Iraq’s $4 BILLION Gamble To Save A Collapsing Mega Dam

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  • Опубликовано: 19 авг 2024

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  • @twothreefour234
    @twothreefour234 Месяц назад +30

    The world says its a bad spot for a dam. In comes China, have you heard of Tofu? We can make anything stick. Iraq, yea we'll take some of that.

  • @cbcowart933
    @cbcowart933 Месяц назад +35

    Why ask 12 - 15 technically advanced countries for advice on the damn. They all told you NOT to build it there as it was not a stable area ,but you knew better. Pride comes ... then the fall!!!

    • @prolove4995
      @prolove4995 Месяц назад +7

      not as really pride as much as it rushing the damn thing.
      they build that thing like a goddamn playground club house 💀💀
      and this is coming from an iraqi.

  • @krisstopher8259
    @krisstopher8259 Месяц назад +25

    sounds like a horrific disaster. but if it happens i hope they are filming it

    • @user-jc7jb3bu5s
      @user-jc7jb3bu5s Месяц назад +3

      No concrete action!

    • @MrRezillo
      @MrRezillo Месяц назад +4

      I'll make popcorn.

    • @timothykeith1367
      @timothykeith1367 Месяц назад +3

      The cameraman always survives

    • @dianapennepacker6854
      @dianapennepacker6854 25 дней назад

      Don't worry. We will have hundreds of views.
      More if you go to other websites that show death and destruction.
      I love how they built an other dam just in case to hopefully defend against it. Then they failed at that too.
      What a mess. I am sorry for the future babies that will inevitably die. The adults should know better to get out of there.

  • @mtmadigan82
    @mtmadigan82 Месяц назад +7

    A dozen other countries said this is a bad idea. Shocking china said ignore them, we can do this 😂

  • @I.4AQ
    @I.4AQ 25 дней назад +2

    Why does everyone talk badly about Iraq while we live in the best conditions Iraq has to offer in terms of security of countries in the Middle East and the world? Iraq is progressing in terms of science, economy, technology and infrastructure. No one talks about this thing, only the bad conditions that have been there for a long time.

    • @cathiwim
      @cathiwim 18 дней назад +1

      If thats the best they can do, they are in a world of hurt. There’s 3 ways to build something- the right way,the wrong way and the Army way!

  • @Ajsmountain
    @Ajsmountain Месяц назад +11

    3 cubic kilometers = 0.719738 cubic miles NOT 11.1 cubic miles. You have it backwards. 11.1 cubic Kilometers = 2.663032 cubic miles.

    • @terryhoath1983
      @terryhoath1983 Месяц назад

      I noted the same and checked through the comments to see if I was the only person who had viewed this rubbish and taken note. I am glad that there was you and a few likes. Most of the other comments are from "wise guys" .... or is that "stupid little boys being stupid". I gave up at 5 minutes. None of the other statistics are to be trusted. 4.08+ The dam does NOT affect flood risk UPSTREAM. It has some influence on reducing flood damage DOWNSTREAM ! .... Click bait.

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  • @davidmcguerty8405
    @davidmcguerty8405 Месяц назад +5

    Reminds me of the fertilizer stored in the Beirut warehouse for years that blew up; lots of inaction and then disaster. I hope they'll have adequate time to set up and film the dam collapse, triggering a investigation of how this could ever happen.

  • @scottgordon1781
    @scottgordon1781 Месяц назад +4

    $4 billion to fix ? Thats cheap :-) Considering the alternative .

  • @padgaprao2617
    @padgaprao2617 Месяц назад +23

    All of these issues can easily be overcome by hiring Chinese engineers to certify the damn is all good and as solid as the day it was built

    • @jwarmstrong
      @jwarmstrong Месяц назад +8

      Dam is better that when built - just look at our smiling faces of happiness after getting paid - ha ha he he

    • @user-om9sw9uc7f
      @user-om9sw9uc7f Месяц назад +4

      Fong cong certifying certification

    • @rogeliogamez2418
      @rogeliogamez2418 14 дней назад

      China really all i see is Chinese defected products

  • @frankoldman5255
    @frankoldman5255 Месяц назад +3

    With the two rivers drying up, it's not going to happen for a while.

  • @AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc
    @AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc Месяц назад +4

    Nah, they need that 4 billion for weapons.

  • @mikeharrington5593
    @mikeharrington5593 Месяц назад +13

    You can't help people who choose to ignore sound advice - they have to learn the hard way.

    • @garyallport18
      @garyallport18 Месяц назад +1

      What is sound advice..Americans dams are falling apart

    • @sharonlavery7656
      @sharonlavery7656 Месяц назад +3

      ​@@garyallport18 how old is hoover dam ?

    • @cathiwim
      @cathiwim 18 дней назад

      @@garyallport18most have lasted in great conditions for over 100 years!

    • @cathiwim
      @cathiwim 18 дней назад

      @@sharonlavery765690 years old

  • @larrysorenson4789
    @larrysorenson4789 13 дней назад

    I worked with a governing agency for years. I was often asked to evaluate buildings and new projects to help establish the wisdom of proceeding with their plans. On many occasions it became obvious that those in power had their agenda established. After two major project acquisitions were initiated after my report indicated that the projects were not in the best interests of the citizens, i realized that politics was more important than other factors. Soon I found other employment and spent many happy and productive years doing good work on behalf of the citizens of our state.

  • @99guspuppet8
    @99guspuppet8 Месяц назад +3

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ ezy peazy be sure to have 24/7 cameras recording the dam ….. let’s all go to Sugar rock Candy Mountain

  • @leomarmunoz4477
    @leomarmunoz4477 Месяц назад +5

    GO TO ''IRAN '' AND ASK FOR HELP BCOZ THAT COUNTRY IS YOUR BESTFRIEND

    • @H-A-re2pd
      @H-A-re2pd Месяц назад +1

      🤍🇮🇷🇷🇺🤍🇮🇶

  • @mustafasabah5471
    @mustafasabah5471 Месяц назад +2

    Just imagine that with all the information, I've never seen the Iraqi flag.

    • @H-A-re2pd
      @H-A-re2pd Месяц назад +1

      🇮🇶🇮🇶

  • @Kodakcompactdisc
    @Kodakcompactdisc Месяц назад +4

    It’ll be grand.

  • @MrRezillo
    @MrRezillo Месяц назад +7

    China to the rescue! C'mon, Xi, send in the cavalry.

  • @PaulHigginbothamSr
    @PaulHigginbothamSr 25 дней назад

    The problem with this dam is underground soil softening. The water dissolves the very ground the dam is built upon. The problem? This dam supplies electricity to several cities in the country and they spend millions every year forcing grout into this subsoil to keep the dam from collapsing. This dam is doomed and will not keep producing power. It needs moved either upstream or downstream to continue to function and needs drained in it's entirety. The material dissolving is like wallboard here stateside and you know what happens to wallboard if you get it wet.

  • @jamesarnold6059
    @jamesarnold6059 Месяц назад +4

    *3 cubic km = .72 cubic miles, not 11 3:32

    • @ksbrugh9886
      @ksbrugh9886 Месяц назад

      That's AI for you. Not only is the voice AI there is probably no actual human involved in the entire making of this video. Lol

    • @michaelkent1750
      @michaelkent1750 Месяц назад +1

      YEAH, YOU ARE RIGHT. I think the AI had too much electricity passing through it's programme and got confused. The actual volume of water behind the dam is closer to 3 cubic miles and 11 cubic kilometres. A Google search shows it as 2.7 cubic miles and 11.1 cubic kilometres.

    • @kencarpenter1363
      @kencarpenter1363 Месяц назад

      @@michaelkent1750 I just asked the AI Bard, and it got it right.

  • @thommantelokam2956
    @thommantelokam2956 8 дней назад

    ❤Hope you will make a video like this on Mullaperiyar Dam in Kerala, south western state of India. This dam is one of the oldest leaking dams in the world. More than 3 million people living downstream the dam fears the collapse at any time as this dam is more than century old built with old technology.

  • @johncash4671
    @johncash4671 Месяц назад +1

    China should not be considered for the project. Their tofu dregs construction is legendary. Some countries are refusing to pay for the projects because of the lack of integrity in construction.
    Inside China it's been a disaster

  • @johnwalter9150
    @johnwalter9150 Месяц назад +2

    I hate the ai voice, but the info is good.

  • @cathiwim
    @cathiwim 18 дней назад

    They will pay the price for the builders’ stupidity and sloth

  • @NEWS-JUNKIE2020
    @NEWS-JUNKIE2020 Месяц назад +3

    I Have Been Here.

  • @honahwikeepa2115
    @honahwikeepa2115 Месяц назад +6

    Allah can fix this?

    • @paulthesoundguy1
      @paulthesoundguy1 Месяц назад +3

      Allah has not control over this mis management

    • @RaiyanAhmedNabil536
      @RaiyanAhmedNabil536 Месяц назад +1

      Your Jesus can fix this?

    • @rcchin7897
      @rcchin7897 Месяц назад +3

      @R : Jesus walks on water. Why bother damming it? :D

    • @jamesgoode9246
      @jamesgoode9246 Месяц назад +1

      Why would Allah fix this problem?
      If Allah fixes it, then who learns from the mistakes?

  • @galibmahfuzullah6152
    @galibmahfuzullah6152 Месяц назад +8

    mosul dam was unmaintained during US wars, that is a big cause of what we are seeing.

    • @jwarmstrong
      @jwarmstrong Месяц назад +4

      Sorry for your bias & not listening to the video - This dam suffers from water seepage under its foundation since its operation in 1986 which grouting operations were implemented since that time to overcome this problem. This seepage is believed to be due to dissolution of gypsum beds under the foundation, which was not carefully considered by the designers.

    • @cathiwim
      @cathiwim 18 дней назад

      @@jwarmstrongor, more likely, ignored.

  • @Alfred.E.Newman
    @Alfred.E.Newman Месяц назад +2

    COME ON MAN these the same people who said the WORLDS ocean would rise 100 feet with the melting of glaciers and look where that got the world

    • @2l84t
      @2l84t Месяц назад

      Failed History?

  • @scottgordon1781
    @scottgordon1781 Месяц назад +3

    Am no dam engineer , got to meet them at Water Affairs here in South Africa , mid 80 s
    As mentioned here , seepage is an issue .
    Dare I say with any dam .
    Just the huge pressure of water involved , finds its way through very small places .
    Back then , the idea was to drill seepage holes below the dam , slide in preformed tubular filter screens and ' gravel pack ' , , theory being that the seepage would be drained off in a fairly ' safe ' area as it would follow line of least resistance .
    My 10c worth :-)

  • @scorpion19142001
    @scorpion19142001 5 дней назад

    9:06 I guess Eva Adams, could potentially sell the underwater paradise for a profit.

  • @mltnetwork
    @mltnetwork Месяц назад +1

    Awesome!!

  • @montanausa329
    @montanausa329 Месяц назад +1

    Pretty sure there was colon film in 1981😊

  • @mehrcat1
    @mehrcat1 Месяц назад

    3:25 "Dam's Reservoir can hold nearly 3 cubic km of water equivalent to 11.1 cubic miles." Utter horse manure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3 cubic km = 0.719738275 cubic miles. 11.1 cubic miles = 46.2668 cubic km. "At full capacity, the structure holds about 11.1 cubic kilometres of water - Wikipedia."

  • @MidnightWarrior1976
    @MidnightWarrior1976 Месяц назад

    3 cubic kilometers is not 11.1 cubic miles. You have it backwards. You must be a robot.

  • @timothykeith1367
    @timothykeith1367 Месяц назад +1

    Build a canal and reroute the river.

  • @larryhuset4015
    @larryhuset4015 Месяц назад

    Don't know the difference between miles and kilometers?

  • @conradnelson5283
    @conradnelson5283 Месяц назад

    Sounds like a rock needs to suck it up and fix the dam

  • @garyallport18
    @garyallport18 Месяц назад

    Talk about your 1000 dams that are falling apart

  • @arthurwagar88
    @arthurwagar88 Месяц назад +1

    Gods will be done.

  • @johnhauser4589
    @johnhauser4589 Месяц назад +2

    Who cares?

  • @rajaejaz969
    @rajaejaz969 6 дней назад

    You dont know the difference between Cubic K.M & Cubic Mile😅😊😂
    1 Mile = 1.62 K.M
    It a cube, so i have to 3/1.62×1.62×1.62 = 0.70 Cubic Mile....

    • @scorpion19142001
      @scorpion19142001 5 дней назад

      Yip, Yep. Oh, well, Shit Happens. Give yourself a pat on the back.

  • @CanoManuelGonzaga
    @CanoManuelGonzaga Месяц назад

    At 1:56 "workers consisted of CHINESE NATIONALS" - What do you mean, @BillionDollarBuilds? China has been producing some of the most advanced engineering feats in recorded history and nowadays! Why so much emphasis on the "CHINESE NATIONALS" as if their work is inferior to Western countries?

    • @2l84t
      @2l84t Месяц назад

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @kolsen6330
      @kolsen6330 19 дней назад

      Well, everything out of china or built by chinese is junk. And yes, their work is inferior to any western country. I worked with chinese engineers for over 20 years and they were all lying punks. My favorite excuse I heard from them was "It was good when it left china, it must have been something you did using the equipment". This comment, by a chinese engineer, was in reference to a huge slag inclusion inside a weld.

  • @bengurion5285
    @bengurion5285 Месяц назад

    Video please!

  • @nievaconsing3344
    @nievaconsing3344 Месяц назад +1

    Tufo dam.

  • @grenvillerich-fv2oy
    @grenvillerich-fv2oy 27 дней назад

    Made in China? 😮

  • @user-df5zq9up3t
    @user-df5zq9up3t Месяц назад

    Surly you mean down stream.
    Hope china did not build it.

  • @ghostgardenfarms
    @ghostgardenfarms 18 дней назад

    Another Chinese tofu dreg project, you got suckered

  • @rebeccamyott7041
    @rebeccamyott7041 Месяц назад

    No thanks

  • @mrMacGoover
    @mrMacGoover Месяц назад

    I'm sure Israeli forces would love to take care of that dam.😉

  • @art40odd
    @art40odd Месяц назад

    Is this for real or another 'if we dont take climate change seriously' blah blah, then we all die story? My cynicism gets worse as I get older....

  • @maggypat
    @maggypat Месяц назад

    i don't care

  • @user-if1zy9xh7z
    @user-if1zy9xh7z Месяц назад +3

    Who cares.

    • @deaneclark7786
      @deaneclark7786 Месяц назад +3

      Then why comment?

    • @jamesgoode9246
      @jamesgoode9246 Месяц назад +2

      @@deaneclark7786 -- Comments may help the Iraqis learn that it is their mess to fix.
      Uh, well, that is, if Iraqis read these comments ...

  • @mentor2888
    @mentor2888 22 дня назад

    Built by Chinese 😂😂😂