The Red Sea Dam: Generating 50x the Power of a Nuclear Plant

In 2007, a group of scientists proposed building a 100-kilometer-long dam across the Red Sea that would generate 50 gigawatts of electricity. Discover how it works, how it could help the environment, the obstacles the project faces, and what it would take to build it in this exciting video.
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[@mattpeacock5208]

This sounds like an ecological disaster way beyond any carbon offset.

[@SerginhoPMoura]

Well I've heard some bad ideas to solve energy shortage problems in my life but this surely takes the cake.

[@RandomTrinidadian]

So ..... They want to dam to one of most important trade routes???

[@stian1236]

This makes the line seem like a very good idea.....There is so many downsides that i dont even know where to begin

[@kilo6490]

No chance in hell they can build that for $200 Billion. No way. It would push $1 Trillion easily.

[@nicholaskotlarczyk6131]

Would it not be cheaper in concrete and material usage to make 50 nuclear power plants ?

[@leaguemastergg3647]

This idea makes The Line look like a work of genius.

[@thechosenone1533]

When I read the title I thought this idea was crazy. But after watching the video I think it's downright insane.

[@V3RTIGO222]

Maybe we should just make 50 nuclear reactors instead?

[@BearsTrains]

This should have its own channel - Megastupidprojects

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

On top of the huge ecological impact, the Red Sea is also one of the most important sea trade routes in the world. And we all saw what the Ever Given did to Suez trade back in 2021! This reminds me of how disastrous China's mass-building dam policy was. During the Great Leap Forward, China built 62 dams in Henan with the help of Soviet experts. The construction of the dams focused heavily on the goal of retaining water and overlooked their capacities to prevent floods, while the quality of the dams was also compromised due to the Great Leap Forward. Not to mention, the "Learn from Dazhai in agriculture" campaign destroyed forest cover. I think you can see where this is going.

[@Morndenkainen]

I don't particularly understand this brand of stupidity, but I do admire their total commitment to it...

[@theenergizer248]

I am planning to build a dam from Alaska to Antartica, right through the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

[@bbbb98765]

Not a hope in hell of getting countries to agree to borking the Suez canal.

[@furanduron4926]

The guy who thought this one up: "Man, I should do something stupid today."

[@pmg15]

A dam on top of an active tectonic rift....what could go wrong

[@clairenollet2389]

Even before Simon mentioned the Aral Sea, I immediately thought of it. When the Aral Sea dried up after decades of mismanagement, the salt sediments got picked up by the wind, including any pollutants therein, and there's a big increase in thyroid cancer in the region, not to mention the significant rise in local temperatures. Drying up the Red Sea would provoke a similar environmental catastrophe.

[@57thorns]

In Olkiluoto 3 with all the cost overruns and issues, Findland just got 1.6GW for 6 billion dollars.

[@Yah2x]

Wait did you say “after about 300 years”???

[@Timmycoo]

I remember reading about this and thinking just how crazy the idea was lol. The fact it would affect the globe was insane.