'd get back out.
@SatanicBunny6663 жыл бұрын
@@realdizzle87 Incorrect. Geothermal energy can be transformed into electricity and is being done so currently around the globe, see wikipedia article 'geothermal power' for example. It's called steam. You dig a hole that's deep enough that it gets hot down below, you pour water into said hole tha then transforms into steam, and you run that through a turbine to generate electricity. It's astounding to me that someone can come in here and make a completely, 100 % false statement such as "But, as far as our current understanding: there's no way to make that thermal energy do mechanical work without putting in far more energy than we'd get back out", while clearly not even having done the base level work of doing a google search on the subject.
@daledelatte96073 жыл бұрын
@@SatanicBunny666 actually he's inadvertently correct. There is a limit on how far you can pipe steam, it's a lot less than 30 kilometers...
@fubar96293 жыл бұрын
@@daledelatte9607 which is exactly why they build the turbines on top of/ very near where the hole is... so they DONT have to pipe steam very far. And still wrong. The average number i was finding is 3 to 4 units of energy produced by a geothermal plant for a unit used by the geothermal plant.
@Trystyna3 жыл бұрын
Holey cow! Thanks for drilling down to the core of the subject.
@chriscostello1173 жыл бұрын
I'm smelling what you're stepping in Trysta.
@delurkor3 жыл бұрын
But it might be a boring subject.
@Trystyna3 жыл бұрын
@@delurkor a rock solid one though
@delurkor3 жыл бұрын
@@Trystyna Yes, crystalized my thoughts. 😄
@Trystyna3 жыл бұрын
@@delurkor such a gem.
@richardmarty99393 жыл бұрын
When I was a younger Geologist, I attended a lecture on just this issue. The answer depends on the depth at which pressures change from hydrostatic to lithostatic...
@SentinalhMC3 жыл бұрын
Here I thought it was from crunchy to creamy
@jayjones91253 жыл бұрын
Wish you would finish this explanation.
@voldlifilm3 жыл бұрын
The self referential humor is a great addition to the facts. Very charming, good stuff!
@roberthouston11943 жыл бұрын
I really dig this guy!!!
@879blank3 жыл бұрын
Dad: dig Son: how far down Dad: till the rocks turn to plastic Son: tf Dad: goes to play some 2042 in peace
@sandhilltucker3 жыл бұрын
Can we get one about the rumored space elevator we're allegedly going to get?
@TheJMBon3 жыл бұрын
Once we can make carbon nanotubes thousands of kilometers long instead of a few centimeters, I'm sure he'll do it.
@mho...3 жыл бұрын
we lack the material knowledge at this time!
@jasonwomack40643 жыл бұрын
Once built, we shall build statues across the world paying tribute to the first man to fart in said elevator. A gaseous murder suicide, honored for all eternity.
@magburner3 жыл бұрын
@@jasonwomack4064 It will not be an actual elevator...
@TheJMBon3 жыл бұрын
@@magburner Exactly. More like a crane in geosynchronous orbit.
@sickofwashington3 жыл бұрын
I asked this question when I was four. I came to the conclusion that the answer was entirely dependent upon just how long it took my father to catch me...🤯😠
@thespongeisright7743 жыл бұрын
The Binging with Babish of the engineering world.
@brado1812613 жыл бұрын
The Woodingdean Water Well is the deepest hand-dug well in the world, at 390 metres (1285 feet) deep. Work on the well started in 1858, and was finished four years later, on March 16, 1862. It is located just outside of Nuffield Hospital in Woodingdean , near Brighton, UK. The well was originally dug to provide water for a workhouse at the top of Elm Grove and a school for juveniles at Warren Farm. The workhouse was a place people would go if they were poor, couldn’t find work or unfortunately, if children became orphans, they often landed up in the workhouse. In exchange for their food and bed they were expected to work. The well is 390m (1285m) deep and is little more than a meter wide. In true Dickensian style, the well was hand dug by members of the local workhouse and was apparently carried out for 24 hours with candlelight as the only source of light. They had to scale up and down the shaft in complete darkness on a series of rickety ladders. Surprisingly, only one of the worker died in the process. Excavation work at the well continued for several more years, until one day at a change of shifts, something unusual was noticed. One of the workers realized that the earth he was standing on, at the bottom of the shaft, was beginning to heave upwards like a massive piston. All the workers scrambled upward as fast as they could go, to the Winchman’s platforms to get out of the way of the water that finally struck. The water rose to 400 feet in the first hour, with the men nearly escaping death
@benjaminoechsli19418 ай бұрын
Nearly escaping death, or narrowly? 😬
@kieronparr34033 жыл бұрын
I've been asking this question since I was a toddler. I'm 36 now.
@remotecontrol10823 жыл бұрын
And still no definitive answer...
@johanseinen82453 жыл бұрын
Just sounds like a whole lot of trouble than... fun fact: The most gold is used in electronic devices for off course conductivity.
@KonradTheWizzard3 жыл бұрын
Mostly correct. It's for lack of corrosion. Gold is more corrosion resistant than most other metals - so we use it to protect the copper contacts because copper oxydizes relatively fast. You don't want to use all gold, because it is actually LESS conductive than copper. It's a compromise, like all the other metals in electronics.... ;-)
@dannydaw593 жыл бұрын
Why not Silver? It tarnishes but that just the outside of it.
@KonradTheWizzard3 жыл бұрын
@@dannydaw59 With that argument you could keep the copper as it is. No, "tarnish" means it oxydizes and oxides usually do not conduct electricity. Silver is also much more prone to damage by scratching than copper or gold. Silver is used inside chips for bonding wires - it is a great conductor and neither of those problems exist in a sealed plastic case.
@rdizzy13 жыл бұрын
@@dannydaw59 The "tarnish" is the same thing as rust on iron, they are both oxidation.
@dannydaw593 жыл бұрын
@@KonradTheWizzard The outside layer tarnishes. The electricity can go through the middle of the silver traces.
@perceivedvelocity99143 жыл бұрын
"It is just drilling a hole......so whatever!". That cracked me up.
@moonliteX Жыл бұрын
400M by hand is absolutely ..... i just don't even have words.
@TheTNTMuffin3 жыл бұрын
What would happen if we managed to dig all the way through the crust? Would we just have a giant pit with lava at the bottom?
@treeguyable3 жыл бұрын
And the gynecologyst says : "What a hole, what a hole." She says:"Well golly, you didn't have to say it twice." He says: " I didn't, the second was an echo."
@Joosejpr3 жыл бұрын
"the second was an echo" is supposed to be implied/unstated.
@treeguyable3 жыл бұрын
@@Joosejpr Oh golly gee, gonna have to tell the last guy who told that joke.
@kpny84843 жыл бұрын
7:24 Oh boy are they gonna argue. 🤣 That was a good laugh.
@Crisis9413 жыл бұрын
Gonna tell my kids this was Vsauce.
@jessforfunshow3 жыл бұрын
I thought the thumbnail was him
@LS-to6el3 жыл бұрын
@@jessforfunshow Me too
@jarskil88623 жыл бұрын
This is Vsauce if he hadnt gone insane.
@glitchtastic7593 жыл бұрын
Girls at the beach: ow I hope we can see some dolphins Boys at beach:
@ericgaudette43093 жыл бұрын
I suddenly heard the BeeGees singing (to the tune if "How Deep Is Your Love") "How deep can we dig? How deep can we dig? I really want to know!"
@TheRewasder973 жыл бұрын
We can dig until we awake the Balrog. I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole, diggy diggy hole.
@tlphoto3 жыл бұрын
If you lined up all of Simmons videos in the end it would still go twice as deep as the deepest bore hole.
@BamBamBigelow..3 жыл бұрын
'The world needs ditch diggers, too' - Judge Smails
@spddiesel3 жыл бұрын
I've often thought about becoming a golf club...
@sambaggins27983 жыл бұрын
Everyone still loves gold because everyone is a pirate at heart. Nothing like a nice pile of gold to bring out your “yaaaaaarrrrrrrr”.
@wilton9993 жыл бұрын
Liked 👍🏽 thanks bro. I love the Core of the Earth. It's such an underrated character
@jakeyjakey1013 жыл бұрын
How do physicists know so much about the core of the earth when we’ve only dug 4km deep? Serious question.
@andrewpaton31623 жыл бұрын
Earthquakes
@ryanakers13723 жыл бұрын
Same concept as bats. The vibrations from earthquakes let them "see" into the earth the way bats can echo-locate in the dark.
@casinodelonge3 жыл бұрын
I believe the Diet Kola superhole wasnt as deep.
@DjDolHaus863 жыл бұрын
It's just as deep and with all the great flavour of the original Kola (according to blind taste tests)
@runnergo13983 жыл бұрын
I fast forward to the end. It's 30-50km.
@jameshiggins83293 жыл бұрын
I did my training in Goldmines about 40yrs ago. On 4A tertiary shaft (Go down 1 shaft to 15lvl then down 1 sub vertical shaft to 35lvl then down the tertiary shaft another few 100m so about 3200 or 3300m from memory. We were ontop of the cage installing cables when the winder tripped and the power went out....as did ventilation. My water lasted about an hour, it was another 2 hours before they used the emergency brake pump to lower us down to a level where we had compressed air and coukd use it too cool ourselves. It was a dead level so no exit, and under development. The developers had to wear ice jackets. Not pleasant. I have nothing but respect for all miners. As an engineer it was rare for me to to the development or mining arears as all major equipment is in pump rooms or hoist rooms. Dangerous game. I visited Kombat mine in Namibia in mid 80s. We had a tour, during the tour we were taken down the sinking shaft. Our guide asked this question ''can we go down now or do we have to wait until after the blast and go down with the shiftboss on inspection''. The answer is 4 words I will never forget ''Yes, there is time''. We got down before the blast, went back to surface had lunch and drove back to our mine, O'okiep some 1000km away. Got home after midnight, went to work next day and my boss rushed into my office, said ''YOU ARE ALIVE, YOU MADE IT!!!!!'' with relief. They had blasted into an underground lake, the shift boss and 3 others going down on inspection met the water going up the shaft. They did not survive. Chaos. Nobody knew who was in, our mine was informed we might have drowned but did not want to phone the wives to ask if we made it home for obvious reasons. The whole mine some 800m deep flooded to about 100m from suface. The power demand tripled with the pumps installed to dewater the mine and it was months before it got back into production. I heard the reason, which is in none of the reports, was that to save time they were not cover drilling (drilling small deep holes every 30metres to look for this sort of thing and to pump in concrete at pressure to seal up fractured wet rock). 4 little words, the only reason I am alive today after what was an uplanned visit which occurred after my foreman met an old boss at Tsumeb which was our official visit and he invited us to Kombat and then phoned my boss to make sure we took up the offer.
@DarkTruth6663 жыл бұрын
Would it erupt at some point? Like would you reach a point where pressure would turn you into a volcano? If not before but when you punctured into the mantle?
@colourandsound3 жыл бұрын
4:58 Dinostaurs are my favourite kind of staminal.
@Boonorp3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like another "space race" for one of Elon's companies to dig in to.
@sethreynolds41863 жыл бұрын
“And unlike most soviet engineering projects this one started off going well.. but it was just drilling a hole so whatever”😂😂😂
@hagerty19523 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised that you didn't mention Project Moho from the early 60's. It's purpose was to deliberately drill completely through the crust into the mantle. The dividing line is called the Mohorovičić Discontinuity (named for the Croatian scientist who theorized it). They started drilling in the middle of the ocean since the crust was only about 10km thick there.
@jojohaj10873 жыл бұрын
I love the whimsical points in these you totally make the videos spring-step!
@MissBlueEyeliner3 жыл бұрын
So we’re just going to gloss over the whole “dinosaurs living in the Earth’s core”?
@skyhawk_45263 жыл бұрын
And what about the Lizard People who live in the Earth's crust and control everything on the planet. 😉
@stantheman90723 жыл бұрын
@@skyhawk_4526 the Silurians don’t like us mucking about
@Chrisyork19893 жыл бұрын
@@stantheman9072 unless you’re a hot Victorian England Lady and her Potato shaped friend. Then, you’re tolerated.
@ryanhuck40713 жыл бұрын
A potentially fatal mistake
@zachary75733 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget crab people, taste like crab look like people 🦀
@ANunes063 жыл бұрын
4:30 - "The forces of gravity the liquid ... is forced into a solid state." Pressure. The word you wanted to use was pressure. I mean, in a way it all comes from gravity, but it's the combined weight of everything "above" the core pressing down on all sides that compresses it into a solid. Ehhhh... on second thought I guess you're technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.
@jpm743 жыл бұрын
just get truckload of Jack Russell Terriers and let them go crazy.
@EyeoIsis3 жыл бұрын
I want whatever Simon had before making this video....Loved it! 😂😂
@patco2583 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! Also look up the tv show “ The Curst of Oak Island”. It’s about holes dug a couple hundred feet about 300-800 years ago and potential treasure buried there.
@johnnessuno65153 жыл бұрын
Im the deepest in the comments. Obligatory this early
@Trotsky.-.83_years_ago_-_and3 жыл бұрын
Don't post another comment here until the year 2028. Please and thank you.
@dianapennepacker68543 жыл бұрын
Allegedly.
@gustavgnoettgen3 жыл бұрын
You're the first comment I see
@sunnmann32843 жыл бұрын
The deepest comment here would be like the very first comment when this video came out
@blovsi3 жыл бұрын
We don't know anything we assume something about a core but that's all.
@thisismyalias3 жыл бұрын
No, that’s not all and it’s also not how science or research works.
@realazduffman3 жыл бұрын
Imagine how big a hole you would have to dig to bury all that dirt.
@thesalvadorian3 жыл бұрын
You'd need a lot of space...and time
@antonmol69533 жыл бұрын
Had to pause the video just to say I'm so happy with your pronunciation of Mponeng! Well done sir
@catfree3 жыл бұрын
Deepest hole I've seen was some black thing in a mirror when I was taking a shower