Why Spain Is Building A $25 BILLION Undersea Tunnel To Africa
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- Опубликовано: 14 июл 2024
- Why Spain Is Building A $25 Billion Undersea Tunnel To Africa
The stretch of water separating Europe and Africa is just 13 kilometers (8 miles) at its narrowest point, and in clear weather the people of the Spanish and Moroccan coasts can see the opposite coast. the idea to connect both states and continents with a bridge or tunnel has been in the air for a very long time, yet for some reason, it never saw the light of day. But recently, Spain and Morocco came together to renew plans for this megaproject. The region may soon see change due to the upcoming 2030 World Football Championship set to be hosted in Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. Anticipation surrounding this global tournament has renewed interest in the ambitious project. Today we will explore more about the plan to connect Africa and Europe by rail.
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0:00 Intro
1:24 Idea to Connect Morocco and Spain
2:50 Bridge Vs. Tunnel
3:31 Complications
5:02 Relaunching The project
5:41 Specifications of the Project
6:58 Challenges
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The video might better be titled, "Why ISN'T Spain Building a Tunnel..." It's a good summary of the challenges which must be overcome before a tunnel is built.
Exactly ! Title suggests Spain is already building a tunnel, while actually nothing is happening and it will not happen in this century.
Ain't gonna happen clickbait.
I can’t help but think that the geopolitical status in North Africa would hinder its viability. Also more alarmingly it would be a terrorist target and also a passage for more illegal migrants wishing to move to Europe. While it would be amazing to go by train from London to Cape Town I just don’t think it is currently feasible or warranted.
The jpurney you mention was possible in the past but to the East of the Mediterranean Sea.
If the money and trade was invested into Africa we would still profit and people would have no reason to be an illegal migrant
The cross channel tunnel between France and Britain is a controlled structure.
Morocco is a stable progressive country.
There is already a physical border between Morocco and Spain in the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, so this is not the real problem.
Just like there's a train from the U.K. to Paris, this can be done too!
@@KingMK31 the channel is nowhere near as deep as the strait of Gibraltar, and it’s geologically stable
They would take more than five years to build it! Builders always go over budget & over timeline because they bid for jobs & the fastest bid generally gets the job. Transportation across the Straight is already heavy. This strikes me as a despotiic-leader-type ego trip, on the backs of tax payers, more than anything practical.
No, 2030 is far too optimistic to get the tunnel completed given the unknown difficulties which will arise in the process
Spain does not have the finance for such a project , and there are no connections on the African side , for rail or road , it would be a white elephant
Ha! You took the words right out of my mouth!
There are no connections? You ignorant jerk, Morocco has the high speed train from Tangiers to Casablanca. The best train in Africa and one of the best in the world. Before making comments get informed first
no connection on the african side ? realy ? you think we use horses to travel ? stupid ! we have TGV rail ! High quality high-way !
Morocco has a high speed railway, not as developed as France but one of the better ones in Africa and still heavily developing.
If they started digging tomorrow, there is no way in hell it could be completed in time for the 2030 World Cup. It’s a pipe dream
Or just a long pipe like at the Chesapeake Bay.
Great idea. It has to be a process. Many similar projects in Europe took up to 50 years before building work commenced. I hope it materialises some day when it is the right time. Power lines, north to south and vice versa, less complicated to build may be a start(?)😊
Fascinating!👍🙂
This would be catastrophic for Europe.
You racist prick. What do you know about Morocco Woodman? Israeli?
Why would you think so ?
Soy Español jamas habra una conexion con Africa pura especulacion.
Morocco would be the nearest mega solar power source for Spain. Through developing Morocco, a land route along the Atlantic coast would become the obvious way for west coast Africa to develop. Hurray! It is a win-win development for Europe and Africa!
It would also be a transit route for refugees and illegals escaping from Africa to Europe.
Not happening.
poo
About the connection from the tunnel to Algeria, Tunisia and Libya :
The Algeria-Morocco border is closed since 1994, completely, even for pedestrians, so traffic through the tunnel to these countries can be ignored.
Nice video but please try to match your visuals to your info. You keep showing car traffic in a tunnel when this will not be the case. Like the Chunnel, cars would be loaded onto a train for portage. And the illustration at 7:03 is very interesting as it suggests the allignment would follow a particular substrata of the geology. Why? BTW, the interests of Algeria, Libya, et al, are immaterial, as they are barely speaking. Tunis is 2000km from Tangier, and Mauritania might as well be on the moon, developmentally.
Having a tunnel under the sea would be challenging in terms of technology and cost. Technology can be made available but cost viability can't be attained. So over the sea bridge (say cable stayed) would be a viable option in terms of technology and cost. It will need less time, energy and cost to construct compared to an under sea tunnel.
Not worth it. There is nothing in NorthAfrica to make it so.
It’s going to boost trades exponentially, develop Cadiz and surroundings regions with new infrastructure and boost tourism knowing millions of Moroccans in Europe go thru Spain every summer.
Just see improve ferry facilities between both countries. .
Amazing that the primary goal is to help support a 1-week soccer tournament. That's European guys for you. Can be funded with the money not spent on the U.N. and NATO.
If travel by train was in such a high demand, there would be a several daily ferry services carrying the trains established. While it may be feasible to build it. In terms of priorities, I believe this would be low on the list by most people in both Spain & Morocco.
its a joint venture between spain and morocco, not spain building it. what a
As an engineering project, it is possible to build an underground tunnel linking Spain & Morocco. However, it is not economically viable: it will cost too much (25 Billion Euros minimum). 10 Billion Euros would be viable!
The Video is about a proposed rail tunnel but many of the pictures show an automobile tunnel.
As with the baltic bridge tunnel? making a one or two massive mid way islands would be away for making a multi bridged passage across and may be tunnels near to manland morroco and Spain Gibralta
sorry, but a pontoon bridge would be a more viable answer.
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SPAIN AND AFRICA HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ONE. IT IS ONLY ABOUT 1000 YEARS AGO THAT SPAIN BECAME PART OF EUROPE.
Well, lets keep it that way.
With all the rain that's persisting down in Europe it's time we thought that pumping all the spare water up here down there. Btitain is in need of a revamp of water management. Sewage water should be channeled separately from rain water and the rainwater conserved and sent where it can be consumed - North Africa.
has the same chance as morocco winning the world cup!
That will help the migrants. Whilst I realise that crazy expensive football stadiums are built (in some cases purely for a few games in the World Cup to then be left to ruin) I somehow doubt such a tunnel would be built but if Spain legalize the traffic of drugs then they might be able to score on import duties.
Is they building it to put the rubber boat company out of business ?
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Why would Spain even consider it? The problems with migration would explode allowing the whole of Africa a cahnce at Europe
Interesting theoretical ideas, but I don’t think technologically, we’re there yet..
yes
Might as well build the refugee camp first !
Only if the EU front the money ( over half of which will probably get trousered) then it’ll grind to a halt once the money runs out
Well this will make the Africanisation of europe a lot easier.
Wouldn't it be cheaper and easier to build a big bridge?
Not in that time frame .
Tunnel borers are not 'off the shelf ' items , need 6 at least .
Need places for all the workers and equipment .
That said , borers will meet in the middle , so say 7 kms from each side , over say 3 years , is about 7 m / day . Could drill that in a day .
Sure the borers line the tunnel , at what cost ? Could have crews for the drillers .
Done my share of deep level drill and blast :-) Guided by the geologists . Have more knowledge and equipment today .
And you get to start almost straight away , no waiting for all the borers to arrive on site :-)
Economically viable ?
What are the ferries charging , would be faster by tunnel .
At a conservative $25 billion , over 25 years , $1b / year . Inflation excluded .
Plenty of time for the local hubs to get organised :-)
India and Sri Lanka should do the same
Real geniuses!!!! Why on earth would Spain ever want to make travel between Africa and Europe so easy. This would invite migrants to come over bigly! You would be basically inviting them in with a big and nice invitation!!!
My thoughts aswell
@@maly2ts408 both idiots. World Cup 2030 and Africa is the future of the world.
It’s going to boost trades exponentially, develop Cadiz and surroundings regions with new infrastructure and boost tourism knowing millions of Moroccans in Europe go thru Spain every summer.
If all you think about is migrants, you have a real problem.
@@AndalusicI know right. If only they were whiter😢
Western thinkers! Migrants are coming over. The world thinkers, Eu and Nato can choose their targets to colonise as and when they feel like it. Steal all the minerals fast. Anyone in the west thought about it? there is always 2 faces to a coin.
Check with d Chinese, they may b able 2 shed some light...
Morocco dos not have enough cash in the bank and the immediate needs of the Moroccans should and must be met firstly.
Europe would gain nothing from such a tunnel, hence why it hasn’t and never will be built.
Great project. Good luck.
The titel is wrong Spain don’t wanne pay for it alone Marokko is gone build it en the gave the contract to Germany to build it
I seems fairly stupid to waste so much money for such an unneeded tunnel. Who should pay it ? Is Spain Saudi Arabia or China ? It sounds fairly scaring, that anyone promotes this project.
Please stop using misleading titles! "Why Spain Is Building A $25 BILLION Undersea Tunnel To Africa" - They are NOT building at all.
No chance. At lease not in our life time. Maybe in 2200!
Why.Komen de migranten dan sneller.Why don't politicians think about the effects
It’s Time to call Chinese tunnel companies in.
I don't think so the ground is on the move all the time.
No way it would ever pay for itself.,
This would be perfect for immigrants travelling to Europe . . . Much safer than a rubber dingy!
A rubber dingy is not a safe thingy. Better still-the pill..
Well that would greatly enhance illegal migration between the continents.
Really, this is a fault or subduction zone going from one plate to another. It will not work.
No way!
Make a video on iran canal Caspian sea to Indian Ocean
5:40 is new content
No traffic to pay
I would take this video a bit more seriously if 1) Spain actually was building it, as the title claims; and 2) if every piece of text on the screen wasn't accompanied by the same whoosh sound effect that nearly all youtube channels use in every bloody video. STOP IT!
The US will blow it up 😂😂😂
Never happen. The established intermodal facilities (ship, air, ferry, etc.) appear to be sufficient to handle the load. Spending all this money because of a sports event would be a huge mistake. Envision, if you will, the tunnel being a huge success during the sports event and them after the event is over, the traffic load drops significantly. Where are the funds going to come from to maintain the tunnel. Loss of revenue from facilities built to support world's fairs after the fair attendees have gone home are common. The boosters of the facility are stuck trying to find revenue. In this case a lack of suitable transportation modes is not there. If more modes of transportation are needed in the future, additional ships and airplanes cam be added. It's not like the world is constrained by a traffic jam crossing the Mediterranean.
Can be done. but it is definitely not worth it.
I do not like this! Too much can go wrong! Build fast, Mediterranean seaworthy ferries!
No Way.
Give it to the Chinese, they will get it done in less time and under budget
Oh yes, a tofu-dreg tunnel, just what they need.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂! On a MAJOR fault!!
Oh can’t wait for this to go wrong!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍👍🙏🙏🇬🇧🇬🇧
no this is too much just take a ferry
is Angelia gas pump
no
Because it is not building it.
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Only the Chinese would be able to undertake such a project. All others: Just forget it!!
To chinese this is peanuts😂😂😂😂😂
Clickbait title, Spain ain't building nothing
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We coukd easier smuggle African diamond and gold hidden in trucks
España no está construyendo nada en el estrecho.
This is a TOTAL NON STARTER The MINIMUM DEPTHS of the Strait is over 1,000 feet or 300 meters Deeper by an order of magnitude than any other undersea tunnel on earth. A hole in the tunnel would result in a water jet with the power to cut armor plate, making any construction suffer catastrophic failure no matter how small the problem. At the location of this 'shallow' water is a mega ton water current moving at several km an hour. Trying to anchor anything to the bottom would require mega engineeiring as never envisioned on earth by submersibles that rival nuclear ballistic missile subs. As this info is available from Google in 15 mins the poster of this piece is a click bait artist at best. As to what the nations agreed to, who knows, I Have a life, I'm not looking it up, probably to see what means will be feasible for the world cup to move people, and the answer is...... SHIPS. Just book a couple dozen cruise ships to ferry people back and forth. Build some docks that can be repurposed as bases for housing, fish farms or something after the meet.
They should be considering a tunnel from Yemen to Djibouti opening hi-speed rail all the way to Dakar on Africa's West coast...
and a tunnel bridge complex from Java to Sumatra and on to Singapore.
The great flood
Noah’s climate change
Islamic Spain needs more Muslims
The main problem with connecting Africa and Europe with a tunnel it that the distance is not fixed. It changes every few centuries or so.
Invest in something intelligent!!!!!!!! $$$$$$27 billion is too much!!!!!!!! Better to catch a ferry at a fraction of the cost!!!!!!!!!!
Fake news at least.
The title undermines Morocco. Spain is building a tunnel to Africa? lol. How about Morocco and Spain are building a tunnel connecting Africa to Europe. So arrogant and dismissive that the title does not mention Morocco as if Morocco was a continent called Africa. After reading the title I didn’t even watch your little video made by a fraction of a man
Spain would be the senior partener in such a projest.Got it?
@@rogerphelps9939 I am from Morocco and my family is involved in the project and Spain is no senior nothing. It’s a mutual project where studies have been taking place n both sides since 1975. So stop your BS. Got it?
@@zacharylahlou9943 1975? A long time for nothing. Comparethe GDP of Spain with that of Morocco. Spain is the senior partner.
Bad idea …..
The Chinese can do this in 2-3 years
For it to fall apart in the next 5 years (Tofu Dreg much) 😂
And China would only ask for authorization to build a “strait-adjacent” naval base in Morocco. China would also be happy to provide financing on the condition that they be allowed to bring in Chinese labor to build it, and then take ownership of it when it becomes financially unviable for the Spanish and Moroccans to repay the Chinese loans. 😂
No. hey have no experience of this type of tunnelling.
There will be a tunnel build in China of 100 kilometers.
I mean, you're thinking it'll cost $23B, (shy of 5 reactors) Elon may have just earned another $40-50B and has his own boring company. Seeing how the US sent $40B to Ukraine in one year. I don't suppose the undertaking costs are monumental, along with having the both connected would allow for a much better route for Morrocco and Europe. I'd get it cleared for infrastrucure "roads" on either side. Economic impact: coastal property values will dramatically increase for Morrocco making millionaires in 15 years while most of Morrocco will continue to see trillions of dollars go across the mediterranean every year. It's not that Spain does more than 1.5T GDP than that it provides not much more than high end coastal real estate for people. Let's say the construction workers are paid 45/hr with excellent benefits which would allow them to buy into. Our US Congress belly aches on 8 miles of land ownership 'because' they'd go there first, back to the' Israel since 1900 for what? 800 millionaires? I really have to worry how lexan, carbon fiber or other materials are in greater vast than 23miles.
Considering the climate shift to more heat, which equals more extremely bad weather, this is the alternative to planes that can't fly every day and ships hit with unprecidented storm surges over the next two decades. Shipping will continue unabated this way. Nice save!
Never happen.
lies.
I hope this NEVER happens! If it does, all of Africa could empty itself into Europes social systems with just a one hour walk. It's hard enough keeping the boats out.
Dumb argument
@@oussamarahhab1128 Easy to see why you may think so. Tax paying Europeans understand it... see results of todays elections of a new European Parliament...
@@user-ni3me9dg3g Whatever election happening in europe is not of my concern and I couldn't care less about the concerns of european people. I live in Morocco and I have a very good life here that's what I care about.
So what are you saying is that Spain can't control a single tunnel?
@@Nemo.24 Am I expected to answer incoherent questions? I said exactly what I meant.
Let them call the Chinese. They will have their tunnel in less than 2 years 😊
And then it will fall apart wihin a few years.
For sure that would be the end of the European Union
Why?
European union is meaningless, good.
China could probably build it faster and cheaper. Just saying.
yeah i like this project to be real. Enough of those political people, time to make the world better !
Spain needs more immigrants
Gran gran broma !!!!🤣🤣🤣
Like it needs a hole in the head . . .