How Balsa Wood Became the New Gold Rush: From Seeds to a Billion-Dollar Industry!

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  • Опубликовано: 26 дек 2024

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  • @johnbethea4505
    @johnbethea4505 2 месяца назад +51

    My first run in with balsa wood was throwable toy 10 cent airplanes around 70 years ago.

    • @-sawal
      @-sawal 2 месяца назад +3

      how old are you?

    • @johnbethea4505
      @johnbethea4505 2 месяца назад +6

      @@-sawal I am 78. I was born in 1946.

    • @-sawal
      @-sawal 2 месяца назад +4

      @@johnbethea4505 My respect grandpa!

    • @johnbethea4505
      @johnbethea4505 2 месяца назад +2

      @-sawal it is a long time. I have been to war, shot, stabbed, cut, burnt, poisoned, fell 30 ft on steel, Agent Orange,totaled 2 cars and 1 dump truck, and so many other things.

    • @-sawal
      @-sawal 2 месяца назад +1

      @@johnbethea4505 Wow! Sounds like a pretty wild experience in Vietnam. Did they capture and torture you?

  • @ExFarmTech0307
    @ExFarmTech0307 2 месяца назад +15

    It's a double edged sword from what I've seen, but if it was me I'm willing to take the risk for a less plastic future

    • @martinbevk1695
      @martinbevk1695 10 дней назад

      Hypocrit solutions, Putin is our last hope :)

  • @Nashua-l1h
    @Nashua-l1h 2 месяца назад +7

    Balsa wood is so easy to carve!

    • @LordGizmo
      @LordGizmo  2 месяца назад

      Amazing how light it really is

  • @sgrams3578
    @sgrams3578 2 месяца назад +3

    Interesting video! The wind turbine blades are a nightmare to reuse or recycle, some uses after wind but also costly. Because of this video I understand how making the turbines is a bad and expensive process including the environment impact.

  • @grundlerg
    @grundlerg Месяц назад +9

    Anyone else wondering why the speaker is saying "Basla" multiple times? Just wondering about the proof reader of the script...

    • @HighMojo
      @HighMojo Месяц назад +1

      Speaker is a synthesizer. The scriptwriter misspelled Balsa as Basla.

    • @paulbriggs3072
      @paulbriggs3072 Месяц назад +2

      The bane of AI robo-voices. One misspelled word and the gig is up.

  • @-sawal
    @-sawal 2 месяца назад +2

    crazy stuff... nice upload

  • @leoverboom7783
    @leoverboom7783 Месяц назад +1

    Oh, how good that “green energy” is for the environment!

  • @TongTong-rh3br
    @TongTong-rh3br Месяц назад +1

    Nice to see the world class personal protective equipment and clothing that this responsible company ensures it's staff use

    • @ryanbeard1119
      @ryanbeard1119 Месяц назад

      Oh, where is the overpaid fat cat safety nanny. Are you applying for the job. Let the indigenous be....

    • @KuriousKat-ik9wr
      @KuriousKat-ik9wr 15 дней назад

      No goggles, no shoes in the last cutting scene! Probably no accident insurance, either.

  • @danangel4547
    @danangel4547 Месяц назад

    They should plant that kind of trees here in the Philippines

  • @LissanFarm
    @LissanFarm 2 месяца назад +6

    Farm-to-table restaurants are my favorite because they highlight the beauty of fresh, seasonal ingredients

  • @SanctuarySpaNYC
    @SanctuarySpaNYC 2 месяца назад +9

    Lets not complain about how the planet is suffering because we're killing it with these striping practices

    • @LordGizmo
      @LordGizmo  2 месяца назад

      Yea it is fairly shocking to watch

    • @annes1991
      @annes1991 День назад

      planet is suffering? nah planet is just fine, the people in it however are doomed. we're not damaging the planet that existed for billions of years. we're making it less habitable for ourselves

  • @harry130747
    @harry130747 2 месяца назад +7

    Those forest workers didn't look like anyone from Ecuador.

    • @paulbriggs3072
      @paulbriggs3072 Месяц назад

      Exactly. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

  • @RichardBivins
    @RichardBivins Месяц назад +2

    The boatbuilders did NOT learn how to build balsa-cored structures...they started building cored hulls in the mid-1960s and started using vacuum bags in late 1990s - early 2000s.

  • @williamburns9731
    @williamburns9731 2 месяца назад +4

    Yeah in 1950s my brother built a balsa wood😂model plane..ah the palonia tree is very similar .😮

  • @prilep5
    @prilep5 2 месяца назад +8

    Eco “friendliness” of windmills is startling

    • @LordGizmo
      @LordGizmo  2 месяца назад

      Crazy to think that balsa is used in making those

    • @andyjohnson5571
      @andyjohnson5571 2 месяца назад +1

      IN TEXAS THEY HAVE TO PUT THE USED BLADES IN A LANDFILL DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO RECYCLE. THOUSANDS ARE STARTING TO BECOME A REAL DISPOSAL PROBLEM.

    • @prilep5
      @prilep5 2 месяца назад

      @@andyjohnson5571 I know my friend this eco conscious crowds don’t know that most rear and expansive tree forest is cutdown so they will feel that they didn’t something good for the environment

    • @tatsdgreat8886
      @tatsdgreat8886 2 месяца назад +1

      If u are startled by simply using wood, then go inhale more smoke from coal powered electrical generators😂😂😂😂

    • @cameronf3343
      @cameronf3343 Месяц назад

      @@prilep5 Do you want to hear a crazy fun fact? Did you know trees are plants and therefore living beings which can be regrown?? 🤯🤯 Crazy right?!

  • @sakariasmindipko7279
    @sakariasmindipko7279 Месяц назад +2

    Those Balsa wood workers are from Papua New Guinea, not from Ecuador.

  • @tuberroot1112
    @tuberroot1112 2 месяца назад +7

    Ecuador is NOT in Amazonia, so they are not "Amazonian trees".

    • @-sawal
      @-sawal 2 месяца назад +1

      Google it because you are wrong.

    • @coytheboy
      @coytheboy 2 месяца назад +1

      Parque Nacional Yasuní is in the Amazonia and that is part of Ecuador

    • @paulbriggs3072
      @paulbriggs3072 Месяц назад

      I had a sponsored child in Ecuador, and he lived in jungle rainforest.

  • @Glaudge
    @Glaudge Месяц назад +2

    The voice read the word 'BAS la' instead of 'bal sa' more than once without even thinking about it and no edits lol

    • @RichardBivins
      @RichardBivins Месяц назад

      What? You expect programmers and "artificial intelligence" to know to edit? YMBJ!😅
      (You must be joking)

  • @davesbainrps6909
    @davesbainrps6909 2 месяца назад +1

    Could make boat houses of the wood from windmills

  • @process-stories
    @process-stories 2 месяца назад +1

    great materia

  • @hinz1
    @hinz1 2 месяца назад +2

    Certainly not more resistant than plastics.
    Balsa composite aircraft were famous for rotting away, if left in the rain.

    • @paulbriggs3072
      @paulbriggs3072 Месяц назад

      And if a puncture occurred from impact, they would quickly rot in that localized area and produce weak spots that would spread with the hidden rot.

  • @TheHarvestTV-us
    @TheHarvestTV-us 10 дней назад

    Discover the fascinating story of how balsa wood - the lightest wood in the world - has transformed from a humble resource into a billion-dollar industry. From the initial seeds planted in tropical regions to becoming an indispensable material in industries ranging from aviation, toy manufacturing, to lightweight construction materials, the balsa wood industry is booming, driving an investment rush and opening new development opportunities. Follow this extraordinary journey and find out why balsa wood is being called the "new gold" in the modern world.

  • @LucidDreamer54321
    @LucidDreamer54321 Месяц назад +1

    1.21 jigawatts!!

  • @kamarajm4106
    @kamarajm4106 Месяц назад

    Maram than maram than, ellam maramthan, maranthan maranthan, manithan maranthan😢😢

  • @hamafarm
    @hamafarm 2 месяца назад +4

    This is great, but I wonder about the environmental cost of harvesting balsa wood on such a massive scale. Are there sustainability practices in place?

    • @jabesparker12
      @jabesparker12 2 месяца назад

      In tropics there is no scarcity or rain will have very minimal effect if done in controlled fashion.

  • @Maxim.Teleguz
    @Maxim.Teleguz Месяц назад

    Paulownia tree is also light and grows faster.

  • @Agungsuprihatin
    @Agungsuprihatin 2 месяца назад

    Balsa lebih ringan dari kayu sengon kah?

  • @petrokemikal
    @petrokemikal 12 дней назад

    I used to buy 1 meter sheets of balsa for about 2 bucks before 2020.. Now there 4 bucks a sheet, no thanks to the wind turbine industry hogging all the wood..

  • @woodtales-v7e
    @woodtales-v7e Месяц назад

    NICE\

  • @jaguar4720
    @jaguar4720 2 месяца назад +2

    USA use of Balsa wood for boats, airplane, sports and toys is ethical but China use of wood is unethical for no reason.🤣🤣

    • @-sawal
      @-sawal 2 месяца назад +1

      Two wrongs do not make a right...both countries are largest emitter of CO2. Instead of blame game and propaganda against each other, both countries must stop this type of exploitation.

  • @ΛάζαροςΣτεφανίδης-ψ2β
    @ΛάζαροςΣτεφανίδης-ψ2β 2 месяца назад +1

    Work with balsa on boats construction

  • @SamsonHosea-g7p
    @SamsonHosea-g7p Месяц назад +1

    Pictures are taken from Papua 🇵🇬 NEW Guinea

  • @fakhruddinmohdsaman7628
    @fakhruddinmohdsaman7628 2 месяца назад

    how about pulai tree..it light and strange too.

  • @charlesbauer7493
    @charlesbauer7493 Месяц назад

    Make new towers from old blades

  • @davefellhoelter1343
    @davefellhoelter1343 2 месяца назад

    as a tradesman of multiple tradeswho has worked years with ESD, Cathodic reactions, and all forms of Lightning Protection and sensative hi value equipment hardening? and DC rail, aero, comms, towers, fuel xfer, manufacturing, and others. "I wounder why"? Would some are these same techs are not used in the construction of these wooded lightnig rod$? And I worked with all energies but nuc, with fiberglass, kevlars, carbons, epoxy's all temps, pressures, or environments man made or natural.
    I can think of quite a few ready to go off the self techs used today that may not be perfect but could mitigate or eliminate the risks, I smell BS. Or MORE PROFITS!

  • @paulbriggs3072
    @paulbriggs3072 Месяц назад

    Two comments- one is who are all those Africans supposedly harvesting balsa in South America??? And in addition, when an impact occurs and the skin is cracked, hidden rot occurs in the balsa which soaks up water like a sponge. Many boatbuilders have switched to lightweight foam.

  • @tucut8054
    @tucut8054 23 дня назад

    1:24 SAID BASLA INSTEAD OF BALAS

  • @karthikshetty2206
    @karthikshetty2206 Месяц назад

    How monoculture is sustainable

  • @Wonderer94
    @Wonderer94 Месяц назад +1

    Mentions Ecuador but shows pacific Islanders

  • @danholman7105
    @danholman7105 2 месяца назад +1

    Wut be basla wood?

    • @joeyjamison5772
      @joeyjamison5772 2 месяца назад +2

      Mis-spelled script fed to robo voice audio generator, that's what!

    • @danholman7105
      @danholman7105 2 месяца назад +1

      @@joeyjamison5772 indeed. But kind of need to wonder about integrity of this tale when a person repeatedly mistyped basic data, what else is off? Subverted by lack of editing I'd say.

    • @joeyjamison5772
      @joeyjamison5772 2 месяца назад

      @@danholman7105 Some people rely on artificial intelligence because of a lack of natural intelligence.

  • @JoeKyser
    @JoeKyser Месяц назад

    They say Basla too much for me fo think this is full of facts

  • @joesutherland225
    @joesutherland225 Месяц назад

    Theres a similar african tree okume i believe its called

  • @musiclover6790
    @musiclover6790 Месяц назад

    Use Bamboo

  • @kabiruMaina
    @kabiruMaina 2 месяца назад

    1:24 it's BALSA not BASLA

  • @johnnywright5236
    @johnnywright5236 2 месяца назад

    got wood

  • @LeonardojavierMellaretamal
    @LeonardojavierMellaretamal Месяц назад

    ❤❤❤❤❤ Leonardo Javier mella Retamal Chile Curicó gracias 23/11/2024 Life

  • @havingfuningeneralandalsop2485
    @havingfuningeneralandalsop2485 Месяц назад

    BAHHZZZLAAA

  • @WilliamPetterson-d6h
    @WilliamPetterson-d6h 2 месяца назад +2

    Keep cutting it and do not plant new once and 50 years later the person becomes a desert and talking about climate change. Instead just planting new tree while cutting old onces

  • @davesbainrps6909
    @davesbainrps6909 2 месяца назад

    Should make cars from it

  • @r.guerreiro140
    @r.guerreiro140 Месяц назад

    Would you have an email?
    I have a reasonable experience in using planted wood as a substitute for minerals and would like to share if it's of your interest
    Thanks

  • @user-fx2oo3bi9c
    @user-fx2oo3bi9c 2 месяца назад

    Teak wood from india
    Only for Rolls Royce .😢😢

  • @matthew22sow
    @matthew22sow 12 дней назад

    I think 3a paid this guy to ensure that they're on the up and up with sustainability. How sad

  • @WSA691
    @WSA691 2 месяца назад

    fix the damn script that the bot narrator reads, it is Balsa not Basla and there are so many cases of the second...

  • @kylebell850
    @kylebell850 7 дней назад

    It's BAL-SA.... PLEASE

  • @Monkeymechanics116
    @Monkeymechanics116 24 дня назад

    Hey u forgot to mention Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬,we grow and we also have huge shipments of balsa wood to South East Asia.

  • @winscaser4008
    @winscaser4008 Месяц назад

    China slowly destroying other country while preserving their own.😂

  • @marktanska6331
    @marktanska6331 2 месяца назад

    To watch this destruction is soul destroying.

  • @deaftodd
    @deaftodd 2 месяца назад +1

    Easy solution, stop making too may people!

  • @ryanbeard1119
    @ryanbeard1119 Месяц назад

    Balsa wood sucks.

  • @UncleRosie
    @UncleRosie 2 месяца назад +1

    Anyone else watching aware of the fact that wind turbine towers almost never produce as much energy as they took to build?
    Sad but true.

    • @JoBlow-63
      @JoBlow-63 2 месяца назад +3

      Absolute bollocks. Just another ignorant keyboard warrior who has no idea what he is talking about.

  • @samcohen1625
    @samcohen1625 2 месяца назад

    When you started denigrating China, I stopped watching.

    • @-sawal
      @-sawal 2 месяца назад +2

      Sometimes it is hard to accept what's coming wrong from your own side. It is human nature I guess but truth must be plainly told not to hurt anyone but to correct someone.

    • @Balu_420
      @Balu_420 2 месяца назад

      I know it’s a totally different scale, but still I‘d like to compare:
      After WWII, we Germans really didn’t want to accept what we did wrong under Hitler. We called people who stood up and called the wrongdoings out „Nestbeschmutzer“ (Nest polluters). To this day people don’t want here what their direct ancestors might have done wrong
      But trust me. Critic is usually good. Especially for those who have a lot power

  • @WabuhWabuh
    @WabuhWabuh Месяц назад

    why are so many blacks in south america?

  • @ulihanel7078
    @ulihanel7078 14 дней назад

    AI bot..BaLsa no BaSla get it right bots suck

  • @kabiruMaina
    @kabiruMaina 2 месяца назад

    3:38 it's BALSA not BASLA

    • @NeloReis71
      @NeloReis71 2 месяца назад

      BASLA apears 3 or 4 times, very distracting. someone mistyped and AI reads it as is.