The 5 Billion Euro Barrier Failing To Protect Venice | Massive Engineering Mistakes

[@grabskikuba]

That is ridiculous. It was my first thought how would they clean that gap form sand and mud deposits before I even saw this document. I imagined some submarine drones doing that job :)

[@aa2339]

Probably a blower would do.

[@sphumelelengcamu1984]

Nothing lasts forever. The year is 3024 and some explorers have found remains of what may be the lost city of venice

[@OldTownLad]

@6:00 he’s crystal clear. What a shame!

[@valerianocuomo996]

Is the most great engineering work in the last years

[@PanzerDave]

The bigger issue is that the area is subsiding. Until they stop that nothing will help.

[@Ridgerunner49]

I would have loved to heard more about the engineers

[@XMarkxyz]

1:13 Might be a physicist but he doesen't know his geography Venice is not on the ocean, it is in a lagoon which comunicate with the Adratic sea which is part of the Mediterraneum one of the most known internal seas; there are not huge tides as you could see near Mont Saint Michel in France; while the fact that it's in a lagoon with rivers flowing in it is part of the problem

[@theSkankhunt42]

They really didn’t anticipate the sand?

[@keirfarnum6811]

That was my first thought. Sand flows with water.

[@tattabox]

#italians 😂😂

[@user-cb6jw5ky1i]

@@tattabox #getadolmiogrinupya

[@joophaan132]

Sea water euuhh lets wasted 5 bil.. 🤑🤑🤑 people getting rich.. good its with tax money 😅🤨

[@willieerik3845]

Pro tip: watch series at Flixzone. I've been using them for watching all kinds of movies during the lockdown.

[@peachezprogramming]

Why didn’t they just copy the Dutch delta works

[@snaipess3429]

I know i’m late but the main reason is that this solution is much less notable and more elegant. The dutch one is simpler, cheaper and overall better.

[@Highriezher]

1:47 Look at the left side of the screen It’s Jesus

[@noycamba]

italy is the paradox of the world. proud proud proud people. they don't know it is their downfall. they are too proud they didn't ask the successful Thames barrier designer for help. let this people swallow their pride to save venice. they think they are close to GoD than most of the people in the world

[@eyes2c..519]

So we’re at 3:00 in roughly and I can tell the lady is not a fan of what they been talking bout 😂😂

[@daneurope9167]

after 50 years this failed project will cost more than venice real estate price..

[@NHSSHINOBI]

Why do we need 3 different people to tell us how corroded the barriers were?

[@joophaan132]

Because the wasted 5 bil tax money.. people are stupid thats why 3 people telling it...

[@valerianocuomo996]

​@@joophaan132 great engineering of a great country

[@valerianocuomo996]

For venice 5 bilion they are ridiculess, italian rich, true rich s

[@martareitmajer]

Honestly, just let it disappear. Let it become like Atlantis.

[@SteveBueche1027]

Would reinforce plastic gates work?

[@neddyboy01]

I only clicked to watch because I was wondering what Stan Lee had to do with this.

[@bhaveshpatel7054]

Superb analysis. 🙏

[@DavidColex]

You are all idiots listening to this sensationalistic crap. Moses works brilliantly, it saved Venice from high tides every time since it has been put into function. Bear in mind that the development of Moses started in 1982 with an international team of University professors that experimented with 15 different types of mechanisms for which even various books have been written. There was also an experimental facility built in Padua where they simulated the Venetian lagoon in small scale, we are talking 20 years of research before construction even began. So yes, the money was spent with A LOT of thought behind it. The only thing thats currently still under construction is a canal for sea traffic for when the Mose is up, similar to the ones in Panama, but it will be finished in a couple of years.

[@notj5712]

Hello people.... Seawall. Turn Venice into an inland lake area instead... Locks to transit ships in and out as you choose, or leave open when the tide is more reasonable.

[@XMarkxyz]

You can't just build a wall, the lagoon lives with the flow of water if you enclose everything the all ecosystem would die and rot

[@notj5712]

@@XMarkxyz What ecosystem? You mean the ecosystem in the canals of Venice? I have never seen a fish in there any time I've been.

[@DavidColex]

@@notj5712 Its not polluted, its muddy. There is an ecosystem, and a lot of fishing too. The biggest problem with closing the lagoon would be the fact that it would dry out, at least during the summers, which would literally destroy Venice since it has been built on slabs of trees, which being underwater don't oxidize at all, but as soon as you expose them to dry air, they would start to decompose. There must be free water flow, even the current natural water flow is too small for the needs of the city.

[@notj5712]

@@DavidColex Really, and the Porto Marghera industrial zone and the petrochemical industries nearby have stopped polluting the waters here? When was that?

[@Benito-Musolesi]

It works well

[@ricardomurillo5205]

Leonardo DaVinci is rolling in his grave. He would have been the first to spot the problem of Moses and proposed an alternative.

[@kokujin5446]

This is the inspiration for Water 7 and the Aqua Laguna in One Piece

[@richardbello5732]

Everyone knows that metal rusts what idiot's didn't know this ?

[@joophaan132]

Yeah 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@makedredd299]

Venice should have called Kevin Costner for this job if they wanted to build the Waterworld. 🐳

[@heyremember89]

Stay strong 💪 Italy, remember success doesn't come at first place. Atleast you tried and gave your best, don't get demotivated by this. Try again 🙂

[@joophaan132]

Yeah taxe payers money gone.. iq 60 plx

[@Electromagneticplutonium]

5B gone just like that

[@DavidColex]

You are all idiots listening to this sensationalistic crap. Moses works brilliantly, it saved Venice from high tides every time since it has been put into function. Bear in mind that the development of Moses started in 1982 with an international team of University professors that experimented with 15 different types of mechanisms for which even various books have been written. There was also an experimental facility built in Padua where they simulated the Venetian lagoon in small scale, we are talking 20 years of research before construction even began. So yes, the money was spent with A LOT of thought behind it. The only thing thats currently still under construction is a canal for sea traffic for when the Mose is up, similar to the ones in Panama, but it will be finished in a couple of years.

[@dragonfly8807]

We have so much plastic causing problems in our world, why not recycle all this plastic into thick, solid gates?

[@MeatMachine212]

That black haired lady is super fine

[@pakey423]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shini_Somara

[@mrperson9482]

Truuuu

[@itsmePassport]

Mmmm

[@alessandrovisintini8835]

The MOSE is working fine, why this video?

[@joophaan132]

Okeeeee.... its sure we all are crazy... 😂😂😂 5bil thats a lot of money... anddddd its gone ffs..

[@NoMoreMrNiceGuy223]

Follow the money.

[@canadianspiritz3844]

Crooks is a proper word to describe IT. 🇮🇹 ALY

[@lewisdoherty7621]

They should just buy used barges, line them up long end across the channels, flood them them and maybe even pump in more water above the sea level to anchor them. Then after the threat is over, pump the water out, re-float them and move them out of the way. I'm not sure how much of a good seal there would be on their bottoms, but something likely could be done like that.

[@valerianocuomo996]

20year, but now is save for ever...NY?

[@richardbello5732]

Sea level rise is inevitable

[@kailen98]

It is actually working my dad lives in Venice so he knows.

[@Ricky-uc1on]

But they fixed it now so…

[@sirwhodison]

Thought this was gonna be about aliens...fooey

[@jacquesmertens3369]

Why don't they just dump rocks to close the gaps? For 5 billion Euro I can get you a lot of rocks.

[@DavidColex]

The Lagoon would die biologically, it would become a rotten mess and it would slowly evaporate, this becoming a dry city which would desintigrate Venice itself because without water it would collapse since it was built on slabs of trees that, being underneath the surface of the water are protected from oxigenation and rotting. Don't listen to this idiotic documentary, the research of Mose started in 1982, 20 years before construction. There was even a couple of books written after the research. The project is not a joke.

[@jacquesmertens3369]

@@DavidColex Why would closing the lagoon prevent letting water in and out? You could pump as much in and out as you want, depending on the need. I do understand that the city needs to be in the water in order to survive. But rather than letting nature flood the city several times per year you could regulate the water level, and you can only do so after building a dam.

[@mannbill1]

Sorry but she was an engineering marvel. #Goddess 🥺

[@paulthetallsigma1552]

Never trust italian cars or even their ideas about engineering.

[@coldstonecanc3rgang994]

*laughs in aqueduct*

[@paulthetallsigma1552]

@@coldstonecanc3rgang994 the best thing that came out of italy is pizza lol.

[@josephsmith2063]

Italians are the best designers in the world ignoramus!

[@josephsmith2063]

Could any other country build a city like Venice in this world? I highly doubt it!

[@paulthetallsigma1552]

@@josephsmith2063 italians build windows in the back of their tanks for a better view of the battlefield.

[@TEACHERSSEES]

I DID SAY NOT TO DO THIS... DO NOT DO THIS... I SAID YEARS PRYOR... SCRAP THIS IDEA, PRETTY PLEASE... ONE MORE TIME YOU DID NOT LISTEN TO ME... THX BRO...

[@raygrange7312]

Engineers not understanding that we have to think nature before we build in seas. It's not finished and already it doesn't work. Shame.

[@XMarkxyz]

At this day it's actually working and with good results, the maintenence will be hard but it's better than the all city going underwater

[@itsmePassport]

Clearly dosnt work.. see november 2019

[@Michaelangelo91]

Why dont we just suck up the water put it in a rocket and launch it away from earth tht way the earth dont flood ik its a great idea lll take my world peace medal now

[@TEACHERSSEES]

Sorry you dont listen, still... hmmm

[@WilldoAldone]

How much money was spent on these 4 or 5 non-Italians learning lines and acting like experts on what Venice did wrong, but offer no solutions. Fill the first floors with cement and build up. In other words raise the level of everything 6 or more feet.

[@coronadog1708]

Let's not ask the Italian engeneers for a solution. They don't have the expertise and clearly don't think big enough like they did in Zeeland the Netherlands for instance. That massive flood barrier protects Zeeland for over 4 decades now!

[@josephsmith2063]

You are an ignoramus and dont know how successful Italy is with design. You Northern Europeans stole everything from Italy during the Renasaince. Read your history!

[@XMarkxyz]

You can't just build a wall, the lagoon lives with the flow of water if you enclose everything the all ecosystem would die and rot

[@coronadog1708]

@@XMarkxyz You don't understand. We didn't build a wall sir. We kept our lagoon open. It only shuts at spring tide. We made a moveble barrier that actually works and doesn't get influenced by moving sand like yours. Thinking sand doesn't move during tidel changes like Italian engineers though is a major fu.. up!

[@MagicNibor]

They should ask Bill Gates about this

[@joophaan132]

🤦‍♂️

[@paradoxfossils]

Just another political money exchange

[@yanelld.4220]

italian engineering and mafia.

[@endor8witch]

of course the project is busting deadlines. they're italians. they take too much time to enjoy life lol

[@sansaofrancisco9568]

💪😎👍🇧🇷

[@domdegood5376]

The mose is the most stupid opera in the world, its designed to stop sea water, but the high water comes in winter with the rain, from rivers, torrents and underground water.

[@XMarkxyz]

That's a good thought but rainwater from rivers can be held back with other systems already done made to contain the rivers, in normal condition the rainwater would normaly flow to the sea, its the wind that pushes the Adriatic water in the lagoon the principal cause of flooding

[@domdegood5376]

@@XMarkxyz Why it dosent push it in summer time?

[@tattabox]

Sounds like a typical Italian project. I don't see why everybody is surprised about this. Haha 😂

[@josephsmith2063]

Your just jealous cause you cannot afford a Ferrari! LOL

[@thatswhatshesaid.literally737]

🤔 Why doesn't everyone just move their homes up one floor, and leave the bottom floors in every single building as storage/garages for their boats? (Make sure they store everything in watertight containers though, of course.) Lol 😋 😐 The historical areas that need protecting (churches, etc.) can easily have a flood wall built around those immediate few buildings that will protect them and they wouldn't need to render the bottom floor unused.

[@yanelld.4220]

...visit venice. later on we will talk.

[@lewisdoherty7621]

Historically what occurred was that there was always some continuious subsidence and people would fill in their bottom floor with ruble and build a new floor on top. As a result archeologists have found several floors buried under the current buildings. But having historically important buildings, the bottom floor can't just be filled in and a new one built on top.

[@paulvanderzaal]

Italian engineering and corruption. Nice combo. Why would you ask the dutch or german?..... nahh

[@DavidColex]

Moses works brilliantly, the documentary is sensationalistic crap. The amount of sand that enters is negligible, and the material used is STAINLESS steel, the formations on the surface are not oxidation/rust, but microorganisms. What do the dutch and germans have to do with it? Do they have lagoons? Are they more intelligent then italians? No. 20 years of research preceeded the beginning of the construction, plus, if that would make you happier, the research team was international, with japanese experts as well, so no, you are all wrong.

[@valerianocuomo996]

Top engineering, holland it is inferior

[@valerianocuomo996]

This is a old woman bla bla