What If We Built a Road Around the World?

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[@marcusd450]

But what side of the road would we drive on?

[@arnoldanderson5829]

Good question!

[@afkmike8725]

Left in left driving countries and switch to right in right driving countries. Or if you have to pick one then right because most of the world drives on the right side.

[@obedchattergoon2780]

Why can't the entire world agree on one side of the road to drive on?

[@OvertakeGT]

You will have to trade with cars at the border for Right/Left Driver to cross legally

[@DaybreakPT]

Because America still uses the measuring system the brits left them, aka imperial, meaning british empire

[@doctorstrange2768]

There’d be that one guy who’d walk the entire road

[@RedYellowBird6889]

Probably mr beast.

[@candicoated2001]

Its just a 15 hour walk, its not that long.

[@faisal123456a]

Mike Posner

[@narutofangirl1213]

He'd post all about his journey on social media and would be delayed either by getting robbed or getting I'll, then a GoFundMe would be started to get him going again.

[@jutzibaxa694]

@@candicoated2001 More like 6 months

[@hihellohi5714]

The seven hurdles: 1. Congo River 2. Strait of Gibraltar 3. Ferry in Siberia 4. Highways throughout eastern Siberia 5. 3 bridges over the Bering Strait, including roads over the Diomede islands 6. Even more highways throughout Alaska until Fairbanks 7. The Darien Gap

[@seraby7151]

@Manmeet kaur canals always have bridges. Plus, no need to go through the suez canal

[@rondameravella2885]

Ik they don't really count as separate hurdles (and seven is cooler for historical reasons) but you'd have to establish even more highway up to Nome before you could get to Fairbanks

[@ethanthegamelion4233]

8. Convincing people to drive on this instead of taking a plane

[@twinkieman237]

Yeah the most difficult stretch to build would clearly be Russia/Alaska

[@sudiptoatutube]

A flying car can probably complete the whole journey without any problem at the current road conditions.

[@Thegamingexpert81]

If I’m being honest, if I had the money and time, I’d honestly totally drive that for the experience!

[@ascent8487]

I definitely would!

[@uauausuuahshauaiausuuaususu]

Same here!

[@e-money5085]

Idk that sounds like a LOT of gas

[@chuck1804]

I think you'd get bored.

[@pleaseenteraname1517]

@@e-money5085like 20 million dollars of gas

[@mateosou6610]

I loved how the ending is like: "Stop making things even difficult, just take a plane"

[@MysticalPolymath]

fuck that lol, a month of driving on land to see the entire world would be way more fun than just flying from point a to point b

[@cloudyplays5460]

ＲＡＰトラップチル ＣＬＯＵＤ yea

[@Y203killer]

@@MysticalPolymath u say that but that gas money tho😂😂😂

[@nohqxjustsk1llz625]

But how is the flight time 27 hours?

[@lia-qh2dz]

Y2Plays *that wasn’t so cash money of you*

[@natashal8334]

Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia has left the chat

[@ImSoUnbelievablyCooked]

Japan and Hawaii has left chat

[@ImSoUnbelievablyCooked]

Diomede Islands have joined chat

[@wardafarha3874]

Phillipines and papua new guinea

[@amel1146]

Iceland Madagascar and all the Caribbean Countries have left the chat

[@cheesecakelasagna]

And Philippines

[@shethtejas104]

Imagine going on foot from South Africa to Argentina. At 100 km every week, it would take 520 weeks or 10 years. The memories one would make on the way would be transformational!

[@bloemkoolendestreetgang450]

Everybody gangsta till they have to walk through the fuckin sahara and siberia

[@sllk2914]

It's insane that a project this big is only 38% of the US defense budget!

[@Taikamuna]

Scientist say that if you built a road around the entire earth, it would be really long

[@Bel-kr2hs]

Obviously

[@oncehoode3930]

lies

[@jakebyrd905]

R/woosh

[@jakebyrd905]

That’s what she said (:

[@davidcastillo4938]

Jake Byrd please remove your comments

[@hanscapon222]

imagine how many clothes you’d need to pack for the different climates if you did this whole trip

[@realtonysolo]

@@cloudysaturnn gas, oil changes, fixing tire blowouts...etc.

[@TheNotverysocial]

@@realtonysolo All that plus the great amount of pollution such a construction and subsequent maintenance would cause would be an ecological disaster, not to mention for naught when the whole thing ends up underwater from the inevitable flood from all the thawing of continental ice. Why would this be a good idea again?

[@jessedavies4248]

New zealand who everybody forgot about

[@f3p]

@@TheNotverysocial nobody said it was a good idea

[@Xanderqwerty123]

T-shirt, shorts, and a bottle of whiskey. You'll be covered for everything

[@MHLegacy]

Perhaps tunnels in some of these spots would be more feasible? Generally, tunnels are more expensive than bridges, but when talking about crossing open ocean where weather and waves need to be accounted for, perhaps Chunnel-like crossings would end up being safer and more practical.

[@organicsoulgumbo]

That drive would be so popular/epic! 🚗💨

[@blenzo8344]

One hell of a road trip.

[@katphisH11]

Imagine a story where the protagonists have to take this roadtrip for whatever reason because the seas and the skies weren't safe anymore. Like a Lord of the Rings quest from one end of the world to the other. That would be badass.

[@AaronLin]

Imagine how dirty your car will look like after all this trip without cleaning it

[@SlurryNoises]

From the harsh deserts, dangerous terrorist organizations, and wild animals of Africa, through the relatively peaceful lush scenery of Europe, into the terror-filled drylands of Isis, the cold desolate snowlands of Northeastern Russia, and Druglord/paramilitary infested marshlands of central America.... Yeah. That would make one hell of a story/movie.

[@talendoesstuffdoesstuff9543]

Devariability I

[@fivenightsofrandomness9224]

Devariability screw astralia

[@patrickschmidt4571]

Mr Beast would probably drive the whole ride for a video

[@crispycookies3064]

I had that in mind when watching lol😉

[@JayYT_04]

XDDDD

[@KingOfParrots]

patrick schmidt or actually build it for a video

[@advaypradhan1826]

ik

[@cccgggififxodifxixiixxicic1132]

patrick schmidt lol so true!

[@phelipe_8033]

This is the definition of "the trip is the friends we made along the way".

[@angelshalo01]

I love learning about the world and the earth and countries because every now and then you get a name that just gives you the goosebumps

[@e_man-228_4]

As my mom always says, "Build a bridge and get over it."

[@vesnapetrovic8702]

Eman 228 excuse me where are yoj from?

[@rayray72jr20]

Bob Where are *you* from? You can't even spell right

[@leadreddead5457]

+Rayray72Jr Look m8, there's a major difference between a typo (i.e. a slip of the finger - look how close j is to u on the keyboard) and a spelling mistake. Be a grammar/spelling nazi all you want, but don't be a typo nazi.

[@rayray72jr20]

LeadRedDead I'm just sayin

[@PIECX]

Build a bridge cross the border and get shot Great idea

[@srchamb05]

This trip if possible would be THEE BEST Grand Tour Episode EVER with Clarkson, May, and Hammond! Just imagine it lol....

[@REDTIGER509]

It would be a whole season lolol

[@proxima101]

You would need to convert a bus into a living quarters

[@AMD_Fan_98]

Imagine a McLaren driving across the freezing waters between Russia and Alaska. That'd be sick.

[@KrisMcCauley]

Gross lol

[@stephanosgrapsas8632]

@@KrisMcCauley what's gross

[@codeimpost6271]

"Connecting entire earth with road system" Poor Australia crying in the background

[@Yanis122]

The caribbean:

[@yeahright6750]

Tectonic plates: I'm about to end this projects whole career

[@grahamwright6513]

*The thing is. All the roads lead to Rome?*

[@dorthusiast]

The Alps, Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea and Mediterranean Sea: Let us introduce ourselves

[@hernanmartinez2000]

Yes

[@imgvillasrc1608]

As it should be

[@nataliaborys1554]

On that road it could

[@jeraldbellen2273]

Country roads take me rome?

[@donuts4lyfe400]

I miss pangaea

[@Georges_IV]

Donuts4Lyfe I was a tiny baby when the lands broke up 😢 they needed new relationships

[@donuts4lyfe400]

@NetherMinor r/wooosh

[@maccaronnyy]

@NetherMinor r/wooosh

[@Rainaman-]

Man those were great times!

[@kamarionsimmons7992]

PANGEA IS REAL

[@VikramSingh-ot9dl]

Never saw the whole world this way before. I saved the video thank you so much for this. It literally blew my mind.

[@Arthutstut641]

I want a formula 1 race covering this whole highway

[@marcuscicero5033]

This is what I love about Real Life Lore; problems I would never think about but the solution is still real interesting

[@JayDieTye]

and the solution is ?...NOTHING

[@kevinserrano5303]

Marcus Cicero I have never agreed any better

[@kobalt6894]

Now this, is an actual “Country Road.”

[@Hmmm777]

Take me home

[@GAMINGGuru-me3ex]

To the place I belong

[@tazukisky]

@@GAMINGGuru-me3ex West virginia! Mountain mama!

[@orereo2328]

@@tazukisky take me home...

[@aiwanano6507]

country roads

[@Akira625]

I had no idea that the Strait of Gibraltar was that deep, 900 m is nearly 3000 feet. I suppose if the strait was more shallow, there might have already been a bridge connecting Morocco and Spain.

[@gmailaccount880]

Imagine if there are giant bridges that were hundreds or even thousands of miles across ocean but there were also cities and stuff on manmade ports on the bridge where people can stop to rest. Would be cool in the future.

[@Obscure_Characters_Comittee]

Nice Idea

[@providence3977]

“What if we built a road around the world?” Southeast Asian Island Nations, Oceania, and Antarctica: *Are we a joke to you?*

[@basicnoob3832]

Mainland countries: you are

[@namisdirtylaundry4866]

@@basicnoob3832 lol stupid islands just connect to land

[@tazukisky]

Plus japan and taiwan and oceania and maldives and cyprus and iceland and greenland, and if your wondering why i didn't use commas, because i didn't want to use commas

[@InconsistentBeing]

@@namisdirtylaundry4866 sun turns into carbon star and expands? tell her not to!

[@matto1919]

I was just about to comment this lol

[@StonyDilithium]

What if instead of a road system, it was a RAIL system? A continent-linking monorail.

[@darkleome5409]

*Snowpiercer intensifies*

[@bernardofigueira7922]

isnt more expensive?

[@lauragodridge8966]

Hyperloop: am I a joke to you?

[@banana-uo3be]

@@bernardofigueira7922 yeah, but faster

[@johnt3606]

Thats actually a good idea

[@marscaleb]

I remember watching a show on the Discovery Channel that talked about what it would take to build a bridge across the Bering strait. (I think the show was Extreme Engineering.) Since then I've always thought about how cool it would be to have that bridge. Utterly impractical, but still cool.

[@DeezNuts-]

It would be the coolest vanlife challenge ever, driving across the ENTIRE PLANET camping along the way and meeting all sorts of people and coming within inches of death many times but surviving and finally having the best year imaginable.

[@havoclights9673]

*Puts a sad face in Australia because he didn’t include it* Antarctica: am I a joke to you?

[@djkaibaxter419]

Sad face? Thats great, the more isolated the better

[@djkaibaxter419]

Australia used to be prosperous when she was more isolated, better quality food, we were more exportive because we had many resources and we don't need a busy highway right outside of our houses.

[@djkaibaxter419]

@kevin walker you poor soul

[@thedeadmoth]

noobody lives there you fucking idiot

[@djkaibaxter419]

@@thedeadmoth yeah no shit sherlock.

[@flashstar1234]

It’s insane to think that Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates can fund this entire things by themselves

[@AnimMouse]

Their wealth is on paper, not actual. Goodluck liquidating their assets.

[@dakota6050]

Networth /=/ Cash

[@CarloH10]

@pʀ ɖɾoɨɖ not a joke dumbass

[@CarloH10]

@pʀ ɖɾoɨɖ who says woosh sarcasticly?

[@CarloH10]

@pʀ ɖɾoɨɖ it is not sarcastic he was serious

[@MrAgentCandy]

ill be honest, I would 100% do this trip if it were real. Take a year off, and take it slow

[@Saa42808]

I like the absurdity of the videos like these. They take me into a fantasy world for a while.

[@krimson8317]

0:59 Ever Given: "Don't worry bro I'll make a bridge"

[@srijanbhowmick9570]

UNDERRATED

[@sanathkumar1006]

Damn🔥😂

[@Tminus31]

@@sanathkumar1006 A Dam could also work as a bridge

[@jytvreal]

Evergreen

[@kingghidorah5213]

@@Tminus31 🤣

[@fanoflinoa6109]

I would definitely do the drive starting from cape town if the road was ever built. Counting for time to rest and sleep, the trip would last around 3 months but what an amazing adventure it would be!

[@adamscarupa1240]

It wouldn't be so amazing driving through all those dangerous African, Central American, and South American countries tho. you'd need a bullet proof car.

[@superpig9458]

Lol just don’t stop in those parts

[@alnoso]

@@adamscarupa1240 if this was an actual thing, it would probably become important to transport companies and would have some security being enforced, so you should be safe as long as you don't stop and get off the road

[@klaricus]

around the world in 80 days :)

[@father0f4ll]

@@adamscarupa1240 you clearly dont know what are u talking about

[@UltimateWolf1]

I would love to have a Motorhome and drive around these countries if such constructions would be built because it would be a pleasure seeing different cultures in different countries

[@birdman24k10]

the exploration aspect of it all is the fascinating part. if time and money weren't an issue, then heck yes i'd drive around the globe!

[@_Vap]

Humans: *builds a huge highway system across the world* Australia: Am i a joke to you? 0:25

[@AndyPandy2201]

100th like

[@hitoshishinsou6489]

Aussies: Why you bully me? R.O.W: You don't exist Aussies: Am I a joke to you? R.O.W: Yes you are Aussies: Fuck u R.O.W: K cool Aussies: you know what, we're leaving the UN an the commonwealth **Coming from a land down under**

[@hitoshishinsou6489]

@@AndyPandy2201 nobody cares

[@AndyPandy2201]

Hermione Granger are you 9

[@samt1439]

Vap Indonesia’s also left out :(

[@Name-wx7ql]

Ran out of gas in the middle of the ocean

[@brandonbutchart5576]

If this actually happened they would have to put gas stations, restaurants, and lots of other stuff!

[@warrior7038]

@@brandonbutchart5576 well, at least that would create more jobs to a lot of people, but there are currency problems related to it as well as building the road itself, i don't think we're ready for that yet.

[@alex_exists]

They,LLC have to build hotels, gas stations, restaurants, and grocery stores on stilts.

[@deezy526]

Oil stations

[@brandonbutchart5576]

Ystävä 703 I mean think about it would be a good idea right! But your right! And it might take along time to do possibly decades or centuries for it to be done

[@deadchannel6580]

0:05 Him: Travel time gets shorter and shorter so it feels like the world has become a smaller place. Me: Concorde

[@gregstites9109]

I love this channel

[@aleksaaleksic4353]

_"The flat earth society has members all around the globe"_

[@certi_muteeb7320]

Aca A oh yes I remember that tweet

[@jackawoods2797]

Aca A I seen that on plague inc

[@coolingheat5644]

Aca A that tweet should’ve said “the flat earth society is made up of dumb people from around this disc

[@karinas5069]

you messed up.....

[@roel9314]

Face palms*

[@dudeguy8686]

Compared to the national debt, that's pretty cheap

[@youtubeguy415]

Hey your right

[@Robot3k]

@@youtubeguy415 you're

[@gmoner]

That's what i was thinking the whole video 😂

[@runepk4life500]

@@botandrew1 yea that's the thing no one mentions. this thing would connect literally the entire earth, we could all chip in some. especially the less economically advantaged countries as this would surely help their economy

[@arammendoza6822]

Yeah, greedy leaders just want to spend more on wars than make traveling by car or motorcycle easier. Sad...

[@teddybreihan]

This channel is great.

[@Oo_fG42rpz0]

still the best and most interesting video on youtube

[@lazarus2770]

Or just wait a couple billion years for the new supercontinent

[@jasmineduran6731]

Lazar WasTaken nah, that takes too long.

[@vincentyt9585]

in billion years we won't be there man all humans would have gone away from earth or die because many things would kill us like meteors or else. inevitable things

[@Wonka2208]

Sugarcane GD YT assuming wars wouldn’t happen within the next 100 years humanity will thrive even if climate change kill a few million it doesn’t really matter in the long run we will get those back we could even artificially make our own Antarctic and in 20 years we will probably have a moon base and a mars base. And meteors? There are no meteors currently on course to earth would take thousands of years and by that time we would have impeccable technology we could use a gravity tractor or lasers. Your thinking worst case scenario try thinking best because they have just as much of a chance of happening

[@vincentyt9585]

Old memes Are great i guarantee you that in billion years we will be gone from earth ( we will be too near from the sun ) ( the acceleration of the speed rotation of the planet will cause insane winds) or dead. and the idea of a gravity tractor is dumb because you don't tract gravity. gravity is a force. you tract the mass and how would you even do that ? With a huge machine but the elements are found on the earth moon or mars but this is where humans start already to be away from earth. And i don't have a depression point of vue, i am just realistic. And i think that going away from earth is not depressive. it's like a move, but at a bigger scale making us able to discover new things and understand better the universe. i talk from billion of years from now, but we will more probably all be dead and the natural selection will make better being. I can prove that we are not the best being already because you don't agree with me and i don't agree with you.

[@centauria9122]

Earth would become uninhabitable in a billion years so... yeah, wait like 250 million years or so

[@caillou4110]

6:38 $233 Billion ? Earth Population right now : 7.8 billion So we're gonna need everyone on Earth to pitch in $29 u.s. dollars

[@Jvnebvg]

Cailou can you imagine if everyone in the world really pitched in 29$😂

[@psiangel]

Some peple can't afford that

[@caillou4110]

How about each of the 195 country's government pitches in $1,194,871,794 ?

[@psiangel]

@@caillou4110 I don't want my tax money being wasted on some useless worldwide road

[@samaritan3712]

@@psiangel >useless worldwide road libertarian-pilled ass

[@talrubenstein6826]

Correction, you could probably build a chain of bridges over the Torres Strait islands and some random islands in Indonesia so probably it is possible to go from Asia to Australia

[@TheSonOfAspectInHisBasement]

you'd have to make it so that the Torres strait islander people don't start a war abt it

[@emma_nutella58]

That be some banger road trip

[@halfasinteresting]

Hey thanks for collaborating RLL! If they ever build a road to Russia I’m down for road-trip to China with you.

[@irenelegovic4819]

Ill sit on the roof with and come with you :D

[@beckettfordahl5450]

Don't Toyota Corollas have 4 seats or something?

[@basicallyme8205]

Half as Interesting are you going to ride a Toyota corolla?

[@fyzix4277]

Akmal if you didn't know, Half as Interesting is the second channel made by Wendover Productions. He has almost 800k subs on the main channel

[@TheWazup999]

Please it's afroeurasia not whatever the fuck you said!!!

[@charleswildman137]

The political challenges are probably far greater than the engineering challenges!

[@godmode8687]

One of the politically most difficult ones would be africa to spain. Because of mass imigration over a bridge

[@larbi253]

GodMode Russia to America........

[@EdmondLups]

@@godmode8687 Actually a lot of those would be resolved as that road would see opportunities rise in those places those people are from and thus reduce economic migration...

[@godmode8687]

@@EdmondLups Yes it would result in a small econimic rise in those very poor countries. But a road wouldnt result in a huge econimic rise. The main problem is that there is a big percentage of land not really suitable for agriculture and that there is not a strong country but a failed state which means large corporations profit from resources and not the local population etc.

[@marcowulliampopirers2216]

and traffic laws will be a problem too

[@aryansatvati4161]

It was very interesting thank you for making this video🤔❤❤

[@fintalks4305]

I loved everytime he said, "But let's assume it is built"

[@fluffy_dawn]

Imagine driving across the *DEEP* MYSTERIOUS oceans for *hours or days*

[@iknowyourerightbut6464]

um driving across a whole ocean would not take only a couple hours, it would take weeks and weeks

[@sauropod5393]

A priest had served God religiously for 50 years and was ready to retire and visit Hawaii but had a fear of flying. One night as the priest was praying he asked God to build a bridge fro San Francisco to Hawaii. God responded that it was an impossible task because of the depth of the ocean and the distance. The priest felt disappointed thought about it and then asked God well I know that the bridge is a Big task then can I ask you to help me at least to understand women. After a few minutes of silence God replied oh by the way about that bridge 2 or 4 lanes?

[@justsomeone4347]

"Are we there yet?"

[@synge1351]

Fuck. That.

[@sauropod5393]

@@Rxzy it is a joke that you can interchange a priest for a nun and a woman for a man.

[@vrc48]

How much fuel would a Toyota Corolla need to travel that long?

[@gamer6052]

VÂIBH! About 3 big fuel tanks.

[@deenaparsolano7241]

Too much, the plane ride would be cheaper, although much less interesting.

[@sophiaballiro4427]

Haha 😂

[@patrickah9478]

Who come road that long trip with my nissan micra

[@junglesbongles8592]

Kahonee ツ . lol i got a nissan micra too. its a small animal.

[@robertofeldmann3765]

1:49 The Darién Gap is NOT a "desolate swamp land", but the densest tropical rainforest in the planet. It's largely protected national park both in Panama and Colombia. And that's why there are no roads there. As a consequence and only in the 21st century, there's guerrilla and drugs. You can still visit the Darién by boat safely in secure tours.

[@coasterhockygamingboy9549]

4:10 You can connect Indonesia via Malaysia with Sumatra, and then connect Java to Sumatra, then Bali, and continuing those strip of islands until Dili in East TImor.

[@fakirsupurgesi5070]

What if Toyota Corolla Empire reunited today?

[@TheAdnanmajor]

These Toyota Corolla jokes getting real old

[@giotm4077]

no they arent, these jokes are amazing

[@JuliusKinderis]

Ringmaster it is still owning the world

[@diamondgoldsilver9899]

If this is possible then it wouldn't be surprising if you learnt 10 languages on your trip

[@Zakmmr]

English, Spanish, French, and Russian would actually probably cover you nearly everywhere on the route. Only other ones are Portuguese, Arabic, German, and Polish. But you could probably get by with one of the others in those places too. But there are lots of other smaller languages spoken as well especially in Africa.

[@realtwovo]

@@Zakmmr In Africa you would be fine with English and French

[@GGhost_]

@@realtwovo more like English and Arabic.

[@realtwovo]

@@GGhost_ no There is a lot of French speakers than Arabic in Africa. That in Ghana you have to take French so you can understand you them. Also French in easier

[@ishworshrestha3559]

Ok

[@VaibhavAgarwalVA]

Do we need the bridge across the Gibraltar strait and the Congo river? With just a few cheap roads across flat deserts in Egypt, you could complete a drive from Cape Town to Cairo and then cross the Suez into Asia all the way to Siberia without any expensive construction. The only real challenges are Russian roads in Siberia, bridge across Bering, roads in Alaska and roads across Darien Gap.

[@Bill0102]

I'm truly transformed by this material. A book discussing these topics was a milestone in my personal evolution. "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze

[@eatntell]

*Person infected with coronavirus:* I'll drive that road right now

[@Noe-uj7xk]

and casually visit every single town and city

[@HolyRomanEmpire962-1806]

@@Noe-uj7xk and casually sneeze and cough in the face to everyone i see

[@michellesutton802]

Corona actually already built that road and is traveling in it as we speak🤣🤣🤣

[@possum303]

@EMANUELsonic true

[@charlie1725]

I bet you’re real happy about these vaccines right now

[@MohamedSKhan]

And what will you drive in A Toyota Corolla

[@juancrespo5555]

Mohamed.S Khan land rover for the win

[@abdulahad04]

Nik But McLaren Hondas are not

[@saturnv691]

I would like to drive in a widebody hyundai genesis coupe. IF I HAD ONE.

[@akj2387]

Yeah cuz RealLifeLore drives a Corolla

[@caekilian1444]

Mohamed.S Khan a Nissan Leaf.

[@zebmiller510]

ah yes, finally: the road my parents used to walk to school on

[@User19052]

3:07 you can take the road to Africa to Asia using the 3 bridges in the Suez canal and then drive to Europe

[@samovarmaker9673]

About a bridge between Australia and Papua New Guinea: there is actually a group of islands, called the Torres Strait Islands, located in the Torres Strait between the northern tip of Australia and the southern part of Papua New Guinea. These islands are of decent size and the Strait is pretty shallow. I would say that a set of bridges linking the north of Australia to the south of Papua New Guinea through the Torres Strait Islands would be just as feasible (perhaps even more so) than the set of bridges between Russia and Alaska.

[@niwanagahide2235]

bridges are expensive to make and are really sensitive to weather changes/high\low temperatures/tides/wind... its easier to build a new plane or a runway then entire bridge/road system. also its faster

[@samovarmaker9673]

+Niwa Nagahide I am aware of that. You could really say that about this whole video.

[@tomjanetzki7634]

Samovar maker Thank you! Someone pointed this out

[@hi9580]

Samovar maker why are underground tunnels not considered?

[@samovarmaker9673]

+hi9580 you think I know? bro, if this video talked about underground tunnels instead of bridges, I would too.

[@deponianer]

Why do we have to cross Mediterrain Sea?? In my eyes driving around it over Suez Channel and Israel to Europe is also "around the world". And also cheaper ^^

[@milindbordia]

Der KinoDreher nearly all highways going from South Africa tend to go west towards Europe, going east usually brings more problems, also, its harder to connect the rest of the world(I.e Europe). You should watch the channel 'Half as Interesting' he covers basically what's in this video

[@revcrussell]

The only reason to go over the Mediterranean Sea would be to save money building roads across the Suez Canal route. This doesn't appear to be the case. I feel it is a bit disingenuous to say it would cost so much to build a bridge across the Strait of Gibraltar when it isn't really needed to complete the journey.

[@alexandertruuvert2037]

I guess they want to make it longer and include Europe? But yeah agreed they don't need to

[@oenrn]

If you test it on Google Maps, the route from Spain is several thousand Km longer than the route from Suez, but several hours faster, because the fastest highways are mostly on the Atlantic Coast and Europe. Besides, the point is to connect the major world cities, so you can't do that without the major cities in Europe.

[@i_fuk_religion]

yes, but then you will have to cross almost all war ridden middle eastern countries + ISIS territory...

[@soulassassin0g]

I like how every other obstacle involved nature or the environment, then there's the Darien Gap which is an obstacle not only because of the environment but also because of humans.

[@aboutgaurang]

If a road like this is ever built I will definitely try it

[@Yevjer]

This could make the ultimate road trip movie

[@thegreatmilkguitar]

Not a single Toyota Corolla....

[@XCrysis]

LMAO

[@user-el6lt8fr3x]

Leandro Aude reallifelore uses a Toyota Corolla as a measuring tool. It's now a joke

[@rxijin7602]

Darien Forney i dont consider this a RLL video if he never mentions a Toyota Corolla, literally unwatchable *ugh*

[@casper14301]

Nanashi but they are driving a toyota corolla on this highway

[@strategist4566]

See Ivan, why do you need a car when you can teleport?

[@rafaqatiqbal1058]

"The Chunnel" got me LMAO

[@nicholasantonson7296]

This is cool and amazing

[@cernuis1129]

Imagine the road rage and traffic on there

[@POLARTTYRTM]

A lot of suka blyats.

[@pearlsek]

Russian is the international insult language

[@localcrackhead2904]

They should make all the roads atleast 15 lanes. And have strict traffic rules and also pull over people who are going to high or too slow from the speed limit. Also have a lot of cameras for fining people.

[@stanloona1416]

Clorox Bleach UGH. 😑

[@misguidedsaint3693]

Clorox Bleach then people would want to drink you. (Get it?)

[@marktwain262011]

I met my wife in Vietnam in mid 1990's and I lived in the US. While we were waiting for the legal paperwork to be processed in order to bring her here, I would have to fly to Vietnam to visit her. But due to the air plane crashes going on during those years, I always had a fantasy of my own: I wished that there was a road long enough for me to drive from the US to Vietnam so I could visit my wife. I knew it was a crazy fantasy because I knew having a road to connect from the US all the way to Asia and ultimately to Vietnam, the destination I wanted to reach, could only be deemed possible in my dreams. So I kept it to myself the whole time. When I saw the title of this video I quickly remember of the 30 year old fantasy about driving all the way from the US to Vietnam just to visit my wife, I've got to see it. After watching it, it proves that I was actually crazy to think about driving from the US to Vietnam. Even today's technology cannot accomplish such crazy task let alone it was 30 years ago. I must admit that I was crazy. Thank you for making this video!

[@ub3rfr3nzy94]

We could do it, but it wouldn't be profitable so nobody would do it. I'd love it if they built a magnetic vacuum train but currently that'd be very, very expensive.

[@kkevus]

UB3RFR3NZY yeah that would more likely get build if the technology gets better or something like hyperloop ;) hyperloop around the world would be really great, cause its so fast and is still expensive, so very useful for long distances

[@anticorncob6]

So many plane crashes that driving would be safer? Doubt it.

[@marktwain262011]

anticorncob6 It was just a thought of fantasy. I didn’t know if that would be even possible

[@SanilJadhav711]

Huỳnh Gia Tuyên You just got your hundredth like

[@echo4524]

"Travel times between the Earth's continents have never been shorter than they are today" Concorde entered the chat.

[@turtle19dad]

Sure would be interesting. I've always wanted to see Eastern Europe.

[@gib6o]

So much for Australia...

[@akburst510]

Australia is where we put the criminals.

[@Ani-Albanian]

William Faulkner wtf

[@navin4984]

William is pretty much right about that

[@tylermech66]

australia started as a british penal colony, basically where they banished their criminals

[@jyde50]

tylermech66 no dumbass Australia started with the aboriginals not british.

[@akooshsoohoo490]

RealLifeLore, Wendover Productions, and WonderWhy are like the Three Musketeers, or the Powerpuff girls

[@moka8267]

RLL: geography stuff Wendover: planes WonderWhy: vid every 6 months

[@cisplatinamapping3071]

RLL: Toyota Corollas*

[@gardist]

Don't forget Knowledge Hub/Alternate History Hub

[@alejandropelayo9288]

Akash Saha and infographics

[@RoScFan]

Akash Saha scishow?

[@cbaaendk3523]

When I was a kid, I used to walk this route every day to school

[@neometalx9]

that would be a really nice road trip to do.

[@virtus4776]

"What if we built a road around the world?" Then there would be a road around the world.

[@jacksainthill8974]

Quite right. (Such infantile video titles irritate me.)

[@bensullivan5562]

Could you imagine all the deaths by heat stroke from building a road circulating the equator?

[@hamidmalmo7664]

Ben Sullivan you cant

[@BadgerCheese94]

.... There's roads in Arizona... it's hotter than the Equator.

[@serenitatiss]

How long does it take for a Toyota Corolla to travel around the world?

[@FlymanMS]

*how many Toyota Corolla's would fit in a road around the world

[@Snoborder95]

Depends on the human rest time and speed then maintenance on car

[@peterheves1255]

Came here for toyota corolas comments wasnt disappointed

[@aliciavivi2147]

FlymanMS 11,818,181.

[@KevinLikesBananas]

Michael Echeverria yes

[@bobhawke7373]

I'm commenting before watching. As an Australian I will love to see what happens in my neighbourhood.

[@cinthia9602]

Awesome.

[@Nukemall305]

Australia is like: “Okay I guess I don’t matter”

[@foolroblox3231]

yes they have a population of north Korea

[@massivecowbreakout7555]

@@foolroblox3231 Yeah but Australia has one of the best qualities of life in the world

[@shuandoyle7871]

@@massivecowbreakout7555 ok and?

[@niklasdavind4722]

@@shuandoyle7871 they're spoiled so let's not make them sad

[@bestdogshadow383]

@@niklasdavind4722 wdym by "spoiled".

[@jonesbbq307]

If we built a road around the world: Americans will be driving trucks all over it. Germans will treat it as Autobahn and exceed 400km/h. Koreans will shoot MVs on it. Chinese will sell sweet potatoes on the side.

[@Bertox110]

all countries will argue about changing their part and one country complains about the others country driving laws

[@user-uj8ce8dj2d]

Colson Xu However China isn't large agricultural country only

[@jonesbbq307]

@@user-uj8ce8dj2d 我知道，只是一到水果成熟的季节开车在郊外每隔几米就是一个水果摊哈哈

[@incrediblelis0197]

@@Bertox110 very true but the Europeans the Russians and the Africans would get the advantage due to numbers

[@SparkzUK.]

Colson Xu you are not wrong

[@xudavid8239]

Wonderful thing!

[@mexicoendwar8419]

RLL u ar so epok 🥶

[@doodskie999]

Roads: 233 billion Roadtrip: about 2 months Dangerous: yes Hotel: Trivago

[@certi_muteeb7320]

LOL🤣🤣🤣

[@tyfytyfy3405]

Funny? Not

[@EnerJetix]

doodskie999 you mean 1 month

[@veipuniilana1842]

Your profile tho,🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Shadow-so7jk]

It actually only takes 1 month. (It's only 28 days)

[@der8265]

And then the continental plates move and all your billion dollar bridges get screwed up..

[@akn_Ent.]

der8265 it doesn’t move that fast

[@der8265]

Belge ReVeluv sooner or later they will fail though.

[@williekuong3600]

Agreed

[@gatorfm7872]

3 cm per year I think... not too hard to work around

[@JamesJames-gc2kl]

@@gatorfm7872 "not too hard to work around" for about half of the year the aleutian bridge will be frozen solid.

[@AuLumity_idol_is_GawrGura]

For me, floating bridges can solve some of the issues when the water is too deep, but I'm not sure how long was the longest floating bridge.

[@arroe8386]

RRL: Europe, Asia and Africa are already on single road system Also RRL: Becasue the shortest route on google maps from cape town to western Europe goes through Kinshasa and the straight of Gibraltar we need to build bridges and tunnels there now, even though it's perfectly possible and within the task we named at the beginning of the video to drive arround them

[@holyflick312]

Also them: let's mark the siberian ferry over 1000km away from it's actual location

[@abetv5779]

Can we get an f for Australia and Antarctica

[@skywarslord4680]

F

[@nicklewis9472]

f

[@lavii3355]

F

[@BonensProject]

F for Iceland and Greeland too.

[@user-cz6tj1by3n]

F

[@alysasophie8339]

the phrase "i'd walk across the world for you" is now possible

[@MM-vr8rj]

Dangerous phrase. Women will abuse it.

[@phantom8926]

@@MM-vr8rj like everything else they already do.

[@TheGecko213]

Fantastic video

[@Sevalecan]

Imagine putting 32,000 miles on your car. If I went with the extended interval with synthetic oil for my car I'd do 10k miles in between. That's 3 oil changes just to get from one end to the other. Not to mention other maintenance. Round trip? 64,000 miles, 6 oil changes, maybe a new set of tires (assuming you even started with new ones). If you rotate tires every 3k miles like some recommend, that's 20 tire rotations. Gotta be honest, I don't like driving quite that much, but there are truckers who could probably do this no problem. Let's see, if I get 450 miles per tank, that's 142 fill ups at gas stations round trip (assuming I don't have to stop suboptimally, which I surely would at some point. ). Of course, one could always install an auxiliary fuel tank.