What's the Deepest Hole We Can Possibly Dig?

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  • @designsbyisaac
    @designsbyisaac 3 роки тому +9936

    I love how the soviets dug that deep just to flex.

    • @joeblow7236
      @joeblow7236 3 роки тому +354

      yeah...they bought a president of some western country to flex too.

    • @mikehawk1673
      @mikehawk1673 3 роки тому +44

      joe blow idiot

    • @thunderbum24
      @thunderbum24 3 роки тому +252

      Yes we russians love to do crazy things while wearing Adidas!

    • @Argumemnon
      @Argumemnon 3 роки тому +20

      It's mostly what they did.

    • @sleepydanvers
      @sleepydanvers 3 роки тому +12

      Like issac to 666 like

  • @MnemonicHeadTrip
    @MnemonicHeadTrip 2 роки тому +4879

    I like how instead of actually answering how far we could go if it was humanity’s #1 priority, he just lists the depths and the furthest we’ve gone

    • @stevematthew5216
      @stevematthew5216 2 роки тому +496

      Thank you, mister, you just saved me 6 minutes of my life

    • @xx-cj6ew
      @xx-cj6ew 2 роки тому +180

      I don't, but I like your summary

    • @YouTenaza
      @YouTenaza Рік тому +214

      Yeah, really disapointing

    • @stillshot2
      @stillshot2 Рік тому +153

      He did though, it got too hot to go any further than we've already dug

    • @1982Nels
      @1982Nels Рік тому +16

      Should have read your comment first

  • @tt128556
    @tt128556 Рік тому +621

    I still don't know what's the deepest hole we can dig, only how deep we've dug so far.

    • @JordanPeterson.
      @JordanPeterson. Рік тому +6

      Yeh rare real life lore l

    • @ilovemykitties84
      @ilovemykitties84 Рік тому

      100,000 feet

    • @WeyounLP
      @WeyounLP Рік тому +18

      typical clickbait

    • @Chr.U.Cas2216
      @Chr.U.Cas2216 Рік тому +5

      Not even that! The deepest hole in this video wasn't dug, it was drilled!

    • @camerontrimble5228
      @camerontrimble5228 Рік тому +8

      If he made this today, we would have the answer, but at the cost of 22 more minutes.

  • @faiconer438
    @faiconer438 Рік тому +124

    “Everyone at some point in our lives, has wanted to dig to the center of the earth.” The fact that this is his most viewed video only enforces this point. Edit: the fact that someone liked this within 8 hours even though I’m about 5 years late means this video had a constant stream of new (or returning) viewers wanting to dig a hole. Which continues to enforce his point.

    • @whoopsiedoodle.26
      @whoopsiedoodle.26 9 місяців тому +2

      Got here 8 months after this comment 😂 seems to be still making its rounds on people's recommended, one of the few things the algorithm got right

    • @lilukii6535
      @lilukii6535 9 місяців тому

      Got here roughly 23 hours after your comment, and I believe this video is still being watched😂@@whoopsiedoodle.26

  • @binarysignals9593
    @binarysignals9593 3 роки тому +3386

    I just learnt that the deepest water well ever dug by hand is 300 metres from my house and didn't even know it was there.

    • @TrentEngineFan
      @TrentEngineFan 3 роки тому +157

      lol that's crazy man

    • @teambrm1958
      @teambrm1958 3 роки тому +25

      brighton and that

    • @dew62169
      @dew62169 3 роки тому +262

      Thanks, make sure to leave your window open tonight.

    • @binarysignals9593
      @binarysignals9593 3 роки тому +178

      @@dew62169 backdoor is open as always pal, no need for any windows ;)

    • @dew62169
      @dew62169 3 роки тому +79

      @@binarysignals9593 Why thank you kind stranger.

  • @petfama4211
    @petfama4211 3 роки тому +3939

    "What’s the deepest hole we can possibly dig?"... doesn’t actually answer the question

    • @thereilemcee
      @thereilemcee 2 роки тому +338

      yea it's kind of annoying

    • @kevindst
      @kevindst 2 роки тому +298

      Yeah I was expecting a prediction with current technology

    • @ajt6207
      @ajt6207 2 роки тому +90

      5:35

    • @ren96706
      @ren96706 2 роки тому +56

      Did you not watch the video

    • @petfama4211
      @petfama4211 2 роки тому +265

      @@ren96706 the deepest hole we have dug so far ≠ the deepest hole theoretically possible to dig

  • @prachigupta8820
    @prachigupta8820 Рік тому +40

    I really liked the way how you depicted the distance in terms of two countries compared to how much we have covered.
    This really shows that you know people (atleast me) are not good enough in assuming how much we have done.

  • @jessedaniel3085
    @jessedaniel3085 Рік тому +32

    I've been a geo scientist on the oil rigs for the last 19 years and the deepest well I've ever been on was 38,842' in the gulf of mexico.

    • @yaimavol
      @yaimavol 7 місяців тому

      What about the idea that oil is actually abiotic and produced by deep pressures in the Earth rather than fossils? Many geo-scientists have stated this. It's why wells that run dry fill up again

  • @ZaccoOfficial
    @ZaccoOfficial 4 роки тому +4348

    Imaging having a concert so deep that not even nukes can reach you.

    • @ZaccoOfficial
      @ZaccoOfficial 4 роки тому +134

      @@cicatrizing no I'm pretty sure this is correct.

    • @cicatrizing
      @cicatrizing 4 роки тому +5

      @@ZaccoOfficial smartt

    • @foflip8124
      @foflip8124 4 роки тому +64

      That must be one DEEP concert

    • @anuvainio6114
      @anuvainio6114 4 роки тому +21

      Well that is not a big deal in Finland then
      (i love living in Finland )

    • @fitlexyt2600
      @fitlexyt2600 4 роки тому +2

      Fart...s are bad

  • @splaterai315
    @splaterai315 2 роки тому +4235

    I like how instead of an actual dirt background, he uses a Minecraft dirt texture

  • @user-ll8tj2ud7o
    @user-ll8tj2ud7o Рік тому +5

    Damn his videos didn't have any ads
    Thanks a lot 🙏

  • @zakmartin
    @zakmartin Рік тому +162

    If you dropped a golf ball (for example) down a tunnel that went all the way through the earth, in a straight line, would it slow down as it approached the earth's centre (since beyond that point it would be travelling upwards)? Or would it acquire enough momentum as it fell to carry it through the centre of the earth? At what point would it slow down? And where would it finally come to rest? The earth's centre of gravity is approximately 40 km from the centre of the earth in the direction of the moon. Is this where the ball would eventually come to rest? And would it float in mid air, given that the force (or pull) of gravity would be equal on all sides?

    • @davalleyguy5020
      @davalleyguy5020 Рік тому +43

      Damn, best comment!
      I'm thinking after terminal velocity was reached, continuing toward the centre it would actually slow as it approached the center then cruise past, and finally slow to a stop and reverse, like a pendulum untill it finally rested in the middle

    • @HenryDoohickeyII
      @HenryDoohickeyII Рік тому +23

      @@davalleyguy5020 I remember this question in school. It will maintain terminal velocity until it reaches the core, then it begins to slow down and begin a pendulum past the core. Then eventually coming to a rest.

    • @gremlinn7
      @gremlinn7 Рік тому +7

      @@HenryDoohickeyII And without any air resistance or other means of friction, it would speed up until reaching the center (though the *acceleration* would decrease the whole time), at the center it would have its maximum speed, and then it would have precisely enough kinetic energy to travel up the shaft and come to a stop for a moment exactly at the opposite surface point. (Again with more assumptions needed, this time at least of a perfectly round planet.)

    • @imtheonevanhalen1557
      @imtheonevanhalen1557 Рік тому +16

      It would melt......

    • @HenryDoohickeyII
      @HenryDoohickeyII Рік тому +7

      @@imtheonevanhalen1557 you really think so?

  • @seiza4
    @seiza4 4 роки тому +2177

    "I have been falling for 30 minutes"

  • @fariasdeivid
    @fariasdeivid 3 роки тому +1640

    Engineer: How deep do you want your mines to be?
    South Africa: Y E S

    • @xMysticWolf
      @xMysticWolf 2 роки тому +4

      @Reality ?

    • @wisewigga7129
      @wisewigga7129 2 роки тому +3

      @Reality colonizers were not slave owners

    • @wisewigga7129
      @wisewigga7129 2 роки тому +4

      @Reality at the time of 1987 colonizers did not own slaves

    • @RyanCa11um
      @RyanCa11um 2 роки тому +7

      @Reality
      dude wtf?

    • @imaynothaveabrain7570
      @imaynothaveabrain7570 2 роки тому +9

      @Reality did you just compare slavery to getting paid minimum wage 💀

  • @patrikpalenik2849
    @patrikpalenik2849 2 роки тому +1

    The videos you make are so capturing and informative! Thanks!

  • @MrVikingsandra
    @MrVikingsandra Рік тому +6

    WOW! I never even thought about the fact that SO much is going on underground! Very cool video, those distances make my head spin

  • @ii_kingphyllis9985
    @ii_kingphyllis9985 3 роки тому +4684

    The lowest thing is *when your trying to grab the last chip in a Pringle’s can*

    • @JoeMama-qw1gb
      @JoeMama-qw1gb 3 роки тому +66

      Thomas Jacob nobody cares.(edit that idiot has deleted all of his comments.)

    • @ii_kingphyllis9985
      @ii_kingphyllis9985 3 роки тому +53

      Thomas Jacob well there is 7 billion people in the world so there is a high chance of somebody thinking of ur comment

    • @l0st.l0ser80
      @l0st.l0ser80 3 роки тому +2

      yes

    • @cirea3932
      @cirea3932 3 роки тому +10

      Potato Eggs bruh no need to attack him like that😓

    • @JoeMama-qw1gb
      @JoeMama-qw1gb 3 роки тому +1

      CinderOW no. I was defending Lester. When there are over 4 billion the using the internet some results are gonna be the same. There is no need to point it out.

  • @GMPranav
    @GMPranav 4 роки тому +2496

    700m : Miners stuck for 69 days.
    "That's sad"
    1410m : Deepest concert ever happened.
    "WTF Humans!"

  • @Tay234.
    @Tay234. Рік тому +24

    I don’t think they dig nuclear waste deep enough

    • @Driga_
      @Driga_ Рік тому +2

      It can be much closer to surface without being dangerous. It's buried that deep because of the concern of future humans accidentally mining them out

    • @PrismZet
      @PrismZet Рік тому

      why? there is provable science to how it decays and reacts with stuff around it. Assuming the disposal is done properly its totally safe.

  • @garysmith5741
    @garysmith5741 Рік тому +15

    Imagine all the unknown precious metals we haven’t found yet…

    • @NewOrleanzFortnite
      @NewOrleanzFortnite 8 місяців тому +1

      I had to comment on the sure ignorance of this comment. Bravo

    • @no_one20077
      @no_one20077 2 місяці тому

      ​@@NewOrleanzFortnitehow is it ignorant ?

    • @harryhoudini714
      @harryhoudini714 Місяць тому

      @@no_one20077 I think he means his own comment!
      Joking aside, Im guessing he thinks that we have already found all precious metals that there are and therefore cannot find any new! Of course he makes the typical mistake of being an arrogant schmuck who thinks science actually "knows everything".
      I dont know if there are any other precious metals down there that we dont know of but I know that we will not know until we know!
      Hmm, come to think of it, both comments are equally "ignorant" actually since both cannot possibly know!

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 роки тому +7649

    It's actually kinda frightening to think that we know so much more about space than what's underneath our feet.

    • @itsnathanhere2578
      @itsnathanhere2578 3 роки тому +120

      Here before over a thousand likes

    • @msremix7839
      @msremix7839 3 роки тому +14

      E

    • @derexto947
      @derexto947 3 роки тому +24

      heyyyy ma man, wassup?

    • @rn_rn3953
      @rn_rn3953 3 роки тому +332

      Thats a lie btw because the observervable universe is bigger

    • @stilscarlott
      @stilscarlott 3 роки тому +376

      We know the bare minimum about the universe

  • @acraigdog565scarce6
    @acraigdog565scarce6 5 років тому +7427

    never dig straight down! you might run into lava

    • @onlinebully8637
      @onlinebully8637 5 років тому +201

      False, I've done it before

    • @diane79100
      @diane79100 5 років тому +158

      Its minecraft because its minecraft dirt

    • @user-ei4eq8ox7s
      @user-ei4eq8ox7s 5 років тому +40

      Bless your soul.

    • @onlinebully8637
      @onlinebully8637 5 років тому +35

      @@user-ei4eq8ox7s i can dig deeper than china all the way back to my location,

    • @x.elliek.x
      @x.elliek.x 5 років тому +15

      ACRAIGDOG565 scarce everyone is talking Minecraft-listicly.

  • @MiningTheWorldYT
    @MiningTheWorldYT Рік тому +7

    Update for if you ever do a V2: the Bingham Canyon open-pit copper mine (2:47) is now more than 1,200m deep, and will reach a depth of more than 1,300m when the century-old mine finally stops production around 2028.

  • @clara-cp5id
    @clara-cp5id 11 місяців тому +1

    this video is insanely nostalgic, i used to have some weird interests but sometimes i refind this and it reminds me of fun times when i was younger and curious :)

  • @immakeepchangingmyanimepro2612
    @immakeepchangingmyanimepro2612 2 роки тому +2818

    I was digging a knee-length hole at the beach when I was younger, and water started coming out, people actually came to look at it. That and the 43.3M views shows that people really like the concept of digging holes.

    • @tonyl4571
      @tonyl4571 2 роки тому +185

      I love holes

    • @daisynur992
      @daisynur992 2 роки тому +56

      @@tonyl4571 ehm course you do😂

    • @siddurecharla196
      @siddurecharla196 2 роки тому +13

      @@tonyl4571 😂

    • @jcwarain789
      @jcwarain789 2 роки тому +16

      Or maybe the people are just curious?

    • @daultonwingate9721
      @daultonwingate9721 2 роки тому +29

      @@jcwarain789 Yeah, curious to see how they themselves can dig such a deep hole

  • @McFlurr.
    @McFlurr. 5 років тому +8363

    you know whats lower than that
    my grades

    • @SniperO-O
      @SniperO-O 5 років тому +117

      Hahahaha that was soooo funny

    • @drizzydrake7980
      @drizzydrake7980 5 років тому +51

      Wynn playz underrated comment

    • @vrxz2449
      @vrxz2449 5 років тому +32

      Unoriginal

    • @IAM.THEMUSIC
      @IAM.THEMUSIC 5 років тому +12

      No mine

    • @zilani96
      @zilani96 5 років тому +5

      Wynn playz no no no

  • @adhar3
    @adhar3 2 роки тому

    Great stuff! Thanks for this putting things into perspective.

  • @HungryHungryDude
    @HungryHungryDude Рік тому +6

    Any time RealLifeLore does a video under 12 minutes
    it always slaps.

  • @WackyH
    @WackyH 3 роки тому +5068

    Imagine just chilling and a Russian guy comes out of the floor in a drill.

  • @1979kjetil
    @1979kjetil 5 років тому +11634

    Can we just take a second and talk about the Minecraft background?

    • @atem4699
      @atem4699 5 років тому +264

      Yes, it’s legendary

    • @kylebuschhasover200winsinn5
      @kylebuschhasover200winsinn5 5 років тому +278

      BennisHenri06 no fuck off let’s all take a second to realize how shit fortnite is

    • @abigail3176
      @abigail3176 5 років тому +129

      No that is real dirt and grass you idiots!!

    • @watwit1621
      @watwit1621 5 років тому +75

      its minecraft dirt minecraft still alive i love minecraft

    • @sami2351
      @sami2351 5 років тому +30

      @@watwit1621 I agree with your second part not gonna lie

  • @ursgruber9398
    @ursgruber9398 8 місяців тому

    You ca also dig lateral holes for example the Gothard-tunnel or the Loetschental-tunnel which is 3000 meters beneath the top of the mountain, and they are 30 km long and for this reason much deeper than the « deepest » road tunnel in Norway (300m).

  • @Redstoneprofi01
    @Redstoneprofi01 Рік тому +2

    I love how he uses the Minecraft dirt texture as Background

  • @tart3902
    @tart3902 5 років тому +2228

    It takes a long time to dig DOWN.
    But it takes seconds to fall DOWN.

    • @CloverKapel
      @CloverKapel 5 років тому +100

      Deep

    • @happyh0ur888
      @happyh0ur888 5 років тому +48

      Guys I found Vsauce's alt account

    • @ozox2874
      @ozox2874 4 роки тому +9

      ii_ Roses conclusion
      Just falllllll

    • @ozox2874
      @ozox2874 4 роки тому +2

      ii_ Roses 🌹

    • @a.v.j.w.5544
      @a.v.j.w.5544 4 роки тому +28

      Maybe because when you fall, the gravity drops you at high speed. Digging down has nothing to do with gravity. When you dig a hole, you're holding the handle. The gravity is keeping you on the ground. But when you fall, the gravity is pulling you down with high force. So that's why.

  • @aaronching5129
    @aaronching5129 3 роки тому +3363

    At some point u aren’t digging down anymore and u r digging “up” lol.

    • @nikhiljain1266
      @nikhiljain1266 3 роки тому +223

      after the centre!... theoritically. But what will gravity do then? We have a topic for a new video.

    • @reinatr4848
      @reinatr4848 3 роки тому +35

      @@nikhiljain1266 Zero grav there

    • @reinatr4848
      @reinatr4848 3 роки тому +7

      I think

    • @nikhiljain1266
      @nikhiljain1266 3 роки тому +18

      @@reinatr4848 You'll have earth all around you.

    • @nikhiljain1266
      @nikhiljain1266 3 роки тому +14

      @@user-fv6nc7qi2x We will be inside the core. The entire earth will be around us.

  • @AryanKumar-jo1pz
    @AryanKumar-jo1pz 8 місяців тому

    That reference at the end is very good. So crazy we haven't reached anything near the crust lol

  • @ryaneditor567
    @ryaneditor567 Рік тому +1

    Literally amazing video.

  • @kyazarshadala8114
    @kyazarshadala8114 6 років тому +3650

    the title is about the future
    the video is about the past

    • @ArjanHier
      @ArjanHier 6 років тому +69

      true

    • @brangwain
      @brangwain 6 років тому +5

      wow

    • @kyazarshadala8114
      @kyazarshadala8114 6 років тому +40

      can anyone say more than one word?

    • @luketheduke99
      @luketheduke99 6 років тому +97

      nope

    • @retfird3670
      @retfird3670 6 років тому +73

      if humanities #1 priority was to try to dig as deep as we could. I was interested to see what technique's we could use, and how far that would get us!

  • @stoptheohyeahyeahstop745
    @stoptheohyeahyeahstop745 4 роки тому +1760

    Title: *How deep can we dig*
    Me: *until you reach bedrock*

    • @hi-us7ti
      @hi-us7ti 4 роки тому +10

      epic gamer mode!2!!1!1!1!2!1!2!1!2!1!11

    • @TheRealTact
      @TheRealTact 4 роки тому +22

      *Minecraft theme intensifies*

    • @external_youth6111
      @external_youth6111 4 роки тому +1

      lol

    • @ellagrundy1653
      @ellagrundy1653 4 роки тому +1

      😂😂

    • @Aegon1
      @Aegon1 4 роки тому +10

      The first time I hit bedrock I tried so long to break that shit

  • @natepeace1737
    @natepeace1737 Рік тому

    Christ your channel rocks man! Especially the how big is the universe!

  • @istoppedcaring6209
    @istoppedcaring6209 9 місяців тому

    it should really be an invitation to push our boundaries, and in fact overcoming problems is what advances civilisations as the methods and technologies used and the discoveries made would carry over in advancements in other sectors of human endeavor, for instance creating equipment that can effectively withstand the heat and pressure at these depths would carry over into things like space exploration (for instance materials for suits and verhicles)

  • @QuirkyAvik
    @QuirkyAvik 4 роки тому +1833

    "1410m : Deepest concert ever happened" They were trying to rock the world.

    • @radusilion4954
      @radusilion4954 4 роки тому +83

      And they weren't even hitting rock bottom..

    • @anxgii
      @anxgii 4 роки тому +4

      NOOOOO BAD JOKES!
      Jk lol XD

    • @50kdr
      @50kdr 3 роки тому +1

      radu silion r/woooooosh

    • @KhanyoMjamba
      @KhanyoMjamba 3 роки тому +2

      This is a fine comment

    • @BG-ed8ku
      @BG-ed8ku 3 роки тому +2

      Shut up

  • @elliotfernandez5797
    @elliotfernandez5797 2 роки тому +780

    USA: Let's land people on the moon
    Soviet Union: Let's drill through the entire earth 😂

    • @auritro3903
      @auritro3903 2 роки тому +51

      The soviets tried to break the earth.
      They succeeded in breaking themselves.

    • @davidenatoh359
      @davidenatoh359 2 роки тому +10

      @@auritro3903 Ya, sad!!

    • @muzdogGTA
      @muzdogGTA 2 роки тому

      can I run my uwu on you?

    • @Dima-px6pr
      @Dima-px6pr 2 роки тому +14

      The Soviet frist in Berlin and frist in space

    • @Nazuiko
      @Nazuiko 2 роки тому +23

      Soviets put people in space, and in orbit, years before the US did.
      They were trying to get to the moon too, we just beat them there slightly

  • @istoppedcaring6209
    @istoppedcaring6209 9 місяців тому

    interestingly, if we were to decide to build downwards instead of upwards we could effectively put a geothermic energy instalation at the lowest levels able to power not just the residence but likely an entire cityblock, central heating would also be no problem offcourse, you could even use it for desalination purposes, letting salt water drive the system and catching the steam at the top, remineralise it to drinkwater conditions and voila, you could in addition utilise a tradition steam turbine with sterling engines which could hug a massive tank of the desalinated water on top and the lowest point of the system down below to have an even greater temperature difference than if the cool side were just the surface temperature above
    maybe it's just wishfull thinking but the idea clearly beats "the line" in both purpose and plausability

  • @rhuttrho88
    @rhuttrho88 Рік тому +3

    5:30 Drop a camera down there. With a light on it! That way we can see!🔥

  • @randomweeb6373
    @randomweeb6373 4 роки тому +791

    The number 1Minecraft law ...
    *NEVER DIG STRAIGHT DOWN*

  • @justanenderman9668
    @justanenderman9668 3 роки тому +651

    4:07 “Honey where are you?”
    “Oh I’m falling to my doom darling.”

  • @AbhayKumar-lk1ko
    @AbhayKumar-lk1ko Рік тому

    best background soundtrack …. i love your older videos it took me to 2018-19

  • @georgerevell5643
    @georgerevell5643 Рік тому

    That was far more interesting than i anticipated thanks.

  • @hoganpope6866
    @hoganpope6866 6 років тому +137

    but what depth is possible to dig at? you never answered the question, only how far have we so far gone.

    • @cv4809
      @cv4809 6 років тому +2

      Hogan Pope We can digg as deep as we want as long as we have a material that doesn't melt from high temperatures, there's a movie about it

    • @beaconofwierd1883
      @beaconofwierd1883 6 років тому +9

      About 2800 km, at that depth there's a temperature of around 3000 Kelvin, so Tungsten could still work to build with, but lower than that and even tungsten melts. (It's not a sharp limit, just an approximation).
      The theoretical limit is all the way through if we just get rid of that pesky heat melting everything, like let's say we cool the earths core down completely, I mean, what has that hot core ever done for us except create the magnetic field around the earth protecting us from the suns radiation stripping away our atmosphere. Who needs an atmosphere when you have a spaceship! Get rid of it I say! Then finally we can have our hole all the way through an we can drive spaceships through the planet all day without any stupid dirt stopping us!
      You could possibly build some sort of plasma container around your tunnel by instead of cooling the surrounding magma you super heat it into a plasma and then contain it with a super strong magnetic field, but that would require like... tons of energy, and magnetic fields stronger than anything we can make today.

    • @hoganpope6866
      @hoganpope6866 6 років тому

      Thank you

    • @theg4mer6474
      @theg4mer6474 6 років тому +3

      If instead of drilling we actually dug a fairly large sized pit we could probably get some ventilation going and use that to cool everything off.

  • @retardedwhygoogleletpicksu7543
    @retardedwhygoogleletpicksu7543 6 років тому +940

    I dig,
    You dig,
    He dig,
    She dig,
    They dig,
    We dig.
    Now i know its not a very beautiful poem but its very deep.

  • @istoppedcaring6209
    @istoppedcaring6209 9 місяців тому

    I honestly think we should try, go to a desolate desert or tundra section off a massive area and start digging down as if we are building a quarry or an open air mine, but at an absolutely massive scale, in effect an inverted piramid of sorts, just more stable and allows the hole to be much wider, the goal should be to just go all in on this, really try to get as deep as possible all the while investigating the minerals and soil as we go until we reach our limit, likely due to the extreme heat at which point we start designing equipment that let's us go deeper still, ever further
    who knows maybe it would open up possibilities for geothermal energy and desalination if you use seawater for the steam

  • @blokesfireup
    @blokesfireup Рік тому

    Thanks for the information, well spoken Tom Green

  • @cicalinarrot
    @cicalinarrot 3 роки тому +1671

    So... nothing about how deep we could possibly dig, just how deep we've dug?

    • @ajt6207
      @ajt6207 2 роки тому +19

      5:35

    • @caliqm2199
      @caliqm2199 2 роки тому +15

      Well,technically we're physically capable of digging however deep we want

    • @dux657
      @dux657 2 роки тому +118

      @@wisemoldsthoughts2119 that was 30 years ago and it seems that they stoped drilling due to lack of funds more than a technical issue... the answer would be a theorical number and explanation on how deep could we dig a hole if "humanity decided that digging a hole was the number 1 objective for our species" (top materials, trillions on funds and the best professionals). Question definitively not answered.

    • @greywolf7577
      @greywolf7577 2 роки тому +24

      @@caliqm2199 You can't dig if you get burned up or melted. So there is a limit to how far you can physically dig.

    • @MiaLovedByChrist
      @MiaLovedByChrist 2 роки тому +5

      It’s interesting that there is no access to the sun underground yet it gets hotter the deeper you dig. We’ll never reach the center because it’ll get too hot. I’m sure hell is in the middle 👀

  • @samovarmaker9673
    @samovarmaker9673 6 років тому +1869

    man..
    this was...
    *deep*

  • @Ilikefortnite_balzzz
    @Ilikefortnite_balzzz 9 місяців тому +1

    If you go to the deepest concert I can’t with the drummer😂😂

  • @dmhq-administration
    @dmhq-administration Рік тому

    That's SO deep! Badass! I just subscribed to your UA-cam channel.

  • @steven1671
    @steven1671 6 років тому +223

    2:39 I found a vertical cave in Minecraft exactly like that one. Can confirm that falling to the bottom causes death.

    • @akashyt4113
      @akashyt4113 6 років тому +7

      Dank Memes what is the seed

    • @Adam-cn5ib
      @Adam-cn5ib 6 років тому

      I knew the earth was flat!

    • @phoenixisrising9046
      @phoenixisrising9046 6 років тому +4

      Dank Memes this video uses minecraft textures

    • @tysonbeltran8470
      @tysonbeltran8470 6 років тому +6

      Are you playing on a mod? The max height of a Minecraft World is only 255 Meters in vanilla, but this cave you have found goes down to around 600 meters.

    • @avexusdev2894
      @avexusdev2894 6 років тому +5

      just make sure theres 1milimeter of water down there

  • @snarkygnome619
    @snarkygnome619 3 роки тому +764

    People in the Kiev metro station:
    *"Why is the roof glowing?"*

  • @flopraiser7504
    @flopraiser7504 8 місяців тому

    these are the deepest holes dug so far, but how far could we really dig if like you said, it's our main focus and we use all money and technology available for it

  • @denzy3929
    @denzy3929 9 місяців тому +2

    Dogs are definetly the target audience

  • @MrDapcat
    @MrDapcat 6 років тому +1386

    You can dig until you hit bedrock duh

    • @owra8989
      @owra8989 6 років тому +115

      Ztak12 go in creative mode

    • @hectorgaming03
      @hectorgaming03 6 років тому +19

      Rush SR Survival too, as long as you know what's down (if you're risking to dig straight down) or make a staircase down

    • @nigerianslo8292
      @nigerianslo8292 6 років тому +53

      Mcgugger Nuggets he's joking you fucking idiots

    • @fredvoss5029
      @fredvoss5029 6 років тому +1

      Killer Taco210 was

    • @mallory_claire4476
      @mallory_claire4476 6 років тому +2

      Ztak12 lol

  • @OlavDenDeilige
    @OlavDenDeilige 3 роки тому +779

    I like how they don't say the name of the deepest-living organism, but just calls it "this freaky-looking worm". Or perhaps that's the real name.

    • @chickenguye9035
      @chickenguye9035 3 роки тому +35

      I think it’s called a Tartigrade idk how to spell it

    • @OlavDenDeilige
      @OlavDenDeilige 3 роки тому +10

      @@chickenguye9035 Well, that's not a worm.

    • @Redbeardian
      @Redbeardian 3 роки тому +40

      I think that is it's species name and it's genus is "Hell no, I'm outta here"

    • @totally_no_hakss3332
      @totally_no_hakss3332 3 роки тому +19

      Scientists: tHiS fReAkInG looking wOrM has just been discovered!

    • @sorrynoob_2062
      @sorrynoob_2062 3 роки тому +7

      @@chickenguye9035 I think Tardigrades are found on Earth's surface

  • @haden636
    @haden636 Рік тому +4

    I wonder if anybody talked about the possibilities of digging large holes causing new plates to take form

  • @knightwing1294
    @knightwing1294 Рік тому

    This was nice and educational but it is also making me very anxious 🤣🤣

  • @500subcriberswithoutanyvid4
    @500subcriberswithoutanyvid4 6 років тому +642

    How many toyota corollas can stay in that hole?

  • @theatomicfox8835
    @theatomicfox8835 4 роки тому +412

    The confusion in flat earthers right now :(

    • @RyanAmero
      @RyanAmero 4 роки тому +15

      What? This makes one believe flat earth more actually

    • @spraph13
      @spraph13 4 роки тому +1

      @@RyanAmero how

    • @RyanAmero
      @RyanAmero 4 роки тому +15

      @@spraph13 I believe in round earth, but I say this will satisfy flat earthers more, since there talking about the ground.. Where is the "ground" in a round earth?

    • @spraph13
      @spraph13 4 роки тому

      @@RyanAmero ok

    • @himanshurao8668
      @himanshurao8668 4 роки тому

      @@RyanAmero LMAO🤣🤣🤣..Mr geologist

  • @ragmayor
    @ragmayor Рік тому

    This video has followed me through time, I watched this back in 2018 and I've thought about it at some points after that

  • @wreckim
    @wreckim Рік тому

    Great Graphics; loved the video.

  • @TheBoundFenrir
    @TheBoundFenrir 6 років тому +7870

    You didn't answer the question.

    • @Silmerano
      @Silmerano 6 років тому +213

      Yes he did.

    • @zionsimanian9310
      @zionsimanian9310 6 років тому +447

      Where did he answer the question?

    • @Silmerano
      @Silmerano 6 років тому +530

      He answers the question in 2 ways explaining that they weren't able to drill deeper because the heat would not allow it, and also giving the full depth of the earths crust. Our current technology won't allow us to drill any deeper. Future technology may allow us to go deeper, but we wont ever get further than the crust.

    • @OGPatriot03
      @OGPatriot03 6 років тому +994

      So you're assuming the Soviet's several decades old drilling tech is the most advanced humanity could manage today in 2017? That's ridiculous. - No the question was never answered.

    • @iwantalife123
      @iwantalife123 6 років тому +504

      He also set the premise that if our sole purpose on this planet is to dig as deep as we can how far could we have dug?
      He didnt aswer it and just put a bunch of random depths that the internet already has thousands of videoes on.

  • @nothingmore5769
    @nothingmore5769 6 років тому +181

    You didn't answer the question though...

    • @alvinromo9967
      @alvinromo9967 6 років тому +4

      Nothing More We can dig very far...

    • @monie948
      @monie948 6 років тому +2

      Nothing More he answered it at 5:59. 7.7 mi ( so far )

    • @panzerveps
      @panzerveps 6 років тому +1

      I'm not sure if drilling a hole is the same as digging....

  • @nneiirei
    @nneiirei Рік тому +2

    1:26 Kyiv, not Kiev

  • @ViperBlox1272
    @ViperBlox1272 Рік тому +2

    It’s interesting to see that his top five most popular videos had 25mill+ views and this being at 47 million views which is only a number of people can dream of which is fascinating.

  • @WorgenatorWoW
    @WorgenatorWoW 6 років тому +1147

    TLDW: He does not answer the question.

    • @sierra9367
      @sierra9367 6 років тому +24

      WorgenatorWoW well fuck, thanks

    • @dictatorpolarbear269
      @dictatorpolarbear269 6 років тому +8

      Yeah it's weird.

    • @leftyfourguns
      @leftyfourguns 6 років тому +19

      He did actually. It would be somewhere around 3,900 miles down, to the core of the planet. Though the real depth mankind could dig would be thousands of miles before that due to the sheer heat and pressure that would destroy any kind of equipment we currently have

    • @themudpit621
      @themudpit621 6 років тому +43

      No, lefty he didn't answer the question. You are attempting to answer it based on the information presented, which has you giving a vague estimate, with a thousand mile margin of error.

    • @kfirbraunstain6144
      @kfirbraunstain6144 6 років тому +4

      He said that The Z44 Chavyo is the deepest we have ever gotten to.
      6:08

  • @Pounceboi
    @Pounceboi 5 років тому +260

    When your metal detector was one foot away from gold

  • @anthonydolio8118
    @anthonydolio8118 7 місяців тому +1

    Mind blowing.

  • @ilovemydog6847
    @ilovemydog6847 Рік тому

    Brilliant video. Really really interesting. Thank you.

  • @xnell6667
    @xnell6667 4 роки тому +586

    Top 3 unsolved cases :
    1 : Area 51 Aliens
    2 : Bermuda Triangle
    3 : YT Recommendations

    • @fawzanfawzi9993
      @fawzanfawzi9993 4 роки тому +12

      4: the Hold My Beer comment. They are as mysterious as youtube recommendation itself.

    • @xnell6667
      @xnell6667 4 роки тому

      @@fawzanfawzi9993 so true lol

    • @enVIdGaming
      @enVIdGaming 4 роки тому +1

      5. The fact RLL didn't use bedrock at the bottom.

    • @ticketpiper4764
      @ticketpiper4764 4 роки тому

      @@enVIdGaming I thought the bottom is the void

    • @jordana8899
      @jordana8899 3 роки тому

      You forgot to add Sarah Palin

  • @Daviddity
    @Daviddity 4 роки тому +1660

    the lowest point that we can dig to is bedrock, under that is the void. it's simple knowledge

  • @cassandrarocha7369
    @cassandrarocha7369 2 роки тому

    This video has blown my mind🤯

  • @greglinski2208
    @greglinski2208 Рік тому

    When my son was about 11 years old he entered a Jaycee Relay Race. He’d never ran track before and didn’t know everybody wore shorts. He came in jeans, to everyone’s amusement. He ran the last leg for his team - and came away the fastest runner of the day, and made up considerable distance to win. This video made me think of that day. How I wish I had been able to see it, instead of only hear and read about it. I was a single mom and had to work. My son was an amazing athlete. ❤️

  • @somechufanuts9263
    @somechufanuts9263 6 років тому +219

    Using Minecraft Dirt as a Background.
    Classy.

    • @chriso9345
      @chriso9345 6 років тому +15

      TerrifiedNoob I didnt even notice that until you commented

    • @heronumbertwo3171
      @heronumbertwo3171 6 років тому

      TerrifiedNoob lol

    • @jdcapistrano1617
      @jdcapistrano1617 6 років тому +3

      and theres no stone even at the deepst parts xD

  • @granttherailfan6344
    @granttherailfan6344 4 роки тому +1126

    “The Paris Catacombs located in Paris”
    Well no shit I thought they were in Toronto

    • @lightdeathguy9266
      @lightdeathguy9266 4 роки тому +26

      Magikal Memes wait what? I thought they were in Rome

    • @Beanrock124
      @Beanrock124 4 роки тому +16

      I thought it was in Manila, Philippines!

    • @waster00
      @waster00 4 роки тому +8

      damn i thought it was in london

    • @Zoe-oq6id
      @Zoe-oq6id 4 роки тому +4

      I thought they were in a hyperboloid

    • @kanerevell3128
      @kanerevell3128 4 роки тому +2

      @@Zoe-oq6id *plays clip of mind exploding*

  • @stratcaptain66
    @stratcaptain66 Рік тому +1

    8 miles is THE deepest humanity has ever drilled, and that’s probably the deepest we can go.

  • @patrickdequis2544
    @patrickdequis2544 Рік тому +1

    i‘m deeply impressed

  • @marcohoogendoorn2985
    @marcohoogendoorn2985 2 роки тому +958

    The question you didn’t answer was “how deep would we get if we put our collective minds to it with the technology of today” still, great vid and scary how little we’ve accomplished in this field compared to space travel, for example.

    • @matttzzz2
      @matttzzz2 2 роки тому +39

      Yeah shit video, i was waiting for his analysis but all i got was facts and figures

    • @DaDyne
      @DaDyne 2 роки тому +123

      I’m very bothered by this..

    • @jsworpin
      @jsworpin 2 роки тому +114

      Glad I’m not the only one.
      Poses good question. Doesn’t even attempt to answer that question.

    • @matthewking4259
      @matthewking4259 2 роки тому +20

      Same, I was really hoping to hear how far we could "dig" not drill.

    • @believeinjesus6972
      @believeinjesus6972 2 роки тому +8

      Repent to Jesus Christ
      ““For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
      ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭55:8-9‬ ‭NIV‬‬

  • @greta5238
    @greta5238 4 роки тому +272

    WAIT WHAT?!
    The deepest concert in the world happened in Finland
    NoIcE

  • @Mike-pj1kv
    @Mike-pj1kv Рік тому +3

    Yep. Everybody wants to dig a hole that deep. My grandma would go on and on about it as well as everyone I know. And as the narrator states it's a problem that no one has done this yet.

  • @DavidSmith-tz9bx
    @DavidSmith-tz9bx Рік тому

    that was great! loved it

  • @mrmanmania
    @mrmanmania 6 років тому +308

    Every title he has on each video doesn't really get answered in his videos the fuck

    • @urbfjon9332
      @urbfjon9332 6 років тому +8

      Ilin Payne let's tell Wall Street journal

    • @soopahsoopah
      @soopahsoopah 6 років тому +36

      So basically, clickbait

  • @stevebrown6508
    @stevebrown6508 4 роки тому +681

    You never answered the question.
    How deep can we possibly dig.

    • @EnsignLovell
      @EnsignLovell 4 роки тому +29

      So the centre of the earth is 6000 Celsius, assuming liquid nitrogen (or something better) would work at that point and we could find something that wouldn't melt before we cool it or crack while cooling it, and that we could also drill through the earths crust, then we'd probably have a small chance of getting there....

    • @arthurthekyogre9155
      @arthurthekyogre9155 4 роки тому +2

      Kieran Brown but we can only get to the core because gravity

    • @arthurthekyogre9155
      @arthurthekyogre9155 4 роки тому +8

      Kieran Brown but i suppose we could dig to the other side if we have a propulsion really, really, really, really strong, it has to be constant so it can dig through the Earth and resist the immense gravity, which i don't think it would be possible for humans

    • @arthurthekyogre9155
      @arthurthekyogre9155 4 роки тому

      Patsy Sparks thanks, i guess...?

    • @KingJohnMichael
      @KingJohnMichael 4 роки тому +3

      not far cause it gets to hot idiot, its not that hard to understand, did you even watch the videos?

  • @crookscorner7894
    @crookscorner7894 Рік тому

    This was really fascinating

  • @bankylaw3745
    @bankylaw3745 9 місяців тому

    If it drilling bore holes gets too hot seems like and open pit mine is the best option would let's heat escape.

  • @h0bost
    @h0bost 6 років тому +2892

    Not as deep as my depression.

    • @Paulfieldz
      @Paulfieldz 6 років тому +101

      Hope you get better soon dude

    • @rayrey5621
      @rayrey5621 6 років тому +15

      Hobo Man damn

    • @threebruises9583
      @threebruises9583 6 років тому +40

      Hobo Man not as deep as a woman's vagina

    • @reg9166
      @reg9166 6 років тому +28

      Hahaha so edgy
      You're so cool!

    • @gracechen1717
      @gracechen1717 6 років тому +2

      Hobo Man ,nice to meet you.

  • @jadengonzalez8651
    @jadengonzalez8651 5 років тому +265

    Nobody:
    Flat earther’s: We would dig straight through the earth

    • @derSchaffner
      @derSchaffner 5 років тому +11

      We can't there is bedrock under😂😉

    • @jennalewien6714
      @jennalewien6714 4 роки тому +1

      Forwarding that..: And then we would end up at the ice wall.

    • @inkhaohuang1762
      @inkhaohuang1762 4 роки тому +3

      There is 4 kinds of earthers(I know so far):
      1.The Earth is *Round* believer
      2.The Earth is *Flat* believer
      3.The Earth is *Cube* believer
      4.The earth is *invisible bud have gravity and lot stuff*
      P.S. IDK how many kinds of earthers,if you know more,tell me ty

    • @jomariemanolo8766
      @jomariemanolo8766 4 роки тому +3

      @@inkhaohuang1762 The earth is a simulation 😂

  • @allx7912
    @allx7912 9 місяців тому

    We currently don't have the technological capability to dig that far down and even if we did no human could survive the pressure and temperatures at those extreme depths. I would also suppose that at that temperature and atmospheric pressure found in the depth would be an engineering nightmare. New alloys and technology would need to be invented to even attempt it. He DID answer the question and "unknown" is an acceptable answer.

  • @aasthasingh4618
    @aasthasingh4618 Рік тому +1

    Mind blowing!

  • @shpitz9203
    @shpitz9203 6 років тому +438

    over 12000meters and you still didnt found diamonds,damn this game is tough

    • @LiterallyWho1917
      @LiterallyWho1917 6 років тому +5

      At sea level in a normal minecraft world you only need to go about 50 blocks(50 meters) down to hit diamonds. So not to bed tbh.

    • @rews3873
      @rews3873 6 років тому +5

      CarpeDiem. Official its still not stone

    • @DjSquirrel33
      @DjSquirrel33 6 років тому

      ShpitzCSGO right?

    • @Zzucia
      @Zzucia 6 років тому

      Perkaholic Somebody sounds butthurt

    • @TheKillerskull123
      @TheKillerskull123 6 років тому

      Shakie La o

  • @Mabeylater293
    @Mabeylater293 6 років тому +560

    1:05. Wait. Crocodiles dig holes???????

    • @reesedesn71
      @reesedesn71 6 років тому +22

      TruAgape1234 yes

    • @dejabarksdale2210
      @dejabarksdale2210 6 років тому +22

      TruAgape1234 I didn't know!

    • @Eskeoof
      @Eskeoof 6 років тому +70

      they want to hide from humanity

    • @BravoArchitects
      @BravoArchitects 6 років тому

      HAHA!! Those ones already live there ))

    • @Zarathustra1337
      @Zarathustra1337 6 років тому +1

      I think thats one of the reason they survived the dinosaur

  • @technasian
    @technasian Рік тому +1

    I read somewhere that if all the water from the surface of the earth was removed and we'd only have the surface like the mountains and deep sea trenches, the earth's surface would still be smoother than a cue ball if it was the same size.