Neom: Saudi Arabia's $500 Billion Bet To Build A Futuristic City In The Desert
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- Опубліковано 12 січ 2023
- Saudi Arabia is building a futuristic city in the middle of a vast desert- from scratch.
A vital element of the country's Vision 2030 plan, the project is the brainchild of Saudi's de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MBS. The site covers an area of more than 10,000 square miles, about the same size as Massachusetts. And it could cost $500 billion to complete.
"So Mohammed bin Salman wants to project himself as a liberal leader within the conservative royal family in Saudi Arabia," Ali Dogan, research fellow at the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient institute, told CNBC in an interview. "Neom is a mega project seen in Saudi Arabia and the young Saudi population as part of this liberalization process."
The Neom project is far from without controversy, though. Critics say it's another attempt by the crown prince to improve his image after U.S. intelligence officials concluded he was behind the 2018 killing of journalist and Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi. It also is being seen by some as a way to distract attention from Saudi Arabia's human rights record.
Watch the video above to find out why MBS is betting on this futuristic city.
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Neom: Saudi Arabia's $500 Billion Bet To Build A Futuristic City In The Desert
Engineer: This will never work. There are fundamental problems with building this structure. I have moral problems with the actions of the Saudi Government.
MBS: I will pay you 1 million dollars tax free.
Engineer: When do we start? 😅
Unfortunately the idiots and the greedy are the ones with all the money.
People build cities, not money
@@noob.168 People get paid...with money. materials cost...money. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
By Engineer, you mean architect?
@@easonhuang3849 Well you’re going to need to engineers as well. Architects design the buildings but they can’t design a high speed rail system lol
This will be a cool abandoned structure to explore when it fails.
That's America's future. Look at Detroit and you will see the future of America
hell yea we'll have to send the proper people there to explore
@@skeetrix5577 Like that 3 mile long resort that hitler built! That's a good one!
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They could've spent that money on countrywide public transportation systems and an improved city planning strategy (country wide), which I think would've taken the country to the next level... I don't believe in built-from-scratch cities (by govs), cities are grown organically by the people.
Our country is doing good worrying about yours lol
Washington D.C. is a planned city. It’s a lot better than Chicago or NYC imo lol
What could have US spent on instead of wars ?
This money should be invested to control climate change to build structures to store rainwater, build public transport infrastructure etc
Yes I totally agree while the gov spending this amount of money in a necessary city , we don't have to forget that 70% of the Saudi citizens are without owned houses. It means they live in rented houses
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500 billion? Here in the US lobbyists suggest a 1 trillion just for a high speed rail system
Thats the difference.
In Saudi, government own almost all important companies
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In india, we'd do it for $500 million!
@@lemedico Lmao, that's a lie, but maybe for 250b
@@lemedico yeah do it than. Its not a lot. I bet adani can fund it
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the sad thing is CNBC only talked to political commentators and not to architects.
CNBC demonstrating it doesn't know the difference between theory and practice.
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I don't think building megastructures like this are a bad idea but I just don't think being a line makes sense, it makes navigating the city unnecessarily difficult.
Imo , building a hyper futuristic that is not a "LINE" is probably better ,
example would be using the architecture flavour as the "LINE"
I think the idea is to prevent the scorching heat to engulf the place, thus nature can grow inside but idk tho
This is absolutely stupid. Even if it is built give it a few years an the costs of maintaining it will be over the roof . And what's the point of it?
How would it be difficult? Either you go left or right. Maybe I'm missing something
believe they want to connect it with hyperloop?
Imagine all those consultancies, architects, lawyers etc and the fees will be simply incredible. Most of which will probably flow to and through London, it normally works that way.
What happens if theres a train accident or a big fire that engulfs the entire width of this "linear city", would it cut the city into two parts? Stupid design. Many flaws. Waste of money.
@@alexbaldmon4636 do u genuinely believe that they didn’t account for every possible scenario? With this budget?
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Far more expensive things have been tried and failed
Hell space missions regularly fail ask spacex or nasa
@@MrSpiderlions he didn't imagine if he was able to come up with this, an actual engineer would aswell.
Yeah I think like hundreds of millions will be spent on these consultants from western countries and nothing ends up being built.
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The last large construction project I know of in a desert was in southern Spain. It was an airport and it became an expensive white elephant. Still Palm Island kind of worked.
Considering tech nowadays this will be 10 times better imo
For far less money they could have built solar energy farms and constructed massive transmission lines to the EU and Asia. They could have also used the enegy to to make and compress hydrogen, making Saudi Arabia a major energy exporter well into the future.
Instead they're pursuing a stupid vanity project wasting their money to build a city inside a stifling trench in the middle of one of the hottest deserts on Earth.
@@genxchas considering the tech it will be 10 times worse not only building a large ass mirror in the desert and houses that close to eachother is a large fire hazard the tech is far form what we have
@Senator Armstrong yeah I feel like this setup could make it easy for a terrorist attack too
@@jerrybesch8532 I'm curious how it is going to impact the environment when you build this 'wall' in the desert. Will probably impact everything from animals as well as weather.
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Basically they decided "we have an ocean of money let's just throw tons of cash at a megaproject and see what happens."
Money losing value
That Saudi prince is worth $3 trillion in us dollars
That’s what all people said about dubai and look at dubai now
@@mohammed3048 Dubai still has debt which is paid by oil money of UAE
@@mohammed3048 Dubai relies heavily on tourism and foreign workers. Plus most of that country is uninhabitable just like the Middle East.
The downside to millions of people living in one place like this it's easy for certain people to control them all this is why I rather buy my own piece of land and live away from humans he'll know I would never ever live in a place like that..
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So they expect nine million people to willfully subject themselves to spending their entire days in a shiny box in the middle of a desert? This is an overly ambition idea that will inevitably flop.
I don't get it. Why so many hate comments? It's time we try something new and different to make our lifestyle less stressful for the planet. Even if the project fails, there would be many learnings from it which would enable us in the future.
IMO, it would've been better if they made it circular if they aim that free-flowing, carless city. If the city is circular with the same area as the line, transportation would be much easier, and for it to be walkable is achievable in that shape, not a long straight line.
multiple concentric circles with radial links
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Vanity projects usually don’t end well.
Not in the Middle East, ever heard of Dubai? Vanity projects go through when backed by an autocrat since they make sure unlike other bureaucratic government
@@karimsammouri6944 ya i heard of dubai lol, they are known for having the most failed vanity projects in world history.
@@karimsammouri6944 instead of building a new city for tourism why dont they stop bombing yemen to bits.
Really?
Go to Egypt,4k year old vanity projects still standing
i have a feeling all these poor capital allocation decisions will end up having a negative downstream impact in a post-oil-dependency world.
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@@AliAli-fc9qr how many of that is pure Saudi born and bred talents?
They said the same about Dubai and Qatar and Abu
@@theancientsancients1769 Why not build city like Dubai or better version of Dubai? In my opinion, humans are designed to live in circle city where everything is connected. As someone who see city with line. I don’t see people will enjoy living in a line city. I hope they create like 30 line which could be more attractive to people to move in. Humans wants to have sense of community especially Muslims. I don’t see that line presented the Arab people or Islam culture.
@@groundtrader173 this is a better version of Dubai from their context point of view. Nobody does this before. Let them try and we learn from it. Dont tell me you knew it will failed because it never happened before.
The idea behind the wall might be that it could create some kind of temperature differential to help trap moisture behind the wall. A lot of evaporation is caused by air, not just by the sun, so perhaps if you build a wall against the wind current that consistently blows strongly in one direction you could trap moisture on the other side and slowly build up a temperature differential that would create a feedback loop.
Actually, it looks like it might be the other way around. With mountains the side that gets all of the wind gets the moisture while the other side is typically dry.
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I hope the project succeeds. It's refreshing to see new thinking in other parts of the world. While the West struggles to agree on the definition of woman and how many genders there are. As for those ranting about the human rights record of the Saudi government, I'd suggest they look at the governments in Washington DC, or London, and then tell me if their records are any better.
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These sorts of megaprojects have been done many times throughout history: usually they're disasters (like Xi Jinping's failed Xiongan planned city), and at best they end up being very expensive decorations (like the Great Pyramids). If you want to invest in your country, invest in the *average* person's productivity with things like roads, schools, etc.
I'd surmise that the roads and schools are pretty good already in KSA. With higher oil and gas prices, there is a current windfall and the longer the war lasts. the better for KSA even if demand does fall due to a slowing world economy. China has yet to go back to full steam ahead and it has the money to kickstart it and it needs lots of gas to move off coal. The bigger issue is a population used to the "easy" life and the oil ATM machine. KSA sees the UAE and thinks it can copy it (why not apart from the airport hub). At present the biggest influx of revenue apart from oil is the Haj to Mecca. Its nice to have but its not enough (and it costs KSA as well). Egypt has developed their side of the Red Sea into a tourist magnet so why not the KSA. Tourism does not need advanced skills. Riyadh will soon be near unhabitable in the summer heat extremes. Like China, construction employs alot for a time and it keeps the wheels turning. KSA is trying to move away from oil but just nudging it is a massive task. KSA must find answers by 2050 (if not 2040ish) or the days of a big oil gift will be ending. KSA also has a very young population and keeping them working stops them getting political.
Who says XiongAn is a failure?
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@@Western_Decline They want to print a picture that China is stupid, anything that China did is stupid, wrong, failure.
No it not that Daryl, it take a lot of planning and problem solving. When you see a modern city most of the hard work has already been done. Prince Mohammad Bin Salman is a lawyer he not an engineer and his temperament has been one of a tyrant. You patient and preserving to do projects like this I see none of that qualities.
there are still people without food in this world. oh well.
In Saudi Arabia too there is poverty
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Sounds like a Futuristic Wasteland to me. Sure it can build some hype upon its launch, but not sure if this will be sustainable. A great urban design adapts on its natural terrain and maximizes the resources around it while this one is the exact opposite. The 170km mirrored wall looks like a gigantic magnifying glass ready to toast anything around it, especially during the peak of summer when temperature reaches more than 50°C (122°F). I don't know man, but this place seems more like it's being built by the ruler's ego and not by the intention to improve the quality of life within their country.
he is one of the few leaders that i think truly cares about his country...
For some further context to the money the Saudi's are throwing at this project, they are bringing in experienced ex-pat construction industry executives and paying them annual salaries of £600,000 - £800,000 tax free for 2 year contracts - x5 their UK salaries.
They do not need any "ex-pats". The bin ladens own the largest construction company in the world which employs west asians "executives"
That depends, some executive at big engineering firms do make that much.
They talk about this in the video...
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There's two points to be made.
1. Earth is about to explore and colonize space. This is practice. In an environment that's very harsh.
2.Earths governments are already thinking about this to fight global warming and reducing more infrastructure.
The Barcelona Sea Water Desalination Plant cost around 200 000 000 Euro and provides a drinking water output of 200,000m³/day. I strongly recommend they tack one on the ocean end of The Line. Turn some of that Oil money into a really useful future resource.
They already got that, how do you think they can have 34 million inhabitants in a 2 million square km specially the capital which has 7.6 million in the middle of the desert to drink water without rivers.
I read somewhere they have the longest artificial river because of their desalination plants and they are investing and created new technologies to make the desalination much cheaper than before.
Quatar spent 200+ billions for the 2022 world cup, mostly on its infrastructure. It' possible, but 500 billion wouldn't be enough.
It will cost more than 3 trillions dollars
Dubai 20 Years ago to now. It's possible.
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The bottom floor would be intended for people using exercise bikes that generate electricity for the entire building.
It'll flop like all their other projects
They struggled to put together one skyscraper that now sits unfinished at 200m tall. 1/5th of what it’s supposed to be. How are they actually going to construct this massive weird city? Not sure this is honestly desirable for enough people to make this an actual thing for people to move there. They would need trillions in subsidies to get people and industry to move there.
They failed with the skyscraper because first, it wasn't being supported by THE ROYAL FAMILY. It was by ONE MEMBER. And even then, he would have finished it if it wasn't For COVID-19. and MBS also Arrested The guy behind the tower.
Do not be jealous. Saudi still has the 3rd tallest building in the world. Know the background behind that skyscraper as to why it failed.
@@nadheershongwe5314 are you bragging because of this 3rd highest building. What a shame.
Unlike those Saudi Projects, NEOM Projects are fully funded by the Monarch family and the government.
The third tallest skyscraper is in Saudi Arabia so plz don't pretend as if we can't build a skyscraper.
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The Line. Millions of people living in a 170-kms long corridor, but only 200 meters wide, trapped between two walls as high as a mountain. That's quite a futuristic vision of Hell on Earth. I hope the project includes at least one psychiatric hospital, the residents will need it.
He is such a simple minded man. So many othere things Saudi Arabia could be doing to stay relevant after the diminish the oil reserves and my guy is like, imo build a tourist resort in the middle of the desert.
It’s exactly what Americans do. “The city is in debt! What should we do?”
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"smooth brained dictator wants a new shiny toy"
Too many leaders have enormous egos and care too much about their legacy. Just lead the people following the golden rule (assuming they’re not racist or misogynistic).
@@abdirahmanhassan1848 they could be American 😂. And that does happen.
They need to host the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Neom. Imagine being in Neom to see the NNNEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOMMMs going by! 😂😂😂
All I keep thinking about is Dubai's Palm Islands and what a disaster they turned out to be.
Hey, I have a great idea. Let's build a big city in the middle of the desert where there's no water and plants.
You are a genius 😹
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For comparison, the United States could build 38 aircraft carriers with this amount of money... staggering.
For comparison United States has given 100 billion to Ukraine
@@yashkumar3196 Which they will get back via UN. Because Ukraine war is actually a scam.
@@yashkumar3196 100 billion?.... more like 20 billion my guy
@@PowerrPundit even if it was only $100 dollars, still a waste of $100 none the less!!!!!
@@PowerrPundit no it’s over $100 billion already lol
I'm no engineer here but would the air not be really affected? I just can't see a project like this actually being finished.
Yes, 2 buildings across affecting "air". Poke holes somewhere else. I hate SA as much as the next guy, but flash your useless Eng. degree somewhere else... with you "air" theories XD
exactly! you are "no engineer"
@@RatnaMaharaj He meant wind airflow surely, and a tall wall will absolutely effect airflow which will effect temperature. But there are few people that live that no-one will care about unfortunately.
@@joepopplewell680 Exactly what I meant!
@PKMKB I meant airflow you idiot, no breeze in a 34km building in the middle of a desert.
500 billion? Good luck with that budget. And it looks like a completely unnatural hellscape. What could possibly go wrong?
With house prices so expensive in the west if mbs can pull this off ,he will have plenty of people to work there.
I used to think that Headwear was ridiculous as a child now I find it very awesome and im sure it helps with that dessert sun
Desert sun and sand storms
how can I short on Saudi Arabia?
I didn’t understand why not a conventional city with some upgrades it reduces the risk
If they succeed in building the line city and other parts it will definately be interesting.
I was the CFO of an architecture firm who was commissioned to work on 4 100,000 square meter mansions for Neom on the coast.
Every step of the way I had a really bad feeling about the team/project and ultimately we dropped out without accepting any payment.
All contracts are governed by sharia law which I wasn’t familiar with.
I did like their focus on a massive desalination effort and I do hope that aspect of the project works out.
Business contracts sharia compliant just means that no interest payments are involved and that the G & S are also sharia compliant (no casinos, night clubs, alcohol,pork etc.)
Just means no interest in this case since interest is forbidden in Islam.
That is so cool, I'm super interested in water conservation. Desalination is so frkn expensive! Do you have more info where I can read about Saudi plants they're working on?
Another dictator trying to boost his ego.
"smooth brained dictator want a new shiny toy"
That is all this is
Better than the dictator having all the money by himself.
he needs to use the gov't money in order to benefit him.
@@simonseznyc u have a smooth brain
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Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
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The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
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Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
"smooth brained dictator wants a new shiny toy"
Exactly
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I want to spend my vacation in Saudi, said no one ever...
Not even their next door neighbors, nor the Saudis themselves mind you.
All that confined space will be great during the next pandemic
Looks like a future ghost city.
its an extremely beautiful place. am very excited to see the line and the oxagon succeed and hope to visit once its all done
Very Rich people had ideas to make more money, a politician has ideas to get more power and control, a poor man has to work for both of them to survive....
Imagine being trapped there if there is a catastrophe or just being there on garbage day, awful!
Imagine being trapped in there when Crown Prince Momo Bonesaw McGee shuts off the water on workers striking over unpaid wages.
Why does it have to be linear? Wouldn’t a circle, or a series of circles, be better?
because linear makes everyone have access to nature equally
Because it's not about being realistic, or feasible, it's about making ppl believe in a "vision". Clearly the consultants were paid for their marketing skills, not their architectural ones.
@@dom1abc1mbc ah yeah I'm sure everyone is going to want access to a giant-ass desert.
@@TC-lk2ev uhhh yeah they do, the desert the mountains and the beach are all beautiful
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I just can't see ever wanting to live somewhere like this. The center of the city will still be more expensive because it is closer to everything and it'd be such a pain having to go from oneside to the other.
this is wrong the most expensive part wil be closer to the sea part and the deeper you are in land the cheaper it is
If Brightline, the only private intercity passenger rail operator in the US, got 500 billion bugs… they could build high speed, intercity, regional, and local rail lines connecting all of the US, and the world economy would just explode, in a positive way, as Brightline can build a high speed line for 8 billion, compared to over 100 billion for california high speed rail.
0:17 he’s gonna achieve carrying two phones at the unrealistic, impractical non-existent city in a desert?
I wonder super engineers could have tried layman's idea that building this city for 5km would give a feel of at least 60% technology seamless integration aimed and give confidence of 50% of the overall length. The cost to complete this entire line & cluster of projects would cost not less than 10 trillion US Dollars including adjusted +/- flations.
Great vision maybe he is a great man ,Juliusceasiur was also mocked, we still look today on his great works in Rome, mankind needs people of vision or we never move on MBS is a modern day man of forward thinking a vision for his country and the people he cares about, this project will propel his country into the 22nd century, while many others will still be in the 90s.
A line makes it incredibly inefficient for travelling around. What if you live in one end and you get a job on the other end? You'll be commuting 170km to work every morning !
In order to reduce average travel distances the optimum shape is a circle, that way everything is as close as possible to everything else whilst maintaining the volumetric size.
If you don’t understand the project, it’s best you just shut up. The Line is designed with a metro system that goes from end to end within 30 mins max.
@@nnaif yeah that’s what he is saying idiot if the line was a circle then with that same metro system it would have only taken like 5-10 minutes
@@nnaif and what if there’s a fault in between then the whole system would be broken for hours not the most convenient thing
@@nnaif now you just dumb.
That train has got to stop at stations, and that's at least one minute average per station and 1km max per station that's still 170 stations with 170 minutes of stationary time.
Even if trains skipped stations you have at least 50+ minutes of train stationary time. Add that to the 30 minutes time and you have at least 80 minutes of travel end to end. ( Ignoring the brutal acceleration of your imaginary 340kph underground train ).
Either way ridiculously inefficient.
Meanwhile if the building was circular, the furthest distance anyone would have to commute would be 27km not 170km, that 80 minutes would be 12 minutes.
@@nnaif if you make it a line you increase average travel distances enourmously. There will be a lot of traffic on the super train. How many stops does it have anyway? Even out of a supertrain people have to get out, which takes 2min per stop.
modernization begins with education, civil rights, free domestic trade, equality of opportunity and so on.. built environment is often a formalization of socio-economic orders dictated and desired by powers that be.. also funny how there were zero architects invited to give an opinion on this.
Zero architects? The cream of the crop is working on that project. We’re talking hundreds😊 of billions in budget. Idc what’s their moral stance, once the millions show everyone is onboard.
Found the liberal.
@southrichmondtofl
It's true though, you nerd human capital, skilled labor and entrepreneur to develop a modern economy.
Even MBS recognised this, as saydi Arabia could no longer cultivate the entprenuers and human capital it needed if all the industries were state owned and people could theoretically have thier hands chopped off for theft
You think he's not working on the things you mentioned? he already gave women equal salaries, something that doesn't exist fully in America.
@@southrichmondtofl found a communist
in spite of 120f + ( to 50c+),mid summer temperatures, air conditioning can moderate the six months of extreme heat! remote location may be a problem. but, cross gulf bridge can open access to huge egypt population..israel and jordan can also then gain ease if access by vehicles..desalinization technology is improving to supply near unlimited water supply..
keep in mind that 80 +- years ago las vegas was a desert. phoenix exists in raw desert.. palm springs area of southern california desert was nothing until first resorts emerged in 1930s..the direct vehicle access to egypt is a vital infrastructure need..bridging is with in budget range..with desalinization, ornamental horticulture can help turn desert green. ( see golf in dubai, abu dabhi)...with money, almost every dream can be possible..but who will want to live there?
You got the temperature wrong tho you might have taken the average of the whole kingdom, but NEOM would be in the far north west region which is far cooler even in summer around 30 c at noon, it could reach 38 but not everyday and doesn't last long during the day maybe an hour and at night reaches 20 c
No matter how big and expensive the city is, in the end their favorite holiday destination will be London and Paris.
These Massive high-tech desert cities will only be able to accommodate so many people and they have to factor in the possibility of a decade + long drought.
No David, can you think of a single project that Prince Mohammad Bin Salman as done were it was a success?? His war in Yemen is a total disaster. His programs for work in his Kingdom was a total joke. Don't get me wrong people like some of his reforms but honesty he has been all that great a leader as far as programs for his people.
The killings are madness. I still want to live to see this project become a success. I can think of a lot of benefits to such a design and process, compared to cobbling things together as we go in most other cities, albeit whether that kind of money could be better spent elsewhere. At least it's not being spent on nuclear weapons or something. The ease of transport, passive climate control, bridging distant regions, ability to support other areas, being a bit of a moon shot project, advancing the country forward...
Making it a line with 1 line of HSR along the whole way is still extremely stupid. It artifically increases travel distances while creating a gradient of traffic peaking at the center they simply don't seem to have a strategy to manage. It's a gadgetbahn but an entire city.
It's a mass of technobabble to distract the ppl of SA from the realization that despite knowing for 60yrs that the oil would run out [and that their land is becoming uninhabitable], their gov't hasn't come up with a viable contingency plan.
Just for one thing, that region is seismically active, and a structure that size would be subject to different stresses all throughout. Assuming it was ever built in the first place, it would tear itself apart, and be in constant need of repair, inside & out.
I can see that in the future if the Line means life under cover or banished out to the desert with the rats and cockroaches of the world I'd chose living on the line it would cost you to live there so you would have to work somewhow to pay your costs . The alternatives may not be pleasant.
Clearly everyone who is hired will take the money and put in the work. They will be long gone when 2045 comes about. Employees in 2040-45 will be left with a project I completed and not feasible.
Happy to work on this project at 500,000 tax free.
Do not buy into a country that does not guarantee private property rights.
Mohammed Bone Saw
RIP to the 500 Billion $$
amazing. i think China will likely be constructing the entire city working with local labor there. this is going to be the biggest attraction of alltime when it's done.
very smart to have everything in line to navigate by local bus. i can't wait!!
MBS is a strong leader and you need someone like him to lead the middle east.
By the time they get done if they ever start, it won’t be a desert any more, with the way this weather is been changing in the world
So much work and patience have to be put into building the city. I admire that affirmation
We cooperate with China in manufacturing weapons and transferring technology. The Internet is the best in the world, cyber security is second in the world, and we did not start until 5 years ago, since he assumed power
I expected it would be more expensive than merely $500 billion. Even though I understand that money is not chump change by all means but we spent almost the same amount solely on the F-35 program lol
no way the us spents 500 billion on F35! 500 billion is literally more than the GDP of half the world
it means ur f35 toy programme is corrupted
I estimated the cost. In The Netherlands to build 1m3 of a normal house costs €700. So we have 200mx500mx170.000m= 17billion m3. 17x€700= €12.000 billion. So 24 times more expensive then their number.
@@Robert-vm8vw it is easier to build structures like the line which is literally just a pair of lines compared to house. Plus, they are building it in a new land. Easier=cheaper
@@rollinghippo2940 Easy to build? You are kidding right?
This is going to be a huge disastrous of a city on the planet. It's being built in an unlivable place (A desert where even the tribes used to move around to sustain themselves for centuries). And it will be unsustainable. (Food and tech is imported and their only export for decades has only been oil)
It’s the exact opposite. The conditions in your country are way worse
Indian
@@ArabianQuirkSA my man I'm not Indian as I have never been to India. Please stop assuming racist things. Makes us Muslims look bad. Peace be on you and may Allah guide you. (P.S. my previous comment is not an attack on your country it's just this idea of this city being criticized as ridiculous so don't take it personally)
I watched the T.V Program on Palm Islands...Just, incredible!
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How many migrant labourers will die building this?
nafs aleadad alladhi qatalath mirika fi alyaban
They already sentenced 3 people to death for protesting evictions related to the project.
I wonder how many lives of construction workers it will cost to get this thing built.
Mashallah, young and smart, may Allah make him successful
Anybody should be only allowed to spend $500 billion if they earned them first. Otherwise he's unlikely to know what he's doing.
I think MBS has a firm grasp on what he is doing.
@@TheRealWinser $500 billion is a huge investment for somebody who never invested before.
@@TheRealWinser Yeah I bet
Love Saudi Arabia, I finally visited this year 🕋
What do you think. Ie re. Revelation 17:13. 13. Daniel 2:43. Matthew 12:26. 13. Ephesians 6.
They plan to establish the city of Neom, named after the character Neo from the Matrix movie.
In this city, robots will outnumber people, just like in The Matrix.
They made the artificial intelligence Sofia robot, and Sofia said that if there was danger to her, she could destroy people.
They will make humans and robots fight, as in the Animatrix.
How many foreign indentured servants will it take to build and service this project
Neom looks like a prison devoid of freedom and opportunity. I doubt it will function as intended, let alone even support life.
@Fight authority u
This will one of those “unfinished projects”