Africa's Desert Problem: How to Stop the Sahara

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  • @madeleine3548
    @madeleine3548 3 роки тому +9931

    "one of the premium lakes in the area: lake Chad"
    of course

    • @grey3247
      @grey3247 3 роки тому +521

      Chad lake Chad vs Virgin every other lake in the world

    • @vunga8195
      @vunga8195 3 роки тому +102

      Chad

    • @901craft5
      @901craft5 3 роки тому +76

      CHAD GANG

    • @thatdude9091
      @thatdude9091 3 роки тому +96

      @@MagmaCalibur is it even a competition?
      Ofc it’s chad.

    • @notoriousbigmoai1125
      @notoriousbigmoai1125 3 роки тому +99

      Did you know that in prehistoric time Lake Chad was enormous? It was call Mega Chad.

  • @60secondfinance81
    @60secondfinance81 3 роки тому +1961

    Next video on Wendover:
    The Logistics of Airports in the Desert

    • @definetlycringe5379
      @definetlycringe5379 3 роки тому +13

      First comment!

    • @oscario9405
      @oscario9405 3 роки тому +30

      @@definetlycringe5379 6 years ago? Wait......

    • @moises3545
      @moises3545 3 роки тому +9

      @@oscario9405 its a joke

    • @oscario9405
      @oscario9405 3 роки тому +25

      @@moises3545 I was responding to the joke, with a joke

    • @mustajaab8334
      @mustajaab8334 3 роки тому +14

      awkward thread..

  • @Straya09
    @Straya09 3 роки тому +4246

    Fun fact: At one point in human history, Lake Chad was larger then the Caspian sea.

    • @rainbowbloom575
      @rainbowbloom575 3 роки тому +50

      funny

    • @yoosufsayyid5733
      @yoosufsayyid5733 3 роки тому +455

      chad got old and lost it all to drugs

    • @thecianinator
      @thecianinator 3 роки тому +300

      The Virgin Caspian Sea

    • @suisiwara2036
      @suisiwara2036 3 роки тому +152

      @@yoosufsayyid5733 chad got bored of being the greatest so it retired

    • @Creeper_123
      @Creeper_123 3 роки тому +191

      Funnily enough, they named this larger Lake Chad, "Mega-Chad".

  • @ianng4633
    @ianng4633 3 роки тому +4760

    Lake Chad is shrunk so much that they have renamed it the Virgin Lake

    • @abdiabdi3225
      @abdiabdi3225 3 роки тому +42

      lol

    • @bornstar481
      @bornstar481 3 роки тому +214

      Get it because the lake doesn’t get water 💦

    • @levinkeryhell3396
      @levinkeryhell3396 3 роки тому +29

      underrated

    • @angadsingh9314
      @angadsingh9314 3 роки тому +104

      @@levinkeryhell3396 Its only been 45 minutes since he commented, give it time

    • @sharkronical
      @sharkronical 3 роки тому +30

      Chad becomes Virgin Islands

  • @sehr.geheim
    @sehr.geheim 3 роки тому +325

    I especially love that whenever UA-camrs put pictures of climate change on the screen, they decide to show nuclear power plants, which, granted, make a lot of smoke, but it's just water vapor. They might have the problem of nuclear waste, but they still have nothing to do with climate change

    • @severusfloki5778
      @severusfloki5778 3 роки тому +38

      Works better for propaganda

    • @dovid916
      @dovid916 3 роки тому +68

      Nuclear has a bad name because of shitty Soviet technicians and a particularly dimwitted decision to build a nuclear reactor right next to the ocean. And then put the safety systems below sea level, including the backup generators. On an island with an immense amount of seismic activities. *surprised pikachu face*
      New reactors, such as the CANDU, even help solve conventional nuclear waste issues, as it can use it as it's primary fuel. It also doesn't require enriching at all for it's normal fuel.
      Nuclear has so much potential, but uneducated implementation has nearly ruined it for everyone.

    • @sehr.geheim
      @sehr.geheim 3 роки тому +8

      @@dovid916 Mind you, it's not just „Shitty soviet technicians“
      Firstly, those people were highly qualified engeneers for their time, and tschernobyl was mostly caused because of overseers not knowing how far you could push the plant.
      The united states fueled the disaster just as much as the soviet union did, by prioritizing the production of nuclear weapons over efficiency and safety. If they strained their plants to the maximum, so would the ussr, and pushing it to the maximum they did.

    • @syedrehanalikhan7677
      @syedrehanalikhan7677 3 роки тому +8

      @@sehr.geheim bruh in the Soviet union highly qualified generally meant highly loyal to the state, Infact, the guy in charge of keeping the reactor running didn't follow standard safety procedures and tried to speed run the whole safety test so that electric supply to Keiv wouldn't be cut and he wouldn't be fired for causing the power cut

    • @itsGuy
      @itsGuy 3 роки тому +6

      Especially when they show a video of the Sahara being a desert and then becoming green and then going back to a desert.. but this time it went back to how it was.. because of climate change caused by people. Lol.. rightttttttt

  • @stefanivkovic1494
    @stefanivkovic1494 3 роки тому +5453

    So basically we need Toto to bless the rains down in Africa.

    • @michaelabraham9233
      @michaelabraham9233 3 роки тому +30

      Lol

    • @crapiefoods432
      @crapiefoods432 3 роки тому +74

      Æfrica

    • @Just-View
      @Just-View 3 роки тому +144

      Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

    • @Grassyknolldallas
      @Grassyknolldallas 3 роки тому +16

      If I die and go to hell that song and any U2 song will be on loud speakers

    • @BYROXI5000
      @BYROXI5000 3 роки тому +35

      Yeah 😂
      But the principal problem in Africa isn't rain... it's the capacity to the soil to absorb water.... because many water are in the surface and create floods, or disappear in the air.

  • @XxXBalderXxX
    @XxXBalderXxX 3 роки тому +1951

    Video makers need to stop showing stock footage of nuclear power plants when discussing the challenges of climate change. That's water vapor you're showing and it doesn't add to CO2 emissions.

    • @Aaronit0
      @Aaronit0 3 роки тому +353

      Yes and the irony is that the nuclear is one, if not the one, sector that emits the less co2. Coal or Oil powerplants are desastrous in co2 emissions and fine particules, solar and wind, extremely poluting to produce and we can't really recycle any of them. Dams use so many ressources to build and desastrous for the biodiversity.
      The only one that's better than nuclear fission centrals is geothermal centrals. (but can't be built everywhere, needs very specific conditions)
      The best option would be nuclear fusion. Using "rare" (1 part per 3000 if i remember correctly) isotopes of water to create 10 times the energy used for the reaction. What dangerous chemicals does it release then ? Dihydrogen Monoxyde : H2O. Also known as water. Nothing more. No radioactive materials for millenials, no way-more dangerous fine particules (like coal and oil powerplant does), Anything but water.
      So stop making nuclear sector look bad. It is one of the best, and its future is even greater.

    • @Karriefy23
      @Karriefy23 3 роки тому +22

      @@Aaronit0 bruh. Its the opposite, nuclear makes 30% of the air pollution. Solar and wind powers makes little or no pollution at all.

    • @PLUH676
      @PLUH676 3 роки тому +13

      @@Aaronit0 woah that is too complicated for my 9 year old brain can pleas simplify

    • @Aaronit0
      @Aaronit0 3 роки тому +179

      @@Karriefy23 did you account for the extraction of rare earth elements that need toxic acids and render huge areas inhospitable for life ? Because they're used for both solar and wind, moreover in the batteries needed for such power plants to work. Batteries that are desastrous environnementally. And that we can't recycle neither solar panels (that start piling up in third world countries, contaminating soil and waterbeds) nor wind turbines.
      I won't even reply about what you've said about nuclear powerplant would account for 30% of the air pollution.

    • @PLUH676
      @PLUH676 3 роки тому +2

      @didthelel wow

  • @alanheah7221
    @alanheah7221 3 роки тому +603

    Only $8 billon dollars
    Thsts like a fraction of Jeff Bezos net with

    • @peterjamesleeching829
      @peterjamesleeching829 3 роки тому +12

      Why not donate some money to it.

    • @baker7280
      @baker7280 3 роки тому +99

      @@peterjamesleeching829 because Jeff Bezos doesn’t care

    • @shashankvadati2828
      @shashankvadati2828 3 роки тому +20

      Laughs in elon musk

    • @baker7280
      @baker7280 3 роки тому +30

      @@ribos2762 he doesn’t need to donate the money lol, he could easily do it himself.

    • @baker7280
      @baker7280 3 роки тому +23

      @@ribos2762 right because you plant trees in foreign countries? What? With that much money he could easily get it done, he just doesn’t care.

  • @skeletonwguitar4383
    @skeletonwguitar4383 3 роки тому +903

    I like how theres a curve to the eastern edge that avoids where Eritrea is

    • @WynandLens
      @WynandLens 3 роки тому +44

      yeh why is that?

    • @quadnumber
      @quadnumber 3 роки тому +231

      Eritrea was at war with Ethiopia until late 2018 and seeing as the African Union is headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia I'm assuming that has something to do with it. Whether they will eventually contribute to the project remains to be seen I suppose.

    • @abubeker1704
      @abubeker1704 3 роки тому +157

      Not just Eritrea but also Ethiopia Let me explain the curve bend towards central Ethiopia because the northern part of the country (Tigrai region) is a full desert therefore the tree wall must divide Northern Ethiopia combined with Eritrea from the remaining part of the country.
      Edit: I'm also from Ethiopia

    • @AMR_k400
      @AMR_k400 3 роки тому +5

      @@abubeker1704 lol ur delusional not even tplf would allow that

    • @rogerbrandt6678
      @rogerbrandt6678 3 роки тому +42

      @@abubeker1704 thank you for your input, great to hear from you. From Canada.

  • @simulify8726
    @simulify8726 3 роки тому +1443

    *"Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes, together we can stop this phenomenon"*

    • @gojira4036
      @gojira4036 3 роки тому +23

      Yeah um no. I am totally fine without recolonization

    • @setlerking
      @setlerking 3 роки тому +91

      @@gojira4036 it’s a joke

    • @Shadowkiller-dq2ju
      @Shadowkiller-dq2ju 3 роки тому +28

      I didn’t know that
      Thanks Skillshare

    • @gojira4036
      @gojira4036 3 роки тому +8

      @@setlerking yes I know

    • @bowser3017
      @bowser3017 3 роки тому +26

      Every 60 seconds a desert grows in Africa, together we can stop this phenomenon.

  • @1yungleak
    @1yungleak 3 роки тому +1646

    I actually laughed when u said 8 billion. that is literally nothing and yet I still feel like it won’t be funded to it’s full capability

    • @AshrakAhmed
      @AshrakAhmed 3 роки тому +369

      it's not 8 billion!
      It's 8 billion for the actual project but you need another 800 billion to pad the pockets of corrupt official to make it happen.
      Back in the 90's after a really bad flooding in Bangladesh, the gov't issued USD $60 per effected family to replant crops but by the time the families got that money it was only 2 cent.
      rest of the money is in the pocket of everyone involve (with the distribution of the funds) taking a cut.

    • @punkjesus10887
      @punkjesus10887 3 роки тому +18

      @@AshrakAhmed And did you do something about it? Other than writing about it on UA-cam?

    • @wahcks1142
      @wahcks1142 3 роки тому +476

      @@punkjesus10887 what the fuck is he gonna do lol

    • @kashmirha
      @kashmirha 3 роки тому +15

      It will be founded and will not be built,. money will be stolen.

    • @thexeonboy7025
      @thexeonboy7025 3 роки тому +60

      The US military budget is like 600 BILLION, just like give 8 to Africa Ez

  • @MsCravenMoorehead
    @MsCravenMoorehead 3 роки тому +140

    3:15 - Am I the only one that noticed that he said 9.2 million when the number on screen was 9,200,000,000?

    • @jenergomes
      @jenergomes 3 роки тому +7

      Nope, I was about to question this, too!
      I don't know which is correct, but, without searching for, I guess there are millions, not billions, mostly because I doubt the Earth reach even one billion km².

    • @jenergomes
      @jenergomes 3 роки тому +10

      And Google answered me most quickly than I expected: 9.2 million. =]

    • @m1r2ms4
      @m1r2ms4 3 роки тому +7

      Exactly, that number shown is 9.2 billion.

    • @marieparker3822
      @marieparker3822 3 роки тому +1

      I saw it too - gives a bad impression.

    • @clickbiat
      @clickbiat 3 роки тому +2

      Americans read numbers differently

  • @FilmscoreMetaler
    @FilmscoreMetaler 3 роки тому +576

    People in Central Africa: "Summer is coming."

    • @ClumsyCousin
      @ClumsyCousin 3 роки тому +1

      Double-trouble!

    • @alvinyzekiellbelmonte11
      @alvinyzekiellbelmonte11 3 роки тому +4

      OHHH GOODDDDDDDDDDD
      OOOHHHHH NNNNOOOOOO

    • @Calle19881
      @Calle19881 3 роки тому +13

      HAHA! there is only one season along the equator. And it is summer

    • @tylerdurden3722
      @tylerdurden3722 3 роки тому +8

      @@Calle19881 in a desert, there a season where the wind blows from inland towards the coast. The air heating up as it blows over the hot desert. When you open your front door it's literally like opening an oven door.
      The air not just picking up heat, but sand as well.
      And when the stars alighn, it rains during all this.
      Once I experienced weather when it rained hot mud.
      Whatever this season is called, it's coming.

    • @kraio-sfu
      @kraio-sfu 3 роки тому +3

      @@tylerdurden3722 They call that hell

  • @malekaltayari3936
    @malekaltayari3936 3 роки тому +171

    Thats why most of us in North africa 80% of the population live in the mediterranean part in the north

    • @swingo3224
      @swingo3224 3 роки тому +13

      exactly thank god were not affected by this...what a blessing to be in the mediteranean sea :))

    • @swingo3224
      @swingo3224 3 роки тому +1

      @the virtuous man maybe on the south that’s for sure I agree that Sahara caused us way to many problems (wish include weather and climate change rising temperatures) the northern Mediterranean part is not affected but we should plant something to stop its progression not only for safety but for climate and agricultural purposes

    • @AlvinSeville1
      @AlvinSeville1 3 роки тому

      Libya's an excellent example.

    • @garedmorort
      @garedmorort 3 роки тому

      Lots of you also live on the other side of the Mediterranean

  • @stijn2472
    @stijn2472 3 роки тому +802

    Africa: "were gonna build a wall, and it's going to be great, the best, its going to be beautiful like... the world has ever seen"

    • @paulomendoza5606
      @paulomendoza5606 3 роки тому +91

      They should make a fundraiser cap that says "Make Africa Great Again"

    • @user-wm7mk2nt4d
      @user-wm7mk2nt4d 3 роки тому +43

      And Mexico is gonna pay for it

    • @gematriatkn9563
      @gematriatkn9563 3 роки тому +8

      @@user-wm7mk2nt4d Spain

    • @dr.catherineelizabethhalse1820
      @dr.catherineelizabethhalse1820 3 роки тому +3

      They should just bomb the sahara

    • @cooledcannon
      @cooledcannon 3 роки тому +24

      We will build a great wall on our northern border and we will have the Sahara pay for that wall.

  • @hubertoflores1972
    @hubertoflores1972 3 роки тому +62

    Lake Chad in 1973: The Real Chad of the world. Lake Chad in 2021: Adios

  • @hyen4309
    @hyen4309 3 роки тому +669

    Scientist: "Let's make African Great Green Wall to prevent Desertification."
    Corrupt Politician: "I Gonna end this Man Whole Career"

    • @Numba003
      @Numba003 3 роки тому +6

      Nice thumbnail man! Love me some KH! Stay well out there, and Jesus Christ be with you friend.😊

    • @psmsedwinfran501
      @psmsedwinfran501 3 роки тому +15

      @@Numba003 bot

    • @patchiepls9915
      @patchiepls9915 3 роки тому +5

      @@Numba003 jesus christ be praised. Hey Henry has come to see us!

    • @Numba003
      @Numba003 3 роки тому +2

      @@psmsedwinfran501 Nah my friend, just a big Kingdom Hearts fan. His thumbnail is a symbol from that game series.

    • @admiralkipper4540
      @admiralkipper4540 3 роки тому +2

      How about African countries do it on their own

  • @Shadrio
    @Shadrio 3 роки тому +1052

    "The estimated cost of constructing such a titanic structure-" Oh boy, it's going to be some absurd number I can't even fathom, isn't it? "- is believed to be around 8 billion dollars"
    ... That's it? I don't know, but after hearing the ludicrous numbers being raised by countries to sustain their country's companies during this pandemic, 8 billion dollars sounds like a drop in the bucket.

    • @adolfodef
      @adolfodef 3 роки тому +153

      The real problem is not the money, but the LOCAL manpower (you can not drop "genesis bombs" to magically alter the ground & insert the trees).
      -> The LONG (time) logistics necesary to sustain all of the "micro-branches" of the megaproject on each individual region (county_level) are difficult to organize, mantain & efectively acomplish (even without tribal wars & simple incompetency murking things).

    • @DugrozReports
      @DugrozReports 3 роки тому +15

      Cue johnny appleseed

    • @AtarahDerek
      @AtarahDerek 3 роки тому +22

      That's every person in the world giving a dollar and a few pennies.

    • @thelakeman2538
      @thelakeman2538 3 роки тому +71

      I think rather than funding the biggest challenge is the fact that the countries in the Sahel aren't particularly stable and lack proper government machinery to undertake such a massive project, aside from all the corruption plaguing to the region. Like the countries which have contributed the most like Senegal, Ethiopia and Nigeria despite their internal challenges are the ones who are more well off when compared to the other countries in the region.

    • @petergray2712
      @petergray2712 3 роки тому +47

      @@thelakeman2538 And don't forget that there's an Islamist insurgency (Nigeria, Niger, Mali, Chad and Burkina Faso) plus ongoing conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan. Plus ongoing conflicts between pastoralists and farmers etc.... The one crucial country is Nigeria, due to the size of its population and economy: if its government were to take the lead it would encourage the others to cooperate and carry out the necessary program without much fuss. And somewhere in the multiverse, there exists a stable, competent and incorruptible Nigerian state, that is capable of this task, as opposed to the Nigerian government of our universe, which doesn't give fuck all about anything other than lining their pockets in a nonstop kleptocratic orgy. So yeah, its doomed.

  • @siddhantrane3334
    @siddhantrane3334 3 роки тому +473

    RealLifeLore is what happens when you mix and encyclopedia with a Toyota Corolla

    • @sebbo_h7121
      @sebbo_h7121 3 роки тому +25

      Toyota Corollopedia

    • @hi-sg5fh
      @hi-sg5fh 3 роки тому +16

      Encyclotoyota

    • @baronvonjo1929
      @baronvonjo1929 3 роки тому +3

      I dont understand why people love talking about Carollas in here. Take this video. He didnt mention it once and most of his videos rarely get it.

    • @sebbo_h7121
      @sebbo_h7121 3 роки тому +8

      @@baronvonjo1929 because he uses corollas instead of metres/kilometres/kilograms

    • @baronvonjo1929
      @baronvonjo1929 3 роки тому +1

      @@sebbo_h7121 Barely. You could probably count the number of times he has done that on a single hand.
      I'm saying he dosnt use the glorious measurement of a Toyota Corolla enough to justify being a meme.

  • @foolifisher
    @foolifisher 3 роки тому +2

    First half the video makes the picture so gloomy but then the plans and efforts filled me with hope. Bless Africa...

  • @dylwhite8831
    @dylwhite8831 3 роки тому +393

    this areas population is projected to triple in size!
    Also this area: finding man power is difficult...

    • @paristeta5483
      @paristeta5483 3 роки тому +8

      My thought exactly. Wonder who done the work in those countries who got something done.

    • @XR190190
      @XR190190 3 роки тому +17

      You're right ! Let's put the toddlers at work !

    • @dylwhite8831
      @dylwhite8831 3 роки тому +24

      @@XR190190 who do you think mined the rare minerals used to make the phone/computer you wrote this with? but you're correct, child labour is heinous... but the current 135,000,000 inhabitants? are they all toddlers? that's about the same pop. as Russia... trying to tell me they cant find a needle of manpower in that haystack?

    • @XR190190
      @XR190190 3 роки тому +21

      @@dylwhite8831 FYI 50% of those 135 000 000 inhabitants are under 14. You can check on the UN stats. Now don't forget that these people don't have any means of going to the trees sites. No roads, not much car/truck like in developed countries. It's a different logistic !

    • @dylwhite8831
      @dylwhite8831 3 роки тому +17

      @@XR190190 why would that matter? toddlers cant drive... but again, im not here to solve multiple nations infrastructure problems, just pointing out there is a huge population and that 'triple in size' wont just be births:deaths but also immigration. maybe the government, knowing its in danger, should priorities money and labour distribution... countries like Spain and Australia are often in drought and have put money into desalination plants for their future water consumption.

  • @currypenguin
    @currypenguin 3 роки тому +592

    "We NEED to build a wall, to keep the Saharans out."

    • @vunga8195
      @vunga8195 3 роки тому +7

      Truee

    • @vunga8195
      @vunga8195 3 роки тому +69

      It will be the best green wall better than all other green walls

    • @christophergenther3517
      @christophergenther3517 3 роки тому +20

      This, but unironically.

    • @gala5439
      @gala5439 3 роки тому +57

      And the Saharans will pay for it

    • @abdiabdi3225
      @abdiabdi3225 3 роки тому +14

      a wall like no other a great wall great wall I am an expert and I know it's a great wall.

  • @jussipussi1851
    @jussipussi1851 3 роки тому +218

    At 3:21 he says that the Sahara Desert covers over “9.2 million km” while on screen it shows “9.2 billion km”. This is either a typo or a voiceover mistake. Just wanted to point this out.

    • @haroeneissa790
      @haroeneissa790 3 роки тому +139

      It's definitely a typo. The Sahara is massive but it's not bigger than uranus.

    • @JamesBond-xx1lv
      @JamesBond-xx1lv 3 роки тому +90

      @@haroeneissa790 OP might be a little big around the belt, but you shouldn't make fun of him like that :(

    • @dyslexiccone6676
      @dyslexiccone6676 3 роки тому +18

      @@JamesBond-xx1lv lmao

    • @liam6nugget
      @liam6nugget 3 роки тому +11

      It’s both, it should be 9.2 zillion square km

    • @rocketryreuben
      @rocketryreuben 3 роки тому +20

      it’s not a typo, the sahara desert has conquered the world and now it is looking to be a galactic empire

  • @Cheekymukka
    @Cheekymukka 3 роки тому +5

    Congratulations on your anniversary.
    This is the first of your videos I have seen (recommend by YT), great video and topic.
    It is very concerning to see how the predicted population explosion in Africa, along with temperature rise, less fresh water, less agricultural land, it doesn't bode well for the children born today in the continent of Africa.

  • @kronotoc461
    @kronotoc461 3 роки тому +454

    The aspect ratio of this video is more interesting than the video and Toyota corollas themselves!

    • @salvefrater2582
      @salvefrater2582 3 роки тому +21

      It’s very weird

    • @NaenaeGaming
      @NaenaeGaming 3 роки тому +42

      @@salvefrater2582 agreed
      EDIT: probably supposed to be uploaded in 16:9, there’s a bit of text cut off at 5:00

    • @xstongames4778
      @xstongames4778 3 роки тому +8

      It's 4:3 I guess

    • @royaltek
      @royaltek 3 роки тому +7

      no its not i think its 3:2

    • @NaenaeGaming
      @NaenaeGaming 3 роки тому +4

      @@xstongames4778 @Royal Tek it’s much wider than them

  • @ziggy8253
    @ziggy8253 3 роки тому +85

    “I bless the rains down in Africa
    Gonna take some time to do the things we never had (ooh, ooh)...”

    • @BBL_Drizzy91
      @BBL_Drizzy91 3 роки тому +3

      I hear the drums echoing tonight

    • @TheSinisterkelly
      @TheSinisterkelly 3 роки тому +1

      But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation

    • @t4yyib_iq
      @t4yyib_iq 3 роки тому

      @@TheSinisterkelly shes coming in 12:30 flight

    • @courtland123jones7
      @courtland123jones7 3 роки тому +1

      The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation

  • @wiseguy9202
    @wiseguy9202 3 роки тому +474

    All these African "leaders" sucking their resources dry while their people die off.

    • @rageraptor7127
      @rageraptor7127 3 роки тому +114

      To be fair it’s not entirely their fault. European empires left them with independence but divided the land along lines that benefited them not the locals and made it harder for the new governments to actually govern their new subject regardless if they were republics or not. European colonies were also often sucked dry before they became independent. And were so petty they often destroyed their own infrastructure before leaving so that the locals could never become a super power contender of their own. African nations have access to some of the most fertile resource centers on earth. However, their forced to make uneven trades with the world because they don’t have the skilled workers necessary to actually extract the resources or the infrastructure to actually produce it themselves

    • @B-Kun
      @B-Kun 3 роки тому +34

      Selling off their resources to china, when their done they will leave it a dry husk.

    • @bruhz_089
      @bruhz_089 3 роки тому +23

      @@rageraptor7127 they should redraw their borders then

    • @rageraptor7127
      @rageraptor7127 3 роки тому +54

      @@bruhz_089 it’s not as simple as that. Even if they did most of these nations are already running unstable regions each with their own unique problems. Ranging from ethnic turf wars to drought and famine issues. While other places are prospering but still suffering from wealth inequality. Also what country would give up their land willingly to another solely on the premise that one side would get benefits the other one could use as leverage for political influence around the world. It’s even worse that a lot of these nations don’t have the infrastructure to make skilled workers fast enough because their educational systems simply didn’t receive any investment when they were still colonies. For example much of what was once French Africa. Is still dependent on French intervention because they destroyed all the schools and factories when they left so that the governments couldn’t produce resources without their help. And in an act of desperation many nations ended up making horrible deals with foreign powers like China to rebuild their economies. However, many of these deals are debt traps designed to conquer the very regions the governments are trying to save.

    • @wiseguy9202
      @wiseguy9202 3 роки тому +14

      @@rageraptor7127 Sounds like French Guiana, sucked dry and left for dead. Courtesy of France.

  • @apartus6852
    @apartus6852 2 роки тому +10

    I've learnt much more in one reallifelore video, than my whole semester of taking global studies.

  • @aammirati91
    @aammirati91 3 роки тому +42

    3:18 - the number shown is 9.2 billion, which is 18 times larger than the surface of the Earth. This DOES sounds like a big problem

    • @GeorgeMonet
      @GeorgeMonet 3 роки тому +13

      The Sahara has been exponentially increasing in size for 3,000 years. It's already started reaching the asteroid belt. You didn't know because you've been living inside the Truman Show for your entire life.

    • @thankuslay6766
      @thankuslay6766 3 роки тому

      Typo

  • @riversong548
    @riversong548 3 роки тому +1076

    MrBeast: "I seen an opportunity."

    • @alvinyzekiellbelmonte11
      @alvinyzekiellbelmonte11 3 роки тому +6

      Lol

    • @kjt66
      @kjt66 3 роки тому +35

      Imagine if he did this tho

    • @EddieBurke
      @EddieBurke 3 роки тому +38

      @J.W. S.D this would take trillions of dollars in Investments, though it would create an absolute shitload of jobs and new arable land.

    • @eliasziad7864
      @eliasziad7864 3 роки тому +4

      Trump

    • @snoopah3077
      @snoopah3077 3 роки тому

      He wont have enough money to help

  • @grahamturner2640
    @grahamturner2640 3 роки тому +105

    0:58 And has the Gathering Storm expansion. That expansion is the one that added environmental stuff. It's not in the base game.

    • @galaxyred7
      @galaxyred7 3 роки тому +6

      Yeah I have GS and it’s really good. And yes a few of my world have struggled environmentally

    • @supermaster2012
      @supermaster2012 3 роки тому +5

      He doesn't play, otherwise he would know that 1) Spain is not in Africa and 2) Less than 10% of Spain is drylands.

  • @franceforthewin4917
    @franceforthewin4917 22 дні тому +1

    I really like how he always mentions civ 6. I love the game!

  • @Eternalyouthenjoyer
    @Eternalyouthenjoyer 3 роки тому +266

    Fun fact: Algeria actually has its own green wall that was completed in the 70s

    • @isetta4083
      @isetta4083 3 роки тому +22

      I feel Algeria has always been innovative and ahead of its time to some extent

    • @mohamedelhediissa289
      @mohamedelhediissa289 3 роки тому +38

      @@isetta4083 not politically though
      They are behind in that domain compared to it's neighboring country Tunisia but at least Algeria didn't mess up as badly as Libya did

    • @isetta4083
      @isetta4083 3 роки тому +16

      @@mohamedelhediissa289 definitely, they could really benefit from some democracy or some more political influence from people who aren't rich guys over the age of 70

    • @paddystrongjaw9995
      @paddystrongjaw9995 3 роки тому

      @@isetta4083 oh yeah Algeria is so progressive.

    • @isetta4083
      @isetta4083 3 роки тому +3

      @@paddystrongjaw9995 definitely not. It just has some decent ideas occassionally. Way more often that my country

  • @ClearCut8
    @ClearCut8 3 роки тому +125

    "most of growth is in a southern direction" I would think it was hard to grow significantly to the north. Right?

    • @Hjernespreng
      @Hjernespreng 3 роки тому +9

      Huh? North africa has lots of fertile land, and it has plenty room to grow east.

    • @tcgb311
      @tcgb311 3 роки тому +11

      @@Hjernespreng isn't there already desert in he east and the fertile land in the north is rather small when you look at it

    • @ClearCut8
      @ClearCut8 3 роки тому +8

      @@Hjernespreng Just replying to your comment growth was mostly to the south..... There is litle land to the west, Almost none to the North, and not that much to the East. Its a map thing that you state the obvious that growth has mostly been to the south .....

    • @victorrenevaldiviasoto9728
      @victorrenevaldiviasoto9728 3 роки тому +1

      Same thought. They need hyperbole to keep you watching.

    • @drscopeify
      @drscopeify 3 роки тому +4

      @Patrick Swan North and West has mountain ranges which blocks the desert (Atlas Mountains) North and East is desert all the way to the sea and south is also the directions wind blows most of he year

  • @godtier4583
    @godtier4583 3 роки тому +24

    Throughout 5 years the best talent he's developed is how he segues into a skill share ad.

  • @YogoYoshi2936
    @YogoYoshi2936 3 роки тому +15

    RLL: Shows picture of oil
    USA: *Someone needs some democracy*

    • @DC-ek6ib
      @DC-ek6ib 3 роки тому

      Miracle get some oil if they they send hundreds of millions of Africans migrate to europe. Democracy equals mass migration 😂

    • @mustacheman2549
      @mustacheman2549 3 роки тому

      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THAT'S FRIKKIN HILARIOUS MAN!

    • @aguyfromnothere
      @aguyfromnothere 3 роки тому +1

      The US has been the number 1 oil producer for awhile. Since the US developed fracking we dont need oil from anyone. We are a net exporter. Biden may change that...empowering lots of bad places. But we will see.

  • @tripakastayw6872
    @tripakastayw6872 3 роки тому +320

    $8 billion is like a scratch on USA's military budget

    • @i.i.iiii.i.i
      @i.i.iiii.i.i 3 роки тому +68

      8 billion is basically nothing for most industrialized countries...
      Germany for example now pays 40 billion to shut down coal plants until 2038. Or in other words this money is needed to keep the coal plants going until then because they are already making losses :/

    • @ainzooalgown7589
      @ainzooalgown7589 3 роки тому +1

      thats just 60 * new F16V

    • @quisqueyanguy120
      @quisqueyanguy120 3 роки тому +13

      Isn't that the cost of 1 aircraft carrier?

    • @admiralkipper4540
      @admiralkipper4540 3 роки тому +20

      It’s not the USA’s responsibility to pay for that shit, doesn’t effect America

    • @i.i.iiii.i.i
      @i.i.iiii.i.i 3 роки тому +41

      @@admiralkipper4540
      it does...
      It destabalizes countries, which can fuel war and terrorism. Terrorists doing stuff in America is be a concept you should be familiar with.
      Despite that the US is one of the biggest contributers to climate change, which directly makes America partially resposible!

  • @CaioBorgesMelo
    @CaioBorgesMelo 3 роки тому +9

    It's crazy how much the animation quality of your content has increased in five years.
    Congratulations and keep up with the good work!

  • @swerveutexas
    @swerveutexas 3 роки тому +236

    What about the fact that 90% of the trees planted so far are dead or dying because of lack of after-care?

    • @xenotypos
      @xenotypos 3 роки тому +74

      @S E P Or the countries around it are too disorganized, as they have always been. But it's easy to never put ourselves in question when all we have to do is blaming others, the west in particular, about basically anything that is wrong in Africa.

    • @xenotypos
      @xenotypos 3 роки тому +17

      @S E P I was talking in general, not in this thread specifically. In every video talking about africa, there are a lot of comments like that, including in the comment section of this video here.

    • @cia3058
      @cia3058 3 роки тому +22

      @@xenotypos i understand what youre saying, but historically, Europe has a lot to answer for a lot of the issues Africans face. I agree guilt and shame doesnt help anything, but reparations will. But knowing this political climate, white liberals will hijack this train of thought.

    • @theotherone5214
      @theotherone5214 3 роки тому +13

      Who could possibly have predicted that trees need water? Nobody can be blamed for this.

    • @felicepompa1702
      @felicepompa1702 3 роки тому +20

      @@cia3058 but without europe 90% of Africa would still be in the stone age/ the arabs would have colonized later anyway. Africa was almost left untouched by colonization and many africans didn't even see an european.
      Obviously many atrocities were commited, like during leopold of belgium reign, but after his death belgium actually threated natives well

  • @kadash7126
    @kadash7126 3 роки тому +8

    2100: Europe's power problem: How to stop the Africa

  • @CanadaBricks
    @CanadaBricks 3 роки тому +118

    Man these videos never seem to disappoint!

    • @subline_funtime
      @subline_funtime 3 роки тому +5

      Dude didn’t even watch the full video and he already pulling a IGN move

    • @leadharsh0616
      @leadharsh0616 3 роки тому +1

      @@subline_funtime **these**

    • @sabikikasuko6636
      @sabikikasuko6636 3 роки тому +2

      But I find myself constantly being disappointed with these videos.
      Disappointed in humanity of course, BUT STILL (XD)

  • @brickrose9756
    @brickrose9756 3 роки тому +88

    Missed opportunity to mention how many Toyota Carolas Californians wouldn't drive for 3 years

  • @samermasri1155
    @samermasri1155 3 роки тому +91

    Like many others, you made the mistake of showing nuclear plant steam as an example of pollution. It's just water steam, not CO2 emissions. They're a great example of clean energy.

    • @augustjay6436
      @augustjay6436 3 роки тому +6

      The steam is clean but there is still a lot of radioactive waste.

    • @bramvanduijn8086
      @bramvanduijn8086 3 роки тому +22

      @@augustjay6436 There is a tiny amount of radioactive waste. The problem is that you can't safely store it. Also, it's not fair to compare nuclear to no nuclear, you need to compare it to other power generation methods. And then nuclear scores above average, how close to the top it is depends on what you prioritize. If you aim for lowest CO2 emission per kWh, then nuclear beats everyone. If you aim for shortest term pollution then burning wood cut from a well managed forest wins. If you aim for lowest cost then burning coal wins. If you aim for lowest construction costs, then nuclear is the worst option there is. If you aim for lowest water use, then I think solar is the best option.

    • @augustjay6436
      @augustjay6436 3 роки тому +1

      @@bramvanduijn8086 I'm aware of the strengths and weaknesses you've listed. I only said there is waste and not on the form of steam like the person said.
      Also thousands of tons of waste is generated a year. I wouldn't call it small.

    • @bramvanduijn8086
      @bramvanduijn8086 3 роки тому +4

      @@augustjay6436 Cool, then we are mostly in agreement. I completely agree that the steam is an bad picture to use as a symbol of waste.
      I just remembered that the cooling water is still warm when it leaves the plant, so that should count as waste too since it affects the place it is released negatively. So I agree, nuclear does have quite a bit of waste. Still... less harmful than coal.

    • @Aaronit0
      @Aaronit0 3 роки тому +7

      @@augustjay6436 Have you even considered that this "waste" could be refined to be used elsewhere ? Technology have quite progressed on the matter and would even go faster if the public didn't have such a bad opinion on nuclear.
      Plus people often think nuclear plant = radioactivity = cancer to people around. Yet there are so many more cancers cause by coal and/or fuel powerplants. (300x more iirc)
      So it's quite ironical to see Germany stopping nuclear powerplants (that could have still worked for few decades. the cost of building is already done and all the infrastructures that has been in contact will be considered nuclear waste to be stocked so why not use it fully to have the best efficiency ?!) to replace them with coal powerplants, so + economic costs to build, + release of Co2 in the atmosphere, + release of fine particules that'll make people sicks. And yet they congratule themselves for doing that for the planet, being so much ecological and safe for populations.....

  • @zew1414
    @zew1414 3 роки тому +24

    I can't believe I've never heard of this before and what a great project! So many great benefits and we really should be planting as many trees as we can to makeup for all the deforestation going on all over the world

  • @akshatpachauri7077
    @akshatpachauri7077 3 роки тому +62

    3:19
    When 1 million = 1 billion

    • @Redoer
      @Redoer 3 роки тому +1

      American

    • @bpark0906
      @bpark0906 3 роки тому +7

      Million is correct in this context; he just needs to remove three zeros from the figure.

    • @KCJbomberFTW
      @KCJbomberFTW 3 роки тому

      @@bpark0906 the extra zeros look nicer

  • @zlodevil426
    @zlodevil426 3 роки тому +89

    3:20 the text says 9.2 billion instead of million

    • @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns
      @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns 3 роки тому +2

      Billion... Million... it all sounds the same. I mean, how do you add zeroes anyway, when they are zero?

    • @swargpatel7634
      @swargpatel7634 3 роки тому +18

      @@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns They difference between a million and a billion is HUGE.

    • @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns
      @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns 3 роки тому +2

      @@swargpatel7634 I was kidding. Though there are a lot of really dumb people in this world so I guess that level of stupidity I was feigning was believable.

    • @ionyxgaming365
      @ionyxgaming365 3 роки тому +2

      Uh...

    • @kingofgames0304PSN
      @kingofgames0304PSN 3 роки тому +2

      This should be top comment because, principle.

  • @ThePotatoHandler
    @ThePotatoHandler 3 роки тому +313

    2:05
    Love how all of Australia is shaded, even the parts that aren’t desert
    Edit: Just realised Tasmania isn’t on the map he used, which, as an Aussie, is fucking hilarious

    • @mothzervania6720
      @mothzervania6720 3 роки тому +6

      I am ancient german BAR BAR BAR

    • @europapulchra2855
      @europapulchra2855 3 роки тому +20

      Also he put all of spain and turkey as deserts

    • @syrialak101
      @syrialak101 3 роки тому +63

      These are drylands, not deserts.

    • @speedwagon1824
      @speedwagon1824 3 роки тому +35

      They are drylands, not deserts

    • @nn-fo3mk
      @nn-fo3mk 3 роки тому +6

      @@syrialak101 some of Australia is grassland

  • @fastfishwater9787
    @fastfishwater9787 3 роки тому +8

    I hope they plant native trees to the areas that don’t become invasive

  • @footballhighlights7417
    @footballhighlights7417 3 роки тому +46

    *shows Africa
    Madagascar: am I a joke to you?

  • @florianverndari
    @florianverndari 3 роки тому +29

    Thomas Sankara was a great president, leading a massive effort against desertification

    • @marcoroberts9462
      @marcoroberts9462 3 роки тому +5

      Thomas sankara was surely one of the greatest leaders of any country ever

    • @fatrooster4632
      @fatrooster4632 3 роки тому +2

      Too bad some idiot troglodyte decided to assassinate him

  • @thatoneguy6578
    @thatoneguy6578 3 роки тому +7

    Happy 5 years. Keep up the good work, you make one of the most unique and amazing videos on youtube. Looking forward to see what ideas you come up with for the future.

  • @Anurag_s_2901
    @Anurag_s_2901 3 роки тому

    You are one of the best anchor on UA-cam

  • @Eltener123
    @Eltener123 3 роки тому +13

    There's also the massive issue of freshwater salinization contaminating what water we have left.

  • @Callofduty4man221
    @Callofduty4man221 3 роки тому +4

    Congratulations on 5 years! It’s been great watching these over the years.

  • @bainzy9627
    @bainzy9627 3 роки тому +310

    Africa went full trump by saying "build that wall" as the Sahara was crossing the border and taking their jobs

    • @cegesh1459
      @cegesh1459 3 роки тому +1

      This is way oder.

    • @latersgator
      @latersgator 3 роки тому +6

      but a better version of Trump

    • @Kentucky_Caveman
      @Kentucky_Caveman 3 роки тому +15

      Black Trump can't hurt you, he isn't real:
      Black Trump:

    • @Kentucky_Caveman
      @Kentucky_Caveman 3 роки тому

      @Black Box Painting he is the one real God in this land

    • @Punicia
      @Punicia 3 роки тому +13

      @@Kentucky_Caveman Make Africa Great Again!

  • @Heeyboii
    @Heeyboii 3 роки тому +84

    "Africa Is Over Populated By Billion People" :-
    *Sweats In Indian And Chinese*

    • @elijahgitonga8548
      @elijahgitonga8548 3 роки тому +6

      ,what are you saying? African has around 1.3 billion people. Its not at all over populated

    • @PrezVeto
      @PrezVeto 3 роки тому +3

      @blueBeanieboos TV The hell there isn't

    • @PrezVeto
      @PrezVeto 3 роки тому +10

      @blueBeanieboos TV lol that there is such a thing as overpopulation. 😑

    • @geopixels6886
      @geopixels6886 3 роки тому +5

      blueBeanieboos TV are you familiar with the term “Carrying capacity?”
      A population can only grow if resources are in excess. If there is not enough resources in a certain area, then the population cannot grow. That’s why humanitarian crises such as drought, famine, and disease occur.

    • @voodoodoll4960
      @voodoodoll4960 3 роки тому

      @blueBeanieboos TV Well not yet

  • @agam9085
    @agam9085 3 роки тому +204

    RLL: Build a wall.......
    Trump: I knew it

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 3 роки тому +2

      SUPRISE! I am the funniest YTer evah!!!! Just kidding, it was no surprise. Everybody knew already. HAHAHHAHA!!!! That was an amazing joke (it was real talk though). WAWAWAWAWA!!!! Good afternoon, dear agam

    • @staC-wh6ik
      @staC-wh6ik 3 роки тому +1

      good idea
      wrong continente and wall material

    • @singrdave
      @singrdave 3 роки тому

      Walls don't work

    • @dinoxman8584
      @dinoxman8584 3 роки тому +1

      Okay guys, nothing to see here. Ignore the roach in the middle of the reply section and get on with your day

    • @taotaoliu2229
      @taotaoliu2229 3 роки тому +4

      Trump: Builds a wall
      Africa: WRITE THAT DOWN

  • @GamerSander
    @GamerSander 3 роки тому +187

    Says surfaces in km2, distances in miles. No we don't want that.

    • @DodgerX
      @DodgerX 3 роки тому +13

      Not everyone in this world is american

    • @MitskiMia
      @MitskiMia 3 роки тому +8

      There are people who are European, you know

    • @DodgerX
      @DodgerX 3 роки тому +2

      @@MitskiMia asian,african,latin

    • @MitskiMia
      @MitskiMia 3 роки тому

      @@DodgerX yea ok

    • @MitskiMia
      @MitskiMia 3 роки тому

      @@trollrat2828 yes

  • @alfredtaylor1076
    @alfredtaylor1076 3 роки тому +530

    "Honey, we're out of food and water...perhaps we should have children!"

    • @willblack8575
      @willblack8575 3 роки тому +100

      More like uga buga uga...

    • @theoligarchstepper
      @theoligarchstepper 3 роки тому +106

      Every animal and plant species copulate at times of uncertainty. Guess you never heard about the baby boom in America after the world wars. It gives a greater chance for your genetic offspring to live on. Once Africa solves hunger and infrastructure issues it has enough land to support 8 billion people, you can fit China and India in Africa and still have space for the US and the entire UK with space left over, so I'm interested to see Africa become the most diverse continent in History even though it kinda already is.

    • @benjamin7871
      @benjamin7871 3 роки тому +53

      @@theoligarchstepper Key word there is after. And ya if Africa can solve its greatest issues than it would be able to support its population but those are very difficult tasks to accomplish. Hope the continent can but hope shouldn't replace a pragmatic view of the situation.

    • @theoligarchstepper
      @theoligarchstepper 3 роки тому +10

      @@benjamin7871 Keyword isn't after at all you can't anticipate war and uncertainty you can only react after it happens, the baby boomers were born after both world wars and the great depression that didn't excuse them from war. All of them were born during the Korean wars and most likely served in the Vietnam and Cold war, all periods of uncertainty, this is just America so people can understand it happens to all humans. Other people are dealt in heavier hand being that they fall into the sphere of influence of regional powers. The only reason there's no country in Africa on par with Europe or Asia is that their Navy's weren't advanced enough to defend the coast and they had no knowledge of gun powder. Great Zimbabwe for example was past the iron age when encountered by the Portuguese who just destroyed the whole city from the shore using cannon fire, raided the city of its resources, and later renamed it Rhodesia and told people Asain's built the city, not native Africans. Only a fool thinks their government tells them the truth.

    • @benjamin7871
      @benjamin7871 3 роки тому +3

      @@theoligarchstepper I'd argue that there is a lot of other factors and uncertainty has lead to both rises and falls in population. Your not wrong that it didn't excuse them from war but just as you pointed out "you can't anticipate war". Some were born during the Korean war but it lasted 3 years not 18 like the baby boomers generation did, so no all were not born during it. Plus it was a tenth of the size of WW2. The Vietnam war would be a great example except for the fact that it literally happened the year after the baby boomer generation ended, weird how that happened huh?
      Africa being colonized is due to a multitude of factors like infighting between countries, European medical advancements, and political instability. While European weapons were more advanced and definitely played a factor keep in mind that most of non coastal Africa wasn't colonized until 1880; most had access to guns and gunpowder. The times that European powers successfully colonized just about anywhere, it heavily relied on divide and conquer tacits or they just got lucky with their timing.
      All of this isn't to say Africa can't or won't rise just that it still faces some great challenges.

  • @Anuojat
    @Anuojat 3 роки тому +8

    ID also like to point out to people this one very crucial fact: SOIL HEALTH makes most of the world completely useless by using the rather damaging method of single crop farming and also using materials which leak into damage the soil.
    Seriously people look it up and if you can do simple things in your area that might help!

  • @powersettingsm7172
    @powersettingsm7172 3 роки тому +23

    I like how the Sudanian savanna is not appart of sudan

  • @AULO2905
    @AULO2905 3 роки тому +46

    The ratio on this video i kinda weird. Looks like it cuts of some of the content as well.

  • @radianzero
    @radianzero 3 роки тому +119

    *Every 60 seconds, a minute in the Sahara passes.*

    • @never8931
      @never8931 3 роки тому +27

      With your help we can stop this

    • @shoreZ
      @shoreZ 3 роки тому

      I swear to God I've seen you before somewhere

    • @siddhantrane7240
      @siddhantrane7240 3 роки тому +1

      It makes sense now....

    • @trill8967
      @trill8967 3 роки тому

      shoreZ don't swear to god

    • @shoreZ
      @shoreZ 3 роки тому

      @@trill8967 I'm not a five year old

  • @texasranger24
    @texasranger24 2 роки тому +3

    Giving money to Africa is a great way to increase corruption, world hunger and overpopulation.
    But other than corrupt politicians bank accounts growing, not much will be accomplished.

  • @TheCynicalCommentator
    @TheCynicalCommentator 3 роки тому +109

    When he says “Sahel” it sounds like he’s emphasizing the “hel” part

    • @abdurahman3896
      @abdurahman3896 3 роки тому +3

      Is there a difference? Lol

    • @abdullahal-sharif8640
      @abdullahal-sharif8640 3 роки тому +5

      @@abdurahman3896 sahel means coast in arabic you genius

    • @farleydbear
      @farleydbear 3 роки тому +4

      i would ask 'why the animosity' but you both have similar names so i'll let you guys settle this

    • @ضاد-و6ع
      @ضاد-و6ع 3 роки тому +5

      @@abdullahal-sharif8640
      Sahel: سهل
      Which means plain.
      Not Sah⁷el ساحل which means coast.

    • @abdullahal-sharif8640
      @abdullahal-sharif8640 3 роки тому

      @@ضاد-و6ع both in english are spelled the same so yeah

  • @juice3702
    @juice3702 3 роки тому +30

    Last time i was this early, Sahara wasn't even a desert

    • @TorreFernand
      @TorreFernand 3 роки тому +5

      "Got any experience as a lumberjack?"
      "Well, I used to work in the Sahara Forest"
      "You mean desert"
      "Sure, that's what they call it NOW"

  • @donp1412
    @donp1412 3 роки тому +37

    I can't wait to fly over the Sahara and see a great green wall.

    • @rutvikk.
      @rutvikk. 3 роки тому +2

      I cant wait for people to die so we dont have these issues

    • @doge68989
      @doge68989 3 роки тому +5

      @@rutvikk. Yikes

    • @Supernoxus
      @Supernoxus 3 роки тому +4

      @@rutvikk. Hey, I have the perfect solution. How about we all nuke ourselves? If everyone is dead, there is no one left to complain, which means that all problems are solved for an infinite amount of time. It's perfect (:

    • @decus9544
      @decus9544 3 роки тому

      To be fair it would probably mainly look just the same as today, albeit a bit further north. The wall of trees will increase vegetation coverage south of it so you wouldn't really be able to see where the wall was actually created.

    • @F22onblockland
      @F22onblockland 3 роки тому +2

      @@rutvikk. We'll start with you, would you like to volunteer?

  • @Lordbigtime
    @Lordbigtime 2 роки тому +1

    Fencing off areas and not allowing animals in does not rebuild the soil. Multi-pattern grazing is what rebuilds soil. Having tons of animals on a small portion of land and moving them frequently what puts organic material back into the soil.

  • @TomsOnUK
    @TomsOnUK 3 роки тому +168

    “The rise of Africa”
    British Empire **nervous sweating**

    • @milokaw4193
      @milokaw4193 3 роки тому +27

      Basically entire western Europe sweating nervously*

    • @d.a.g.c961
      @d.a.g.c961 3 роки тому +18

      @@milokaw4193 Sweting because the inmigration lol

    • @seanbrummfield448
      @seanbrummfield448 3 роки тому +6

      @@milokaw4193 They're not ready for the reverse of being called "native" Europeans. lol

    • @staC-wh6ik
      @staC-wh6ik 3 роки тому +3

      @@milokaw4193 why would the rise of African countries economies and lviing standards mean more migration?

    • @admiralkipper4540
      @admiralkipper4540 3 роки тому +20

      @@staC-wh6ik living standards won’t increase though, if they could they would have already

  • @SciFactsYT118
    @SciFactsYT118 3 роки тому +40

    Random fact: Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.

    • @fullmetalalchemist9126
      @fullmetalalchemist9126 3 роки тому +1

      Many others are as well

    • @fullmetalalchemist9126
      @fullmetalalchemist9126 3 роки тому +1

      @alfred lauridsen 😂😂

    • @shadesamurai
      @shadesamurai 3 роки тому +4

      @alfred lauridsen My wet fart that I just farted has contributed to more knowledge than Africa ever has.

    • @syrialak101
      @syrialak101 3 роки тому +3

      @alfred lauridsen X to doubt

    • @artski09
      @artski09 3 роки тому +5

      @@jaouad_h "The Great Library of Alexandria was one of the most significant libraries during ancient times"
      that doesn't count because it was built by the Greeks

  • @davidtacy2594
    @davidtacy2594 3 роки тому +5

    Absolutely love your channel and your content. You are so educational. Would you consider making a part 2 to this African great green wall video going more in depth into the science and logistics of how this is actually accomplished? For example, what kind of trees are planted, where are they planted, how do they get water, and what is the expectation that it will actually work? Thanks so much!

  • @Pakistani890
    @Pakistani890 3 роки тому +1

    Just love your work bro!!!😍😍❤

  • @taylors.607
    @taylors.607 3 роки тому +80

    "A mass migration could occur unlike the likes we have ever before seen..."
    *Confetti falls*

    • @thecommentnator1621
      @thecommentnator1621 3 роки тому +4

      Unbased

    • @thegoldengamer9315
      @thegoldengamer9315 3 роки тому

      ?

    • @jonbaxter2254
      @jonbaxter2254 3 роки тому +17

      Europe: Chuckles. I'm in danger.

    • @cob571
      @cob571 3 роки тому

      dude. I scrolled down and read this comment at the exact same time the narrator was saying this

    • @kieferkarpfen6897
      @kieferkarpfen6897 3 роки тому +10

      @@jonbaxter2254 Nah. At this point europe will be full of right wing governments. Bullets are cheap.

  • @Xorthane
    @Xorthane 3 роки тому +27

    So they're going to build a maginot line for -old french colonies- central Africa

    • @jubk
      @jubk 3 роки тому +7

      If they build a maginot line, the Sahara desert would find a way to go around it lmao

    • @Xorthane
      @Xorthane 3 роки тому +7

      @@jubk nah knowing the Belgians influence i doubt the congo will bother finishing it

  • @archittler4171
    @archittler4171 3 роки тому +18

    Africa -*Exists*
    Ethopia- ''Here, people call me the savior''

  • @mr.johnson3844
    @mr.johnson3844 3 роки тому +8

    "LIVE WHERE THE FOOD IS!" -Sam Kinison

    • @barreloffun10
      @barreloffun10 3 роки тому

      Grab your kids, grab your shit! We'll make one trip. WE'LL TAKE YOU TO WHERE THE FOOD IS!

  • @MarcosGalhardo
    @MarcosGalhardo 3 роки тому +5

    You re the only UA-cam channel that I don’t skip the Sponsored part

  • @m4z805
    @m4z805 3 роки тому +35

    The USA: **Uses Imperial.**
    Rest of the World: **Uses Metric.**
    UK: **USES BOTH.**
    RealLifeLore: *TOYOTA COROLLA ANYBODY?*

    • @hussey4826
      @hussey4826 3 роки тому +3

      India uses both as well. For example, distance in km, height in feet.

    • @robertthomas5906
      @robertthomas5906 3 роки тому +1

      USA uses both. The cars sitting in my driveway I don't think have even one SAE bolt on them. My first car in the 1970s was mostly SAE. One in a while I'd find a metric. Aircraft on the other hand are usually SAE.

    • @williammerkel1410
      @williammerkel1410 3 роки тому

      Most people in the US use some Metric, mainly millimeters for things like tools and ammunition and liters for some liquids, but in all honesty a lot of people are genuinely resentful of the spite and venom presented by those that make fun of the United States for sticking with the imperial system even though it was around before the metric system and it works just fine.

  • @mlgpro5561
    @mlgpro5561 3 роки тому +64

    Looks like the aspect ratio of the video is a bit off

  • @Ushio01
    @Ushio01 3 роки тому +29

    NASA just said in 2019 that satellite imagery has shown that the Sahara desert has shrunk by 8% over the last 30 years.

    • @baker7280
      @baker7280 3 роки тому +1

      Even if that’s true, more trees is still good

    • @turkepic3637
      @turkepic3637 3 роки тому +7

      @Don K lmao

    • @jaileyx
      @jaileyx 3 роки тому

      @Don K im so jealous of u ☹

    • @semregob3363
      @semregob3363 3 роки тому

      Who even believes NASA? i mean other than Americans

    • @cuddlemuffin.9545
      @cuddlemuffin.9545 3 роки тому

      Source it

  • @156florian
    @156florian 3 роки тому +6

    It would be great if u could add sources to your video. In my opinions they are missing and are almost mandatory in the times we are today. Otherweise your videos are great!

  • @chainsawlady
    @chainsawlady 3 роки тому +13

    there's a video of a guy in australia that developed a system to reclaim desert areas - u would have to google it

    • @TheNinetySecond
      @TheNinetySecond 3 роки тому +11

      If we're thinking of the same guy, that's just permaculture. A great idea, but not all that effective in reclaiming land, more so in re-fertilizing _almost_ eroded land.
      However, a South African professor is experimenting with mimicking the migration patterns of great herds from pre-historic times. Moving a shit ton of cattle over a huge area is a fantastic way to create enough ecosystems on the micro scale that you eventually end up with "re-greened" regions on the macro scale. The key is that they desperately need to be moved regularly, and over a large area, or they would simply lead to more soil degradation. Such an undertaking is difficult on a large scale, and has to be _very_ carefully managed by a central body not driven by profits in order to succeed. The chances of a non-capitalist solution to climate change continue to be frighteningly low.

    • @TheRahsoft
      @TheRahsoft 3 роки тому

      @@TheNinetySecond" If we're thinking of the same guy, that's just permaculture. "
      if you search on youtube for Greening the desert, you will what iva lindsay means.
      its a project in jordan( one of the most arid places inthe world), and think that just planting trees is useless( china did this and it failed) because you have to grown an eco system that is capable of sustaining itself ( hence permaculture).

  • @kaygee4539
    @kaygee4539 3 роки тому +51

    The people are going to cut down the trees for financial benefit.

    • @Empy_C.
      @Empy_C. 3 роки тому +4

      tru dat

    • @yanowic9107
      @yanowic9107 3 роки тому +2

      The trees would have to be cut down every now and then anyway. You could just pay them to properly maintain the wall.

    • @Tralfazz74
      @Tralfazz74 3 роки тому

      Yeah. I mean, yeah

    • @giggity4670
      @giggity4670 3 роки тому +2

      Think of the wood industry in Africa when this happens will be booming till they run out of tree. Then start asking us again we need more as helping them for last 50 years has done nothing just cost us more not them.

    • @theoligarchstepper
      @theoligarchstepper 3 роки тому

      @@giggity4670 Yes the money you personally put into Africa yourself being a generously wealthy citizen and not some sub-middle-class chump has really helped the biggest continent in the world advance a great deal.

  • @johnl5316
    @johnl5316 8 місяців тому +2

    There has been a 20% increase in the greening of the earth due to the rise in CO2, according to NASA. NASA's maps show quite the increase in greening around the edges of the Sahara

  • @xanderarmstrong6198
    @xanderarmstrong6198 3 роки тому +25

    "Like if every Californian kept their car park for 3.5 years" So like taking the I-5 from San Francisco to LA?

    • @kitsune2667
      @kitsune2667 3 роки тому +1

      more like taking the 5 from SD to Orange County, we can't wait THAT long

  • @not_today_satan-wu2ib
    @not_today_satan-wu2ib 3 роки тому +24

    Ah yes, the classic missing new zeland from maps

  • @nickt1
    @nickt1 3 роки тому +40

    African woman: My family is dying of hunger
    Journalist: How many kids do you have?
    Woman: 17
    Journalist: Interesting

    • @chewyyo3383
      @chewyyo3383 3 роки тому +3

      Meanwhile, women don’t even want to touch you

    • @name_adi
      @name_adi 3 роки тому

      @@ribos2762 🤣🤣🤣

  • @saiyanrich
    @saiyanrich 2 роки тому

    Mildly drunk on a Sunday night, eating chicken tenders and watching RealLifeLore.... This is peak happiness

  • @insectbite1714
    @insectbite1714 3 роки тому +21

    Real Life Lore: *Deserts are growing due to climate change*
    Me, who poured sand in my backyard and put a heater next to it: *VISIBLE SWEATING*

  • @larssrensen4353
    @larssrensen4353 3 роки тому +20

    3:33 Sudan is in East-Africa yet the Sudanian Savanna in in West-Africa?
    Hmm

    • @aa_triggered3596
      @aa_triggered3596 3 роки тому +6

      Its also just a term. Sudan literally means black

    • @brandenr6073
      @brandenr6073 3 роки тому +2

      In this context, Sudan is referred as a region, and that was long before the country of Sudan came to existence. And in Arabic, Sudan literally means black

    • @aliveandunwell430
      @aliveandunwell430 3 роки тому +1

      sudan: im black, i am black. im absolutely black

    • @brandenr6073
      @brandenr6073 3 роки тому

      @@aliveandunwell430 sorta makes sense, since they're Arabs, by cultural norms

  • @roooomoooo
    @roooomoooo 3 роки тому +188

    everyone:
    this comment section: L A K E C H A D

  • @brendawilliams8062
    @brendawilliams8062 3 роки тому +1

    Important. Thx. For reporting.

  • @stavrosmarmaras4244
    @stavrosmarmaras4244 3 роки тому +8

    Fun fact: this topic was part of my listening examination for proficiency!!

  • @sjappiyah4071
    @sjappiyah4071 3 роки тому +7

    Loved the traditional Saharan/ West African Kora Music in the background, at the beginning of the video 👌🏿

    • @techfyres2610
      @techfyres2610 3 роки тому +1

      Kekekeke, hello fellow Ghanaian, just reading through some comments.

  • @geekdiggy
    @geekdiggy 3 роки тому +20

    3:02 it's spelled and pronounced "Antarctica." You spelled it "Antartica" and pronounced it "anardica"
    3:20 you wrote 9.2 billion
    gotta help my bro out.👍

    • @quidam_surprise
      @quidam_surprise 3 роки тому

      That must be the U.S. standard pronouncation or something. I've heard different sources saying it this way as well.

    • @IllusionistBeatsOfficial
      @IllusionistBeatsOfficial 3 роки тому

      @Yongo Bazuk for real? 🤣

  • @Nes
    @Nes 3 роки тому +1

    I love this video and project so much and really appreciate your awesome works! Unfortunately I only found an ad link and no sources referring to your content. Please share your sources with us. :-)

  • @wursthaendler2825
    @wursthaendler2825 3 роки тому +85

    Next Video: „How to kill the Mediterranean“ and it just explains Atlantropa for the 50th time on UA-cam

    • @____-pb1lg
      @____-pb1lg 3 роки тому +2

      @Lianhua Xin notice what ?

    • @BRIGADIERJ9
      @BRIGADIERJ9 3 роки тому +2

      Already a vid on this is made

  • @ichliebeessen2302
    @ichliebeessen2302 3 роки тому +51

    The map at beginning is German.

  • @Echowhiskeyone
    @Echowhiskeyone 3 роки тому +5

    The Sahara used to be a green savanna-like land with rivers and lakes around 10000 years ago. So stopping the Sahara is next to impossible.
    Another issue is heavy water use. With the growing population, water use can be reduced, but never stopped. Hopefully brought into check.

  • @edward9232
    @edward9232 2 роки тому +1

    An update on this video would be great