The Insane Plan to Build a Europe to Africa Tunnel

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[@SwissMedi]

Fun fact: The bridge of Messina became a meme in Sicily

[@sagarock5528]

For real?😂

[@comradekoupetorska4253]

Yeah, when infrastructure projects take so long to complete, memes are created. Here in Greece we have the metro of Thessaloniki, which has been "opened" 4 times, while the new airport in Berlin is STILL going through renovations

[@pr1sma370]

@@comradekoupetorska4253 even we germans make jokes about the berlin airport xD

[@user-kt1st4uu9x]

@@comradekoupetorska4253 in israel we make memes about our train system. its 100 years behind the rest of the world.

[@grantforester1864]

Comrade Koupetorska In Florida we have the I4 Eyesore, since they cant make the damned thing.

[@DemonzSlayer49]

Reallifelore: This is why this continent is often names 'World Island' I have never heard of that in my life

[@smilingearth5181]

Totally understandable--the phrase 'World Island' basically isn't used outside of fringe geopolitics.

[@solariangeopolitics9944]

Perhaps you should get out from the rock you’re living under?

[@flaminggaming3859]

Who's reallifelire?

[@flaminggaming3859]

@@koopadaquick9862 wdym the whole name or just lire

[@flaminggaming3859]

@@koopadaquick9862 ok

[@cameosix7077]

Reallifelore in 2050: The insane plan to build an elevator to Mars

[@Colayith]

@Chiu Pak Hei Alpha Most? You're implying that we're gonna migrate 4 Billion people on 29 years to another planet

[@cicero_21]

Real life lore in 2100: The insane plan to build a warp gate to andromeda

[@tintinyoutube2787]

200th like 👍

[@sidneywestcomb2994]

Yeah no. You need diamond for a regular space Tower what are you going to use for that anyways unobtanium

[@StanbyMode]

@Chiu Pak Hei Alpha stop dreaming

[@almerindaromeira8352]

If the refugee crisis taught me something is that most of Europe whishes that the Mediterranean was bigger

[@petarkukuljica4372]

brunti general lol who cares

[@kaiserwigglesiii2369]

@@bruntigeneral9081 *they You're forgetting that African rulers and slavers captured their own people for sale. And still do.

[@Drukharri_enjoyer]

@@bruntigeneral9081 there is no sea big enough for British empire

[@bruntigeneral9081]

@@kaiserwigglesiii2369 that doesn't justify slavery or colonialism

[@bruntigeneral9081]

@@Drukharri_enjoyer the british empire w as built on the backs of the African slave and the Asian forced labour

[@airwick4u]

There's a train from Rome to Sicily, it's just that the train itself is loaded onto a ferry

[@wolfpacktyper3869]

lol

[@NadDew]

you can't be serious 😂

[@alf.2929]

The always talked about but never built "Strait of Messina Bridge" is always on the drawing board from as far back as the Roman era but given corruption and whatnot the estimated cost would've been prohibitive to build one.

[@dsamajors]

Sounds like a big waste of money to me

[@Lazer-bp9lf]

LOL

[@redhidinghood9337]

Even if the tunnel/bridge was feasible, you wouldn't be connecting europe and africa; you would be connecting europe and Northe Africa. People underestimate the Sahara desert. Its pretty much a huge ocean dividing the African continent in 2.

[@eaglecut8475]

Ok neek

[@ysl1952]

Eagle cut saying that doesnt make you cool

[@MrPanda._.]

You can still drive through the Sahara

[@mikewizz1895]

@@MrPanda._. Whooosh

[@redhidinghood9337]

@@MrPanda._. on which highways? Maintained by who?

[@rageauto8623]

you forgot to mention how many Toyota corollas the length of the bridges would be

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

I have literally never in my life heard it called AfroEurAsia or world island. Growing up we were told that Eurasia is a single continent, because there's no distinct geographical boarder between them, but Africa is only connected to Eurasia through a narrow strip of land with a channel through it, just like central America with Panama channel, so it is a separate continent

[@striderwhiston9897]

That is an artifical canal, so it doesn't count.

[@peperillo]

A continent is a large mass of land separated by *OCEAN* so Afro-Eurasia is a continent, America too.

[@samuilzaychev9636]

@@peperillo I also think that it's like that so I like to count 4 continents: Afro-EuroAsia America Oceania Antarctica

[@goranpersson7726]

@@peperillo I mean yes that's one definition of the word, there's also the one that only cares about the tectonic plates aka, where eurasia comes from

[@toomanyopinions8353]

The channel is man made, and many cultures DO consider the Americas to be a single continent. The Panama canal is artificial too.

[@meneither3834]

0:49 it didn't affect history that much, the Mediterranean is easy to cross, the Sahara is a bigger hurdle.

[@redhidinghood9337]

Exactly

[@mukkaar]

Yeah, and road infrastructure and safety would be massive problem even outside Sahara.

[@declaniii6324]

Yeah. People forget that “Europe” wasn’t really a geopolitical area until recently. It was really the Mediterranean area. That’s why so many empires took that area over

[@kingzod8536]

Nations on the Sahara a green wall green Sahara plan, so overtime parts of the Sahara will be more populated than today, and as a whole easier to cross, but it will still be not easy.

[@meneither3834]

@@kingzod8536 well as far as I've heard the Green wall is more about stopping the desertification than actually turning the Sahara green.

[@sskuk1095]

Who would win: • one of earths biggest infrastructure projects connecting two entire continents • one little earthquake

[@MagikarpMan]

"little"

[@mcwatcher7790]

japan would like to have a word with you

[@masonr4590]

Bridge wouldn’t even be fully built before a tiny earthquake destroys it

[@alyagyzmova9252]

Stimme der Vernunft Quite frankly earthquakes don’t hit as hard underground, if it is a certain depth

[@anson_8352]

China: we don't even need a earthquake to tear down our bridges

[@finnrummygaming]

“The only land connection between Europe and Africa is around the Black Sea.” Istanbul: bro do I like not exist or something???

[@hollandvw4250]

Bosphorus : bro do I like not exist or something

[@alberto1481]

@@hollandvw4250 There is at least one bridge which conects Europe and Asia through the Bosphorus. In any case, to connect Asia and Africa you must cross the Suez Channel, which I guess is similar to cross the Bosphorus.

[@wiktorzmarz]

1:06 Refugees: "Write that down! Write that down!"

[@wetplant1748]

Next day Refugees: Let's take swimming lessons for "personal" reasons

[@ChristosPanagoulopoulos]

"Refugees"

[@arnoldbuskftw]

The most shocking thing in this video, is the fact that Italy has not yet built a bridge connecting Sicily

[@graveperil2169]

6 billion does feel like pocket change these days

[@KaiWut]

budget problems

[@andreariva623]

It's not that valuable since most people would still go to Sicily by boat

[@Rapper_skull]

We hate everything that's even remotely useful.

[@typhonium8355]

it's gonna be a disaster

[@peterroberts4415]

Most trade is done through sea travel so it's not that big of a deal

[@aes1373]

I think, its more of a movemant of people project. Granted, to travel from North Africa to South Europe you need a visa, but the Channel Tunnel in the English Channel has shown theres alot of demand, need and potential for movemant for random folk.

[@MrTohawk]

Rail is cheaper than shipping.

[@radddch3293]

You're right, but if you are like me and you have any difficulties in managing inter-continental mega projects there is Brilliant.

[@Kalleosini]

most trade is done over sea because of necessity, it would be a big deal.

[@setht593]

@@Kalleosini Yep, a road connection would be good but a rail connection would be amazing for connecting North Africa to Europe. I don't think Sub-Saharan Africa would benefit much for the same reason that most goods from China go by sea and not rail. Its cheaper for bulk goods.

[@HisShadow]

Seems like a massive amount of financial investment for no real benefit. Until Africa become a larger portion of the economy it isn't a sound investment.

[@Tjalve70]

This is probably the most sensible comment I have seen here so far. It is entirely possible to do it. But as long as it's not financially beneficial, there is no reason to build it.

[@robotnikkkk001]

=AFRICA CANNOT DO SO BECAUSE OF IT DOESNT HAVE TRANSPORTING POTENTIAL,AND POTENTIAL CAN APPEAR IF TO CONNECT BY RAILROAD =YOUR POINT IS LIKE "TO HAVE ACCESS TO MORE FOOD YOU'VE TO GROW BIG AND STRONG WHILE YOU'RE RECEIVING SO LITTLE FOOD TO ONLY SURVIVE FROM HUNGER,SO YOU MUST SOMEHOW,I DONT HOW,GROW BY YOURSELF AND AFTER YOU'LL GROW YOU'LL GET THE FOOD".....IT DOESNT SOUND GOOD,ISNT IT=?

[@Tjalve70]

@@robotnikkkk001 You make no sense. And stop shouting.

[@lukazupie7220]

Master Robotnik ships exist you know? 😂 If i go with the food... this is more like buying 1000m2 of land but you only have one seed to plant. And now you want 1000$ worth of equipment on top of that. Is it worth it? By your logic it is, because without equipment and land you can’t grow shit. Which is true, but just by buying those 2, seeds won’t magically appear. This comparison is even kind of favorable for you, because we can easily transport goods with ship while growing food without any equipment is hard.

[@yucol5661]

It make more money for Europe’s companies to make roads in Africa. Less investment and more return.

[@mchambers4376]

No sure why the hell you'd need a tunnel under the Mediterranean when they've had perfectly good shipping lane for the past 4,000 years!

[@sammybeaver9130]

Because boats are old news, we want to drive from cape town to paris or berlin

[@TheNotverysocial]

@@sammybeaver9130 Total dingbat idea what with all those fault lines about, to say nothing of the tremendous costs. Better to settle with what you've got. I presume this is sarcasm.

[@sammybeaver9130]

@@TheNotverysocial true

[@mloutfi3020]

Bcz Europe need to steal frome Africa as much as they can China is there and well no place for Europe (Africa is the key of human survival)

[@markkelly5900]

dont you realize how much shipping cost and to meantane and u can police more efectedley

[@finnishdoomguy]

*Doesn't hear Skillshare in the start of the video* "impossible."

[@donut.roblxx3413]

Ikr 😂

[@donut.roblxx3413]

I was the 69th like 😳

[@jessicalau1123]

@@donut.roblxx3413 nice

[@ahyan14]

Finn yeah dude but now it is dashalne

[@semprocarnage]

brilliant , dashlane , skillshare.....

[@otverbruggen2103]

Next video: the insane plan to drain the Mediterranean with Toyota Corollas

[@Elijah-pf9gi]

I love that plan lol

[@Ar-pz4cp]

I love that plan lol

[@joku1000000]

I love that plan lol

[@chilln0648]

I love that plan lol

[@agamer81]

I love that plan lol

[@jamessummers5946]

RRL: Europe, Asia and Africa are all technically connected with one another" Suez Canal: am I a joke to you?

[@Tjalve70]

In this respect, yes. You are a joke to us, Suez Canal.

[@wheneggsdrop1701]

There are bridges across and it isn't natural.

[@kafuchino3435]

suez canal are man made meaning you are a joke to us

[@jossanecassar8683]

KafuChino well water is water mate.

[@kafuchino3435]

@@jossanecassar8683 i know but apparently a manmade canal between two mainland counts as a border of two continents

[@kyriljordanov2086]

The last thing Europe needs is a tunnel leading straight from North Africa to Spain.

[@youmakeuhmesomoisty]

they can dig it directly to germoney for all the pursuited north africans!

[@effexon]

Fun fact: spaniards drove crazy islamists away from that peninsula before Spain was born in medieval times. South of spain was like Morocco today, very islamic region.

[@diegogervasoni3432]

@@youmakeuhmesomoisty germoneyy loool... but why tho? Germany is good :)

[@siamotuttiugualieveryoneis3676]

Its amazing europe need this And a sidewalk then when im in sicily i can walk to africa

[@amireinav6481]

So all of the migrants will run to Europe

[@FingeringThings]

Europe: *Thinks about going to Africa again* Africa: Oh no

[@rares_ic]

We are back!

[@TheElvisnator]

*_Mr. Worldwide_*

[@Arsenico971]

Actually what is happening is the other way round.

[@dbk7713]

meanwhile america - noooooo its happening again

[@jellyjade9390]

Hello 🖕🏻

[@karlcraftplayskc3776]

There's an earthquake in the way Japan: *Pathetic*

[@Batman-jc8to]

Indonessia: Ametaurs

[@sanjeevanshashitaran9879]

@@Batman-jc8to old old indoensia:mortals

[@jmbrownell9]

Awesome video! I had no idea that there isn’t an existing bridge between Sicily and the Italian mainland. That’s why I love this channel! I learn something new every day!

[@MohcineJabairi]

Fun fact: I've been at the edge of Tangier where u can see with your eyes Spain, the 14km between both Morocco and Spain is very close and we've been hearing about a tunnel/bridge since 90s.

[@georgs.6278]

If they used brilliant, the bridge would have been built.

[@dbzkidkev2]

Where they can solve complex tasks in small bite sized chunks

[@shindari]

Brilliant is going to put Universities out of business eventually. Literally anybody on the internet, if they wanted to, could receive a college education at less than a fraction of the cost! That being said, the problem with linking Europe to North Africa, by way of the Mediterranean, is damn near impossible to even think about doing. Even if you know all of the math, geography, and science, required for such a construction to even be more than a "daydream," no one with burnable income will really want to do it, because the Mediterranean Sea is one of the world's most ACTIVE geological fault-systems (almost as active as the Pacific Rim, when you look at the sheer number of earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, that have happened in the Med, in the past 100 years alone)! In short, even if you could get a tunnel/bridge built in one of these two proposed areas... it wouldn't last very long. And any loss of life during a major seismic event would be CATASTROPHIC! In short, boats already make transition between the two continents normal, and feasible. They are far safer for casual travelers. And they just make financially, economically, and scientifically, a billion times more sense! Tunneling the Mediterranean is a fantasy. It will never be anything more than that. Besides, in about a thousand years, Europe and Africa will be connected above sea-level anyway, when Morocco slams into the southern tip of Spain, after a massive catastrophic Earthquakes squishes the two continents together. So really... all mankind as to do is WAIT...

[@DMVPlanespotter]

And used rll’s code 💯

[@gonzaa5809]

No

[@ahyan14]

The Driver take a course on skillshare

[@Swuiddy0086]

Realifelore: *Highlights Sicily as part of the landmass of afro Eurasia despite it being an island* Also realifelore: "Part of Naples is an island"

[@Batman-jc8to]

Hes dumb

[@lzh4950]

Reminds me of how Palawan Beach is claimed to have the "southern most point of continential Asia" when it's on the island of Sentosa off the island of Singapore, which itself is 1km south of western/peninsular Malaysia's coastline

[@madhavkodoth3288]

channels name - RealLifeLore content: stuff that would never happen in real life

[@Baal3033]

"Europe, Asia and Africa are all connected by land" Suez Canal: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@ramanadn]

Suez is man made!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@matthewdesrochers4581]

Wull... yeah but that still effectively separates Africa from Eurasia.

[@mohammedafsal3362]

It's more like a river buddy you cannot see suize in map.

[@ramanadn]

Continents are separated by natural bodies of water

[@kousvetkousvet4158]

@@ramanadn so if humans build for example a 50km canal beetween Asia and Africa it still wouldn't be separated? And what do ho3y mean with natural? Everything that humans do is technically natural.

[@AlexHand]

I feel like the last thing Europe wants right now is an easier way to get there from North Africa.

[@sacrebleuthedeadlypokeofzo8566]

It's the last thing Europe's people want...but it's the first thing the international billionaires funding Europe's political leaders want, and that's all that matters. :(

[@LegendNinja41]

@@sacrebleuthedeadlypokeofzo8566 i mean, getting a foodhold in Africa is definitely in our interests (hopefully this time in a better manner), there's a reason why every big player is interested in africa, wether it's Usa, China or Russia. It's a huge continent with sooner or later 2-4 Billion people and it won't forever make up only 3% of Global GDP.

[@abandonedchannel281]

Morocco is on good terms with Europe, most illegal immigration comes from Libya

[@SilverWave64]

@@abandonedchannel281 Then why are there so many people climbing over the border fence from Morocco to Spain?

[@MaSsiVeGaming1]

@@abandonedchannel281 Then why do so many Moroccans enter Portugal and Spain illegally then go missing?

[@WoaHusko]

Cries in Australia Has to take a plane to get to south east Asia

[@says101]

oh hi fellow robloxian!

[@lina.998]

well Russia is so freaking big that you basically have to take a plane as well if you live in Central Europe even if there‘s a connection by land 😅 the time investment is just no comparison

[@mohamedhazzam9370]

@@lina.998 yeah true

[@andrecarvalho1339]

Australia is basically an archipelago with some cities in the west Perth in the east and the Emuland in the middle Edit: Perth is in the west I am good with knowing where places are but not with east and west

[@kanojune5754]

I have to take a plane to get to my country capital :)

[@MudhaffarAdhwa]

That's actually very interesting. I'm Indonesian so the thought of these bridge/tunnel megaprojects is always there. Particularly between Java and Sumatera.

[@GeraldM_inNC]

Beautifully explained, thanks.

[@mugge47]

The fact that the bridge from Mainland Italy to Sicily was even planned, twice, is pretty epic I hope they build it one day

[@bibox9487]

for more than 50 years politicians have said they want to build it and use it as electoral propaganda. The money to build it is used to repair other dilapidated infrastructure

[@MainulWasTaken]

in sha allah

[@Adomas_B]

RLL viewers hearing about engineering projects in Mediterranean: Hey, I've seen this one What do you mean, it's brand new!

[@nahx6205]

Just drain the med smh

[@jsgwam]

@@nahx6205 no me like med 😤

[@GodwynDi]

@@nahx6205 The dams could have roads across them as well. Every problem solved

[@nahx6205]

atlantropa intensifies

[@chrisryedk]

It would be a huge waste of money to build something like that, bridge or tunnel. There's simply no economic incentive to do so as seen from the European perspective. It would also further escalate the problems of migrants fleeing the African continent

[@wheneggsdrop1701]

You think there would be police or even an army watching and also dogs can sniff people in cars so smuggling them in trucks or cars is near useless and let's nit forget that the sahara is huge and stop many sub-sharan from coming and north africa is way better then sub-sharan if you don't look at libya and or even Egypt which have some decomracy problems the people west of libya are taking action and having better government morocco and Tunisia are doing great but Algeria has it problems.

[@SkylarsTerribleMemes]

Would it not give an economic boost to Africa and potentially remove a reason for migrants to flee?

[@wheneggsdrop1701]

@@SkylarsTerribleMemes the ferries exist but if there is train and trucking which is cheaper because gas is cheap and labour in Africa which means the trucking is cheaper sometimes. So yes and no or Yesn't

[@anis8879]

@@wheneggsdrop1701 Lmao what are you even on about ? Countries like Morocco send twice as many migrants than anyone else , and that's only counting their population. Morocco's a shithole compared to the others

[@wheneggsdrop1701]

@@anis8879 Compared to sub-sharan africa it is doing well and I have to say that moroccan immigrants come legally and we are talking about illegal ones. It is doing great in the sense of reform 2.

[@ianbokas6761]

Been a huge fan for years brother. I live in Plano. You should come for some disk golf and beers with my buddy and I. We love you dude!

[@GamesCooky]

The real question is: "Who would want to pay for something like this?" It's probably cheaper for that country to just export by ship. Also i'm pretty sure this would make illegal immigration a bigger problem than it already is.

[@DS9TREK]

It wouldn't make illegal immigration any easier. There's the Channel Tunnel between England and France, but illegals still travel by small boat or by hiding in a lorry that goes on a ferry.

[@benwasson7]

DS9TREK but there aren’t many people trying to escape England or France

[@GamesCooky]

@@DS9TREK They use different methods to get into Europe. What's your point?

[@FreedLOD]

@@DS9TREK they just buy a train ticket from Africa to Germany then and say hello, I want asylum... It's good that they have to swim now

[@DS9TREK]

@@benwasson7 thousands each day try to get from France to England, and they choose the sea because it's harder to police than a tunnel or bridge.

[@Zhuk-zc8es]

RLL: Starts talking about physics and stuff, VIEWERS: A sh*t here we go again

[@simonkvien7766]

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[@paco3523]

Taking about bridges and tunnels is talking about physics

[@randomname5585]

honestly, after his "How Earth’s Geography Will Change With Climate Change" video, he lost all credibility to me.

[@orion1983uk]

Really enjoyed this video. Next time you do one of these could you do the "Insane Plan" to build a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland?

[@hobermallow5841]

The advertiser segways are so smooth that I find myself expecting almost every sentence to somehow segway into Brilliant or Square Space toward the end.

[@Noobsaibot21]

0:12 - North and South America are physically connected too. Just impassable by vehicles at this time. Be interested to see some theories to get over the Darien gap. Capurganá in colombia is only 50km across water to Playa Bobalito (also Colombia). Perhaps Panama can slice a road over to Capurganá from Santa Fé? There's another video :)

[@jasonstephen7564]

Didn't he already make a video on the Darien gap?

[@solomon_gafc8310]

It’s very possible to build a road through the Darien gap. It’s not been done mostly because of environmental issues.

[@siddharthmishra48]

I think he may already have made a video on this

[@bigbitch584]

Noobsaibot21 he never said they weren’t,,,

[@alekzamonski1179]

BigBitch “but only 3 of those 7 are actually connected

[@franrossTV]

Someone: "Hey let's connect Africa and Italy with a tunnel" Salvini: "Wait. That's illegal."

[@JohnVKaravitis]

Why illegal?

[@AndreaTerenziani]

Conte: [uses the Recovery Fund to build the megatunnel to Tunisia] Italian right-wing parties: [die of seizures]

[@AndreaTerenziani]

@@JohnVKaravitis he is basically the Italian trump And his Mexico is Africa/African immigrants

[@MrTohawk]

@@JohnVKaravitis Salvini is a rightwing politician who hates on migration.

[@TheMagicJIZZ]

@@MrTohawk ilegal

[@sofiad1337]

I love your geographic videos, keep going

[@teajay19]

7:19 notice the Alaska flag on the ship and the time being 7:19 my birthday is on July 19th and I’m an Alaskan that’s one hell of a coincidence

[@createyourownfuture3840]

When I stopped to read the comments I was at 7:18

[@fordmustnagisbestcarath5046]

that clip was taken on 19/7

[@4piousmen]

Who would win: *one of earths biggest infrastructure projecis connecting two entire continents* or *one shaky boi*

[@astrick1768]

When you consider that there is a dormant supervolcano comprising the Bay of Naples.

[@randomname5585]

@@astrick1768 when you consider that if the super volcano erupts it will cause alot more problems not just for the bridge.

[@randomguynolonger727yearsa9]

@@randomname5585 when you consider its an erupting volcano, causing earthquakes, causing tsunamis, causing more fatalities over the world, and the sound will kill everyone near it as it erupts.

[@sajanavithanapathirana6761]

Norwegian technology + Japanese technology = Bridge/Tunnel at the Strait of Gibraltar

[@NorwayTheCountryball]

I live in norway

[@Auden.]

Mozambique here

[@NorwayTheCountryball]

@@Auden. ok

[@MarloSoBalJr]

It's NOT the technological disadvantages though, it's the financial impact government's care about. If nothing is being valued in return, it's not worth their time

[@Sander00]

🇳🇴💪🏻

[@zakariazaki7513]

Thanks for video keep going 🤠 greeting from Morocco

[@daddyleon]

0:30 wait, why is Sicily part of Afro-Eurasia but something like Calabria (the toe-part of "Italy's boot") not? (Same for that tiny bit of Norway's western part.)

[@reeckoyoshi5887]

It was probably just a mistake when making the map.

[@jervinsevilla6677]

Also many lakes and small gulfs seem to be removed...

[@MaxPicAxe]

Ireland apparently aint part of europe

[@Yanzdorloph]

@@MaxPicAxe technicaly all the uk is its own big island, not part of the mainland

[@stefat740]

0:56 you go from greece to turkey via land and then cross the Bosporus and go to Afrika

[@setht593]

Yes, but I think he was only trying to use natural land connections. You can only cross the bosphourus because of a . . . . . . bridge.

[@lucasjardimsena]

@@setht593 same with the Suez canal

[@setht593]

@@lucasjardimsena Yes but unlike the bosphourus the Sinai was a landbridge that was modified by a canal. So we only need a bridge because we built a river. Splitting hairs I know, but it explains his anlaysis.

[@SuperKafooo]

@@setht593 Goodluck getting to sinai from israel. Heck,, good luck entering israel in the first place.

[@q12aw50]

Afrika

[@AD-jq7ow]

There's no plan to build a road between Europe and Africa! Can you imagine the migrating problems?

[@yucol5661]

Yes, because it’s sooooo hard to check for passports in a literal tunnel with only one way in and one way out. The migration problems are societal, no wall will solve them

[@buzzlightyear1010]

Yussef you realize that the main way people illegally migrate to the uk is by them hiding inside of trucks and ships right?

[@DrifterMW]

They hide in big trucks and under cars and cross illegally. Also tunnel would only split the territory forces that work on the sea immigrants on boats

[@Kratatch]

@@yucol5661 They dont bring passports they toss them and scream "ASYLUM!" and then we have the inbred retarded left that claim they must be allowed in permantly because reasons. A brige/tunnel like this would never be built and if anyone tried it woiuld be bombed by basicly everyone.

[@alessandroperra7542]

A lot of problems now whitout the bridge...

[@mscompare1837]

*Thanks for your information*

[@reallyreally1067]

5:10 "...construction of four islands..." I only count three.

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

Wrong, there are five islands.

[@elliot7753]

Well done you can count

[@hardlyfunny]

Elliot and YOU can count, on seeing me in the parking lot!

[@reallyreally1067]

@@imveryangryitsnotbutter Not sure how you got to five.

[@reallyreally1067]

@@elliot7753 well done you can see.

[@The_Horse-leafs_Cabbage]

Africa has nearly 1.3 billion people. Wow, I can remember seeing a poster from my middle school geography class from 14 years ago talking about Africa having 800 million or so. Statistics like that makes you realize how much the world can change Pretty neat

[@mareksykora5197]

Africa muliplies its population by two every 60 years.

[@LegendNinja41]

fun fact, or not so fun: India's population increased by 1 Billion in just 70 Years.

[@llamingo696]

@You're fake and gay The population pyramid ted Ed shows how the natality birth rate changes around the globe

[@AICW]

@You're fake and gay And then there's China, which forced its population not to have kids and has ruined itself demographically for the next fifty years.

[@SuperSMT]

And all that for only 3% of the world economy!

[@yahyafati]

Smooth Transition to the ad. Kudos.

[@kelvinyonger8885]

For a bridge at Gibraltar could you use floating sections, to avoid the depth problem?

[@user-kt1st4uu9x]

afro-eur-asia: *exist* suez canal: "im gonna end this man's all career"

[@lourencovieira313]

There are bridges over it lol

[@Skankhunt668]

@@lourencovieira313 still doesn't make it one

[@mariepierrenarr7784]

A canal doesn't constitute a continental border, at least not in a geographical sense, because it's only manmade. It isn't the Panama Canal that divides North America and South America either.

[@lourencovieira313]

@@mariepierrenarr7784 facts

[@cfltheman]

@@mariepierrenarr7784 If you consider Panama part of North America only and Colombia as part of South America only, then there is no real division between the two continents.

[@user-cu3xd5vo9d]

“Earth has around 7 continents.” Zealandia:

[@sirdancelot4098]

Nah, Zealandia drowned.

[@danieljessop7140]

@@sirdancelot4098 lol exactly.

[@user-cu3xd5vo9d]

@Whopping Dopping yes, there might as well be 2,147,483,647 continents.

[@taotaoliu2229]

*Gurgling noises

[@randomname5585]

might as well call every ocean a continent now shall we? calling Zealandia a continent is like calling hawaii-landia a continent

[@sebastianweinholdt707]

«Only 104 kilometers apart» Well we defines “only” in two different ways…

[@solost4842]

I just love how he connects his sponsor with the whole video idea as if it is nothing

[@D0P1C3]

4:50 mediterranean sea is now mediterranean ocen

[@knowinglife4727]

Loll

[@technicalamanullah7019]

😂😂

[@alexdel5629]

"Congratulations, your mediterranean sea has evolved into the mediterranean ocean"

[@ledtargaouschi5831]

In the end, seas are oceans.

[@pableitor2009]

Spain and Morocco be like "So close, yet so far"

[@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986]

There’s already two Spanish towns in Morocco called Ceuta and Melilla

[@Quintinohthree]

@@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986 No there aren't. Those towns are in Spain.

[@uranus8112]

Quintinohthree yes but no

[@uranus8112]

Quintinohthree they border Morocco

[@alfrredd]

@@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986 In Africa*, It's not Moroccan land.

[@tasoslts3480]

And other than that, there isn't enough demand for traveling or going between Europe and Africa, enough to build such megacolossal projects.

[@Unnamed7964]

It wont be for travelling, it will be used for cheaper trade, shipping and transportation

[@thijmstickman8349]

I think the idea is that it will be used for cheaper freight transport, meaning the large north African labour market can be used in manufacturing (like china but closer)

[@businessguide6219]

Reliable and humurous, the kind of resource I'm looking for!

[@alfrredd]

Actually, for political reasons the most probable bridge would be between the Spanish city in Africa " Ceuta" and Mainland Spain. Moroco-Spain bridge would be harder to control and the countries don't have that good relationship to just let everyone pass through.

[@Omar-mh8yn]

the moroccan° city of Ceuta occupied by spain since reconquista.

[@alfrredd]

@@Omar-mh8yn Morocco didn't exist when Ceuta was conquered, so it's never been Moroccan.

[@Omar-mh8yn]

@@alfrredd open some history books man . Morocco is the oldest nation state of the Mediterranean! Even Spanish archives admit the existence of Morocco as a Muslim nation state since 9th century … I’m not even considering pre-Islamic era as Mauretania but anyway…

[@phoque022]

The highway 99 tunnel in Seattle was built to withstand earthquakes up to a 9.0. I think it's entirely possible for a tunnel to be built between Spain and Morocco

[@adimenon1060]

The transition to the brilliant ad was impeccable.

[@SPIRITVOXPARANORMALDUNDEE]

Hi there yt suggested your channel to us and we are here to stay hello from the crew here in Scotland 👋🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Mr_Valentin.]

After thinking about this for 2 minutes I guess transportation by ships is the best option

[@PassportBro_]

no transportation at all is the best option

[@Mr_Valentin.]

@@PassportBro_ After examining your reply I have come to a conclusion, that you dislike the state of having imigrantes in your country of origin, but ferries require tourist visas thus they transport tourists only, and if you also dislike tourists or you think that tourism is just an excuse for different nationality personals to live in your country illegally then it's no use of getting rid of ferry transportation when there are airports and flights from anywhere to everywhere basically.

[@animePico]

Did you know *The Kola Superdeep Borehole was the longest and deepest borehole in the world for nearly 20 years. However, in May 2008,Al Shaheen oil field in Qatar was drilled to 12,289 m (40,318 ft), with a record horizontal reach of 10,902 m (35,768 ft) in only 36 days.*

[@XnoobSpeakable]

I didnt know that

[@pranavkondapalli9306]

not really

[@NadDew]

How many foreign workers died during the drilling of that oil field?

[@fordfungus6113]

the only good educational channel out there

[@mercame]

RLL: Strait of Gibraltar and Sicily. Turkey: Am I a joke to you?

[@Tjalve70]

Is Turkey in Africa? No? Didn't think so.

[@Yanzdorloph]

@@Tjalve70 dont poke the bear, they are already involved heavely in Lybia, we dont realy want them bak in africa

[@Batman-jc8to]

@Josip damnnn

[@smh4190]

@@Yanzdorloph the main reason turkey is helping the libyan government is to get more supporters for the medditeranian sea issue with greece, because greece made deals with egypt, israel etc. turkey has to do the same

[@Yanzdorloph]

@@smh4190 yeah I've been reading on the matter recently, I'm usualy against turkey, but on this matter of the Mediterranean sea, I'm on turkey's side, its ridiculous, and you know whats more ridiculous, the greeks crying all over the internet, that turkey wana steal they sea

[@alexdel5629]

"If you think it's easy to build a bridge between places like Sicily to Italy..." that's kinda hilarious when you say "Sicily to Italy", it sounds like Sicily is a country by itself and not one of Italy's regions😂

[@Loveyou-ir7il]

Technically Sicily is considered a state region by itself

[@alexdel5629]

@@Loveyou-ir7il Still Italy though.

[@salamdoodey8675]

Alessandro De Luca he’s saying geographically not politically but i get what you’re saying

[@alexdel5629]

@@salamdoodey8675 I know, but geographically speaking "Italy" means nothing, it's a politcal concept. It should be "Sicily to the rest of Italy" but whatever, I was just saying.

[@MarloSoBalJr]

It's the same way with mainland USA and Alaska or Hawai'i or Puerto Rico. Onlu way into Alaska is via Canada; Hawai'i is dead center in the ocean; Puerto Rico is in the Carribean surrounded by a numerous chain of islands, so saying Sicily with mainland Italy is the correct way of explaining things

[@nikolajankovic96]

Did he just say that Sicily channel is "an open ocean"??

[@Kalleosini]

yes he did, americans you know.

[@denek723]

Now he's asked allowed to a honest mistake. Let's not assume RLL is just another American just because it's being delivered by an American. The World Untied

[@yizao9289]

Invayduhh Zym United*

[@carljones4179]

He's not entirely wrong, you get what he means

[@Trolovinski]

Ebon Hawk still smarter than you

[@davidprentice2015]

I’ve seen some suggestions in other places to basically suspend a tunnel under water from a bunch of floating structures rather than going all the way to be bottom. Not sure how earthquake resistant that would be though.

[@mariusdesu1633]

I think it would be feasible to build damn/reclaim land at that ~300m deep ~25km part of the ocean, it would be robust enough to not be effected by earthquakes to dangerous levels, and would also give a protection from rising sea levels, and it should cost similarly as tunnel or bridges because of cheaper material and easier construction, and mediterranean sea would be usable as big water battery if there was ever a need. There was even a crazy proposal before of building a damn and draining part of the sea to reclaim land, but it was scraped because of obvious reasons.

[@wolfpacktyper3869]

Me: i'm just going to take a boat Lets check the schedule Guy: next boat in nine hours Me: faints

[@espiovisi1931]

European here, no thank you.

[@raccoonmoustache]

French here, we need to nope the fuck out of that.

[@youssefbenkraiem2685]

@@raccoonmoustache Tunisian here, we need to yep th fuck out of that

[@drugslover5812]

aight so you rly think that north Africa is the problem. we get almost as much refugees as France gets in Egypt from sub-saharan Africa and we have the Sahara desert between us, a way bigger hurdle to cross than the Mediterranean

[@mm-rj3vo]

Why not a bouyant floating bridge? With super deep, underwater weight stabilizers, which can swivel to face into currents and catamaran style super long, far from the center of weight side stabilizers, it wouldn't need to actually have giant pillars... Plus, floating guard stations, emergency road vehicles and boats in case of emergency. Also, it could be built of segments which are capable of being removed and replaced, or isolated for repair, with diversion being fully possible through said emergency vehicles and, perhaps, a ferry between segments.

[@johnbennett1465]

Here is an idea on how to deal with the depth at Gibraltar. Only dig deep enough to avoid problems with surface traffic, waves, etc. Then connect the two ends with a "floating" tunnel. It would need shock absorption and expansion joints at the ends, but the main section would be shielded from the worst of the shaking of earthquakes. It would probably also need cables and buoyancy control to properly control its position. Even with these requirements, it seems much easier than either tunneling all the way under or building a bridge over the straights. So engineers, is there some major problem I am overlooking?

[@domenicobulzis4397]

BRUH that's my map at 5:13

[@hughbowden5696]

He should give you credit smh

[@LegendNinja41]

*our* map.

[@maricelatejeda8002]

@@LegendNinja41 *no*

[@andreagullo1700]

I live in the city of Messina in Sicily and I can assure you all that such a huge bridge between Sicily and Italian peninsula will never really be built in the next few decades, even though our politicians keep mentioning it quite frequently from decades, also no Italian government ever even mentioned the possibility of a tunnel between Sicily and Tunisia...

[@Mr152008]

If we're talking about tunnel connections I think we should include bridges: 0:52 - Should be worth noting that Turkey has bridges that makes circling the Black Sea not necessary. 4:54 - Also, I appreciate you pointing out the needed bridge between Sicily & the Italian Peninsula.

[@tobiwan196]

Also a floating submerged tunnel has been discussed across the strait of Gibraltar. The first such tunnel is also being built in Norway at the moment. Let's see whether it works out...

[@ethanoverwatch407]

Polly bridge has got me ready for engineering this one.

[@mentalmarvin]

Never in my life would I ever expect RealLifeLore to mention Randaberg

[@Freshy2811]

May I ask for some of the sources you used? Would like to read more about said theoretical and actual projects :)

[@ianbokas6761]

I live in Plano dude, been a huge fan for years. You should let my buddy and I take you for disk golfing and beer sometime soon

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

7:20 That’s not the Tunis ferry, it’s an Alaska state ferry. You can tell by the flag on the funnel

[@CRbounce]

After the migration crises in 2015 it's fair to say any potential bridge (even if economic and engineering sides are met) just wouldn't sit well with the citizens of Southern Europe. Spain, Italy and Greece already struggle with undocumented migrants, a majority of which get through via short crossings from North Africa. Why would any functional and responsible government ever consider linking up with such a region? As stated in the video, there really isnt any economic advantage to such a bridge, meaning the transportation of people in one direction would be the principle purpose.

[@MysteriousFigure]

well, that and the fact that one of the 2 bridges would have many diplomatic tensions to deal with (i.e. Gibraltar and Spain, even if the tunnel does not go through Gibraltar itself, they have territorial waters, and Morroco and Spain, due to Ceuta and Melilla), so your only option would be to try and build between Italy and Tunisia in what is a massively busy shipping channel.

[@Tjalve70]

@@MysteriousFigure Morocco already have land borders with Spain. As you mention. So why would they have a problem with a third (fourth?) land border with Spain? They probably wouldn't care to pay for the tunnel though. Not unless they get benefits from it. And that's the issue. No country would pay for such a project unless it's profitable in some way.

[@MysteriousFigure]

@@Tjalve70 they would have a problem, as they already don't like having a border with Spain via Ceuta and Meillia, as they believe that the lkand involved is theirs, so its not like Morocco and Spain are the best of pals, hence why they wouldn't want another land border, which is more so evident if you look at the border fencing Spain has used for the territories, so its not like they are particularly open and free

[@Tjalve70]

@@MysteriousFigure You're making assumptions here. A tunnel from Morocco to Spain would be something completely different from having Ceuta and Melilla there. And I'm pretty sure the Moroccans would understand that.

[@merrymachiavelli2041]

I highly doubt a bridge or tunnel between Africa and Europe would make much difference to illegal immigration. Migration control on a bridge or tunnel is relatively easy - there is a single point of exit. It would almost certainly still be far easier, and more cost-effective, for people smugglers to pile people onto old boats and make the trip over the Mediterranean.

[@solascripturaPR1517]

I'd definitely be game to walk (& jog) that 392km suspension bridge. Hellavu workout.

[@LegendNinja41]

One possible way is also a connection from the northern most point of Tunisia, not to Sicilly but to Sardinia and then through Corsica which is just 12km apart and from Corsica, then from there on to Italy or France, both are not to far away from Corsica. Although, the water between France and Corsica is very deep, the water between Italy and Corsica not so much, wether it's North Italy to North Corsica or East Corsica to the Italian Westcoast, would probably be easier. There's also a couple of Islands between Corsica and Italy which could be included in a project. The Pros of this are better connectivity of Sardinia and Corsica to Europe while connecting Africa and Europe, which is of advantage to Italy and France, Sardinia makes up about 7-8% of Italys Landarea but has only 3% of it's population, Corsica makes up about 1.5% of the Land area of France but has only 0,5% of it's population, both Islands are also relatively poor. Another Pro is that through a connection this way you're faster at the ''sweet spot'', from North Italy is not far away from the big markets/countries, close to France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Slovenia, Czech and Italy itself, from a connection through the strait of Gibraltar you're only close to Spain, Portugal and France. One of the main Cons are that French people might not like that Corsica is connected to Italy by Bridge or Trains.

[@seikki882]

I have now watched reallifelores every video

[@runsintheforrest1364]

What would Europe gain from a tunnel/bridge to Africa?

[@shitlordflytrap1078]

The same thing Europe gains from a tunnel to the British isles.

[@TheMagicJIZZ]

@@shitlordflytrap1078 But what exactly

[@graveperil2169]

@@TheMagicJIZZ instead of loading the lorry's on to a boat you load them on to a train carriage, you get a better meal and view on the boat

[@othmanbettach2665]

Africa is the continent of the future, all superpowers are racing to take a bite from the cake, youne labour, developping economies, rich ressources...etc, so a bridge would increase the gains both for Europe and Morocco as it will assure the flux of people, products and ressources...etc

[@graveperil2169]

@@othmanbettach2665 Africa is as its always been a place to plunder just now its the Chinese time. Just out of interest how does Africa fair in a global warming situation?

[@supasimon]

watched this on nebula and wondered why it cut out so abruptly at the end. I just realized that its because the brilliant ad was cut

[@georgedowns4034]

love vid but would be nice if u could include the other measurements as well

[@user-gx2mg9yf6r]

That would be quite the crime infested tunnel

[@smuu1996]

My (german) compromise solution: Fill up the gap between Spain and Morocco and build a new artificial canal there. Thus, you get both a place where cou can easily build a bridge and boats can still cross. Just steal all the dirt, rock and sand you need to fill the hole from the moroccon desert and the russian tundra. Take it where it won't be missed, and nobody gets pissed!

[@budisoemantri2303]

Russian tundra? The shipping fee must be high

[@thepeoplestightend1939]

SBSTN DRKS Nah but to get that much dirt or sand would be a pain. Also, since it is underwater, there would be some sort of erosion which would affect the sand or dirt, thus altering the construction of the tunnel.

[@airwick4u]

Wait a minute, wasn't that the German Atlantropa project?

[@justinh6651]

@@airwick4u I'm pretty sure it wasnt german but this does sound suspiciously atlantropa like

[@smuu1996]

@@budisoemantri2303 Employ eastern europeans, you only have to pay them half.

[@vmkunnari]

How about video about Helsinki-Tallinn -tunnel. Even it sounds unnecessary to connect to rather small capitals, it is going forward slowly. Helsinki is Europes busiest passenger port, surprisingly, so maybe it makes sense though.

[@scotth6814]

You should have used a map that shows depths of the ocean floor. 1:06 you don't have to go that far around, I think there are bridges at Istanbul. Regarding connecting Sicily to Italy: why build a suspension bridge? Use a floating bridge with a raised section for ships to pass under. That's what we have across our local lake. Or use a design like The Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island. Regarding connecting Africa: why build a bridge at all if it is only 3% of the world economy?

[@typhonium8355]

the world : builds a bridge connecting tunisia and italy tunisians : Adventure Time !

[@harounzriba9025]

Sad yet so true

[@Loveyou-ir7il]

As a tunisian it's sad