Africa's Great Green Wall: Stopping the Spread of the Sahara

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Megaprojects

Megaprojects

2 жыл бұрын

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@megaprojects9649
@megaprojects9649 2 жыл бұрын
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@thesilentone4024
@thesilentone4024 2 жыл бұрын
The green solar farms on the lake I think in France its the 2nd or 3rd biggest 🤔. First biggest water solar farm though.
@trapperjohn6089
@trapperjohn6089 2 жыл бұрын
Keeps is great and all, but what if you’re already bald, and you want to get on rid of stubborn patches that refuse to fall on out? How about an opposite product? Since the name keeps implies playing for keeps, you can call it funzys
@thesilentone4024
@thesilentone4024 2 жыл бұрын
@@aarononeal9830 ya but how seeds or a living tree if living there doing some damage to the soil how they need to dig and trees grow fast if seed then its fine just a pencil hole will work. Ps I got a 7 month old mesquite tree from seed its 4 feet tall now
@aarononeal9830
@aarononeal9830 2 жыл бұрын
@@thesilentone4024 You have a good point.
@silentracer911
@silentracer911 2 жыл бұрын
Oh no!!! Not your collarbone!! Poor Simon…. Feel better buddy!
@PD-mi3qj
@PD-mi3qj 2 жыл бұрын
Don't know what I found more interesting... The content of the video or the fact that Simon had time to go mountain biking between hosting 100 KZfaq channels
@audreymuzingo933
@audreymuzingo933 2 жыл бұрын
Well apparently he tried to rush it and look what happened.
@holgerjahndel3623
@holgerjahndel3623 2 жыл бұрын
n Also see the anthropologist James DeMeo from the USA and also the international Nexus-Magazine.
@R0bobb1e
@R0bobb1e Жыл бұрын
I may have watched things in the wrong order, but as the previous video I watched was a Side Projects about the most dangerous toys invented and his references to a slip'n'slide, when I saw him I though, hmm??? Slip'n'Slide accident? lol
@rogueviking9268
@rogueviking9268 2 жыл бұрын
Poor Simon broke his collar bone flogging Danny for longer intros. Allegedly. Heal quickly, Legend!
@sarahnash276
@sarahnash276 2 жыл бұрын
14 minutes epic blaze intro...the revolution is at hand!
@mikepierce5621
@mikepierce5621 2 жыл бұрын
"Maybe it was a sick ostrich...."
@fett713akamandodragon5
@fett713akamandodragon5 2 жыл бұрын
Danny, this is your chance bro, he's down an arm, he can't put up much of a fight! #FreeDanny
@_KRose
@_KRose 2 жыл бұрын
Even if it doesn't reach the goals, it's certainly better than doing nothing at all or trying to stubbornly ignore the issue
@thumpyloudfoot864
@thumpyloudfoot864 2 жыл бұрын
Simon: The biggest living organism The Boreal forest: Am I joke to you?
@TarkMcCoy
@TarkMcCoy 2 жыл бұрын
There once was a forest from Boreal, that spoke, "Are I not seen as for-real?" There, now you're technically a joke...
@battlebeard2041
@battlebeard2041 2 жыл бұрын
Limerick *
@TarkMcCoy
@TarkMcCoy 2 жыл бұрын
@@battlebeard2041 Well, I could add a few more lines about that guy from Nantucket... 😁
@spddiesel
@spddiesel 2 жыл бұрын
@@TarkMcCoy to continue your limerick... "With limbs you can climb And greenery sublime I believe that I'm quite a big deal!"
@owenshebbeare2999
@owenshebbeare2999 2 жыл бұрын
Ahh, the obligatory American "we have the biggest" claim.
@MrJjones543
@MrJjones543 2 жыл бұрын
Obviously he broke his collar bone trying to prevent Danny's escape
@thcdreams654
@thcdreams654 2 жыл бұрын
Simon broke his arm fighting off a version of Simon invading our timeline. He ran out of channels to create and wanted to create one within our universe.
@wyatthill6252
@wyatthill6252 2 жыл бұрын
The alternate Simon never lost his hair
@getthelubescoob
@getthelubescoob 2 жыл бұрын
@@wyatthill6252 In that universe he invented keeps
@Fortunes.Fool.
@Fortunes.Fool. 2 жыл бұрын
My last mountain bike crashed involved a deer, a concussion, a long walk home, and no real memory of what happened. Always wear your helmets, kids. I'd be brain dead without my MIPS helmet.
@megaprojects9649
@megaprojects9649 2 жыл бұрын
Yep, I'd be much worse off if I hadn't been wearing a helmet.
@edemyaw5815
@edemyaw5815 2 жыл бұрын
Sir.. are you from Australia?
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 2 жыл бұрын
What happened to the deer? 😉
@james_baker
@james_baker 2 жыл бұрын
Was the deer wearing a helmet?
@terryarmbruster9719
@terryarmbruster9719 2 жыл бұрын
@@megaprojects9649 your beard would be just shifted to head just before fall thereby providing much more protection than any helmet. Its alive and has an obvious symbiotic relationship with you. No harm to the host lol. Also just admit broke arm due to rubbing blaze oil too vigorously into that beard. Pretty stressful to the bones lifting a 55 gal drum of oil every morning to keep that beard ALIVE!
@azargelin
@azargelin 2 жыл бұрын
Do one on the the Great Man Made River in libya which cost over 20 billion and pumps water from the worlds largest ancient aquifer which has 150000 cubic km of ground water (more water than the nile river discharges in 500 years)
@battlebeard2041
@battlebeard2041 2 жыл бұрын
I’d watch that.
@IrishMike22
@IrishMike22 2 жыл бұрын
@@battlebeard2041 yup. I'm a sucker for "more water than the Nile in 500 years" videos. Send it.
@awsumaustin7650
@awsumaustin7650 2 жыл бұрын
That sounds like a MEGAproject for sure!
@IrishMike22
@IrishMike22 2 жыл бұрын
Listen to Abdallah Zargelin and make the video. Sounds incredible 🤩
@quokka7555
@quokka7555 2 жыл бұрын
Nubian sandstone aquifer system
@itsapittie
@itsapittie 2 жыл бұрын
Okay, so it hasn't gone exactly in the direction originally envisioned. It has accomplished a lot and instead of denigrating it for not achieving its goal, we should be building upon what has been accomplished. In reality, very few truly "mega" projects in history have ultimately turned out as they were first envisioned.
@UKinQ8Gaming
@UKinQ8Gaming 2 жыл бұрын
Stay positive bro, maybe one day slavery will be abolished and we will have world peace... oh wait... im not smoking what you are.... id love to be as naive as you.
@jonnyaxelsson9940
@jonnyaxelsson9940 2 жыл бұрын
It's a learning as we go. One way or many others, this project/these projects are going to be massively scaled up in the future. The more we learn now the better we will perform in the future.
@Snowneutrino652
@Snowneutrino652 2 жыл бұрын
We have the ideas but we’re just not there yet to successfully control the weather or landscape of the earth. We’re great at being able to take away but don’t know how to effectively put back. This will never work without the money and infrastructure to water and seed a desert
@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88
@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88 2 жыл бұрын
The thing about this one is it's historical precedence. Here in Arizona you can find areas where the Native Americans were geoforming the terrain, simply by digging shallow depressions roughly perpendicular to the path water would take. And these weren't always a few inches deep, spaced every few feet. These are features only noticable by the air. Distinct green stripes in the desert, features we are replicating by accident with all the roads, and especially the canals, that criss cross the desert. It works by slowing down the run off from the intense, but very short lived, desert thunderstorms just enough to percolate down through the dry, cracked topsoil. Much of the rainfall we see in the desert does just that, flow right over where it's needed and on down the dry creek beds. This technique, over generations, not years or even decades, but with enough time it theoretically could shift weather patterns. The problem is often to get more rain in one area it will rain less in another. Granted, the native Americans weren't trying to turn the entire untied states green. I don't want to think of the chaos that would ensue if parts of SE Asia dry up while N Africa and the Middle East turn lush green.
@sparhawkdraconis2559
@sparhawkdraconis2559 2 жыл бұрын
This project gives me a glimmer of hope for humanity. Thank you Simon.
@jetsons101
@jetsons101 2 жыл бұрын
Funny, Millions of years ago the Sahara was under water and just about "5000?" years ago it was a lush land with lots of rain. The earth naturally wobbles, it's called axial precession and this has a effect on the seasons and how glaciers shrink and grow over thousands of years. Just learned about it after watching this video. Hope the "wall" helps. Thanks for posting................
@busydadscooking001
@busydadscooking001 2 жыл бұрын
I lived in Ghana's Northern Region briefly in year ~2001. It was hot, and dry, and visibly very like many of the videos you showed - red dirt, some-but-infrequent trees, dry farming and occasionally a water source. It was an unpleasant and challenging place for anyone to live a self-sufficient lifestyle but that's NOT EVEN IN the Sahel which is further north yet ...
@pontiacpaul1
@pontiacpaul1 9 ай бұрын
Hard life there im sure. Africas pop has tripled in last 100 years. Its a big place but not a great place for food production. It will become the worse. Mass starvation event in the history of mankind if they dont learn how to feed themselves without imported food.
@thelamegoat8035
@thelamegoat8035 2 жыл бұрын
Nice I'm trying to plant out most off my 53 Acer farm in native plants for the bird's and native animals growing back the forest in Tasmania Australia
@dlerious77
@dlerious77 2 жыл бұрын
One of the most amazing projects I have heard over the years, I say any progress is a way to a brighter and greener future and a greener africa
@yousufkazmi7842
@yousufkazmi7842 2 жыл бұрын
Standard forestry practice to plant 5 saplings for each tree felled, a feature which at least one toilet roll manufacturer has used to promote their green credentials ! The 5 become one as death and thinning take place to leave one adult/ mature tree to be felled before the process starts again. A broken clavicle is a painful cycling right of passage!
@lvxmagick9560
@lvxmagick9560 2 жыл бұрын
I lived in Palm springs California, & saw how the desert would eat whole golf courses trees & all in under 2 years of not being kept up, I couldn't imagine the Great Sahara being tamed..
@TheScotsalan
@TheScotsalan 2 жыл бұрын
Just by total chance, I looked at palm springs on google maps the other day. River extraction right ? Colarado river ? I was looking to compare church density compared to Texas. A bit random I know. But such is life. Golf courses upstream cost farms of water downstream. 👍
@TheScotsalan
@TheScotsalan 2 жыл бұрын
I was tracing the river from hoover dam. Looking for churches. Particuarly in reservation areas. No idea why. Insomnia. There, in the middle of where there should be no green.. pockets of green. And yeah.. seems Texas has a church every block.. with ford pickups parked outside. Sigh.
@paulcrowley2014
@paulcrowley2014 2 жыл бұрын
A dessert taking over a golf isn't a bad thing. I'd rather look at a dessert then fat bad dressed white old men hit a ball and chase after it.
@TheScotsalan
@TheScotsalan 2 жыл бұрын
@@paulcrowley2014 Dont disagree. I was thinking of the fish downsream. The ones trump hated. You know that story. Golf in desert v fish downstream. 👍
@Markle2k
@Markle2k 2 жыл бұрын
How big is a golf course? Ever seen one 10 miles on its shortest dimension?
@bronhaller
@bronhaller 2 жыл бұрын
Not quite Sudan, but when I was 25 I went to Egypt and met a man of similar age while in the South; I remember asking him if it ever rained there, and his response was "yes, it rains, I remember it raining once" ...ONCE in his lifetime's memory he could remember rain! was a big eye-opener for me
@kendallkahl8725
@kendallkahl8725 2 жыл бұрын
They brought Cactus and Mesquite from the Americas which have done great alongside Agave that was also brought over. The Agave is liked but the locals complain about the spines of the other two. They want to eliminate them but are often reluctant because they are the only green plants to feed livestock during droughts.
@MichaelAlcock
@MichaelAlcock 2 жыл бұрын
How does Simon have time for mountian biking? Surely managing the amount of channels he is involved in is a mega project in itself
@HarryNicNicholas
@HarryNicNicholas 2 жыл бұрын
peleton
@youxkio
@youxkio 2 жыл бұрын
I know you did Desertec recently. There is a theory that solar panels help improve the conditions to grow greenery as solar panels or mirrors make shadows and capture humidity that ends up on the soil and help to enrich it with extra humidity. Combined with the forestry program, altogether, could make a real difference in fighting desertification.
@michaelchildish
@michaelchildish 2 жыл бұрын
I've heard about this too, but I've also recently found out that if the sahara went totally green, it would screw over south america, as it is fed Phosphorous by sand blowing all the way over there. Yes. Really, it's mentioned on the NASA site if you give it a search online. Still, even just stopping the Sahara expanding would do a lot of good, and there's gotta be a better solution to fertilise the soils of South America.
@youxkio
@youxkio 2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelchildish Yeah. You watched it alright!
@singletona082
@singletona082 2 жыл бұрын
This is a definite megaproject
@XenoRaptor-98765
@XenoRaptor-98765 2 жыл бұрын
And this megaproject that can and change the world for the better.
@MichaelBW-bn9gf
@MichaelBW-bn9gf Ай бұрын
@@XenoRaptor-98765 I am weardly happy to finaly see a mega project that has a chance to do that. Now if only the rest of the world had that level of cooperation.
@bradleylyon888
@bradleylyon888 2 жыл бұрын
Honestly I'm almost as worried about what our boy with the blaze is going to do when he can't slap the script
@ChristophersMum
@ChristophersMum 2 жыл бұрын
Slap it on his thigh...like a boss!!
@samsamson391
@samsamson391 2 жыл бұрын
Oh. Didn't even think about that. Yikes!!
@spritemon98
@spritemon98 2 жыл бұрын
His head
@blackc1479
@blackc1479 2 жыл бұрын
Slap danny and sam.
@megaprojects9649
@megaprojects9649 2 жыл бұрын
I don't even think I needed to record a single BB vid with the sling. It's wild how quickly I got better with this new metal bone. It's sweet.
@kavemanthewoodbutcher
@kavemanthewoodbutcher 2 жыл бұрын
Oh shit Simon! Heal up bro, it's hard to keep up with a little one when you're broken!
@EmilyJelassi
@EmilyJelassi 2 жыл бұрын
I hope you heal swiftly Simon! Love all of your channels😊❤
@EmilyJelassi
@EmilyJelassi 2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video. I hope this project achieves its goal.. even a portion would be great!
@sportscardprofessor
@sportscardprofessor 2 жыл бұрын
I really do feel that the restoration of the California Condors from extinction is a Megaproject, granted a semi-megaproject, but it still fits..
@rainbowiam
@rainbowiam 2 жыл бұрын
Sideproject?
@sportscardprofessor
@sportscardprofessor 2 жыл бұрын
@@rainbowiam I was thinking that, but the project got unusually complex and doesn't quite fit as a three-minute entry. Maybe Simon could start another channel...after all he's got way too much spare time with this mountain biking hobby.
@rachaelsdaddontdrink
@rachaelsdaddontdrink 2 жыл бұрын
Buzzards...
@dylan-5287
@dylan-5287 2 жыл бұрын
Simon mountain bikes? Hell yeah man! Broken collarbone, almost a right of passage for mtb haha.
@corinneirwin8406
@corinneirwin8406 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I thought!
@destin-danser
@destin-danser 2 жыл бұрын
You’ve either broken it, or you’re going to. It’s a club. I’m not in it yet, and I’m not looking forward to joining.
@Holmaaron
@Holmaaron 2 жыл бұрын
Haven’t done my collarbone, but separated both AC’s as well as broke, fractured, and dislocated my wrist all at once. That was fun.
@Markle2k
@Markle2k 2 жыл бұрын
Does getting hit by a car count as a substitute? It had better. It took longer to recover from that than a mere collarbone injury. 2 weeks before being able to get to the front door without help. 4 weeks to be able to get up stairs by myself. 5 weeks before I could ditch the crutches occasionally. And a full 6 months before my balance recovered well enough to get back on a bike.
@Holmaaron
@Holmaaron 2 жыл бұрын
@@Markle2k glad you recovered that sounds like a bad time.
@adam.r.parsons
@adam.r.parsons 2 жыл бұрын
I learned something today. Thank you 🙏
@thesuncollective1475
@thesuncollective1475 2 жыл бұрын
Love it ...makes me feel warm and fuzzy!
@jasonbrynn5633
@jasonbrynn5633 2 жыл бұрын
I think the best solution is to build canals and reservoirs from lake chad, the Nile and lake Victoria westwards similar to the canals built from the Euphrates in Iraq
@Cryodrake
@Cryodrake 2 жыл бұрын
You should do the ITER fusion power plant or just Fusion power in general.
@wilberforcehumphries
@wilberforcehumphries 2 жыл бұрын
I hope you feel better soon, Simon. I like watching your videos to go to sleep to. youre really educational as well. Take care.
@daviddanielducker5446
@daviddanielducker5446 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing the video I requested Simon! You rock!
@simplethings3730
@simplethings3730 2 жыл бұрын
Just glad to see someone doing something.
@Dianasaurthemelonlord7777
@Dianasaurthemelonlord7777 2 жыл бұрын
I do have to admit, although mot enough what they have done is very, very impressive
@michaeljohnston6856
@michaeljohnston6856 2 жыл бұрын
Get well soon my man. I love what you do
@r3nzoxB
@r3nzoxB 2 жыл бұрын
I hope you're already healed or on your way to healing Simon, best of luck!
@kyousukekoyomi9160
@kyousukekoyomi9160 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry for your injury. Hope you will get better soon.
@eaphantom9214
@eaphantom9214 2 жыл бұрын
Now this is truly a megaproject! Of all the ones you have done since 2019? This is up there with THE absolute best! Africa's future remains uncertain but with this amazing project underway that future may be sealed Unsurprisingly water is a major key element. Trees need it too! how is this obstacle going to be overcome? Of all countries looking at Africa, Chad is going to be the most notoriously difficult to develop, possibly furthest African country from the sea(?)
@jimbergen5232
@jimbergen5232 2 жыл бұрын
The Earth has been ' Warming " since the last Ice Age just a scant 12k years ago. Heck the Sahara Desert was a large lake just 7k years ago ( water left over from when the Ice Melted ) The idea of terraforming the creeping desert into a green wall is nice, but most likely won't work. What if they have another natural arid disaster like they did in 1914 and the whole area goes into another year long drought? I suggested many decades ago, to pump the ocean water into the middle of the desert, this way, we will lower the oceans, and the water will evaporate and create the needed rain clouds to rehydrate the surrounding area.
@mashiros.372
@mashiros.372 2 жыл бұрын
This sounds like a smart idea but is it without risk ?
@Stoy981
@Stoy981 2 жыл бұрын
So, in summary, the continent of Africa needs Keeps.
@PaulMcElligott
@PaulMcElligott 2 жыл бұрын
I think Simon must have hurt his arm picking up the script for the next “epic” Business Blaze, part of Danny’s escape plan.
@anomittity
@anomittity 2 жыл бұрын
So Sorry you got Injured Simon! Hope you Heal fast! If ya happen to slow down on new videos I understand! Just get better man! Thanks for all the Awesome videos on all your channels!
@RobSchofield
@RobSchofield 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@BenRollinsActor
@BenRollinsActor 2 жыл бұрын
First of all, HUGE fan. I sub to all of your channels. I really appreciate how you put both metric and "freedom unit" measurements in the videos. I have, however, noticed that there is one you always seem to miss. Most Americans have NO idea what a hectare is. If you could please see your way to also including the measurement in acres, it would be a welcome addition. Thanks.
@tmoneyphresh
@tmoneyphresh 2 жыл бұрын
I’m guessing 100mx100m
@ydid687
@ydid687 2 жыл бұрын
i really don't have anything to say about this on top of my head, its so random and simple project!
@sterfry8502
@sterfry8502 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the miles and Fahrenheit temperature measurement. I appreciate you.
@MrFreddyFartface
@MrFreddyFartface 2 жыл бұрын
What makes this project wonderful is that it's not a "great sacrifice to combat climate change", living in those regions, you don't have to believe in any eco-arguments to appreciate a project that gives you a job, secures your food and water supply, and most importantly, keeps the sand dunes out of your living room.
@zonimacabre
@zonimacabre 2 жыл бұрын
I hope you heal quickly Simon! You’re a trooper for not skipping a beat. Have a good weekend!
@TheEvilCommenter
@TheEvilCommenter 2 жыл бұрын
Good video 👍
@WasabiSniffer
@WasabiSniffer 2 жыл бұрын
Neat! A successful outcome would be cool but I do hope it doesn’t adversely affect the Saharan dust feeding the Amazon. Wanna drop these Cold War projects again: A10 the flying gun. The development of the Bradley IFV
@ProfesionalVideoWatcher
@ProfesionalVideoWatcher 2 жыл бұрын
The thing is it's not to change the desert but to prevent its advancement into the Sahel region . Speaking from experience here as the northern part of my country now experiences more dry season compared to just 6 year ego .
@ChristophersMum
@ChristophersMum 2 жыл бұрын
What a project!...more power to their elbow and their perseverance... Simon...why are you reading at such a speed...got a train to catch?
@wademeitner6605
@wademeitner6605 2 жыл бұрын
Hope you will heal properly. Thanks from Panama city beach FL
@quest4adventure495
@quest4adventure495 2 жыл бұрын
Don’t lament your lack of hair, We love your bald self exactly the way you are.
@DSIVXX
@DSIVXX 2 жыл бұрын
OOOOOH SHRED ON BRO...I separated my shoulder last fall 🤣
@juliajorasz8757
@juliajorasz8757 2 жыл бұрын
Love what you make.Please no more of background noise.Fan forever.Thanks for knowlege
@kainoamelendez8877
@kainoamelendez8877 2 жыл бұрын
This is a very good episode
@4u2cJoeD
@4u2cJoeD 2 ай бұрын
U are a very good speaker,
@BigGroupHug
@BigGroupHug 2 жыл бұрын
mountain biking? heck yeah! keep at it boss
@penelopeoftheshire
@penelopeoftheshire 2 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry about your clavicle! I've heard that's a particularly painful break. Hopefully it heals fast!
@Markle2k
@Markle2k 2 жыл бұрын
There's a TopTenz video where he is sans-sling, but you can still spot the bandage from the surgery where the plate was put in.
@wel40
@wel40 2 ай бұрын
A very realistic approach (and rare) about this project.
@ChewyToeNails
@ChewyToeNails 2 жыл бұрын
Yup, broke my collar bone @14yo. I had to wear this brace that pulled my shoulders back and crossed my back. Never used a sling that pulls down on that bone?... I rolled over in my sleep on that first night once.... once... Also had alot of fun trying to wash off in the shower. I wore sandals for months. I also drummed one handed. From then on I understood just how hard Rick Allen had to work to adjust. (Def Leppard drummer) So, Mr. Simon. Hope it heals fast.
@rachelavincent
@rachelavincent 2 жыл бұрын
I have never sat through the promotional bits in Simon's videos in my life and I watch a lot. I did this time. Hilarious.
@andrewholliday4669
@andrewholliday4669 2 жыл бұрын
The greening of marginal arid land over the past decades is one of the good pieces of environmental news we don't hear enough about. However, credit where credit is due. It is due in no small measure to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide as much as to tree planting schemes such as this.
@baytep9148
@baytep9148 2 жыл бұрын
ssssttttt, don't steal the honey from the fat cats
@rlikemoney
@rlikemoney 2 жыл бұрын
Ive always wondered, if there was a massive pipeline pumping water from the rising oceans to the middle of a desert like this, the water would evaporate and let more stuff grow there. The left over salt would make a giant salt flat type place but would that be enough to geoengineer to stop rising oceans and also help them get some much needed moisture there?
@min-tq6ys
@min-tq6ys 2 жыл бұрын
its salt water,, maybe possible if they have a water-filter-converter of the ocean water adding it to chemically cleaned/filtered water,, isnt tgere a urine-to water converter?? im sure genius scientist could also filter the ocean water chemically add and subtract minerals to make it not only sustainable but a fertile-oriented water towards the plant but not drinkable for people., have the large filter build sturdily against tides water-sun corrosion, possibly underground and get the filtered water flow from the ocean to the forest project., manmade forestation needs a lot of water everyday and we dont have that so we definitely need recyclable water, from the vast ocean to the trees.
@rogerwarr4673
@rogerwarr4673 2 жыл бұрын
Feel better soon!
@cuttwice3905
@cuttwice3905 2 жыл бұрын
Acacias have a very important side effect, they are fabacaeas and fix nitrogen in the soil and make it better for growing other crops.
@melimsah
@melimsah 2 жыл бұрын
This is the first video I've seen with your sling! Hope it's feeling better. I am now prepared for a month or two of "Hello welcome to [Insert Channel Name], I'm your host Simon Whistler and this is my broken collarbone. Let's get into today's video."
@sandybarnes887
@sandybarnes887 2 жыл бұрын
Seems you missed some of yesterday's videos on his 9 other channels 🙃
@martin7585
@martin7585 2 жыл бұрын
Correction, he never mentions his surname.
@davidbridge5652
@davidbridge5652 2 жыл бұрын
I've been following the great green wall in Instagram for a few years, great idea
@ClayinSWVA
@ClayinSWVA 2 жыл бұрын
Mom did the total shoulder replacement a few months ago at 85. She got a much better brace and is mostly recovered now. You got this but I would give up the mountain bike.
@ProfesionalVideoWatcher
@ProfesionalVideoWatcher 2 жыл бұрын
Haven't watched this but am commenting befor I watch . Looks like you read my mind about two months ego I searched KZfaq. If anyone was talking about the great green wall project. But found none and today a got a recommendation from KZfaq. Nice my expectations are hight
@ThugShakers4Christ
@ThugShakers4Christ 2 жыл бұрын
How is mexico supposed to pay for this?
@Arbiter099
@Arbiter099 2 жыл бұрын
The Sahara isn't sending its best, folks
@rigortortoise522
@rigortortoise522 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine if instead of sending priceless resources and aid to a growing, unsustainable population for decades, the rest of the world had been helping African learn how to improve agriculture and land management. If only.
@lookforward2life
@lookforward2life 2 жыл бұрын
Charity vs investment/empowerment. This is always how that works out.
@gh8447
@gh8447 2 жыл бұрын
0:06 Ha! I've done that in exactly the same manner.
@Nick-hm2dm
@Nick-hm2dm 2 жыл бұрын
Wow. This is such a fantastic project. I can only imagine what Africa can look like in 50 years or 100 years if this project continues.
@jarraandyftm
@jarraandyftm 2 жыл бұрын
Still a shit hole.
@R0bobb1e
@R0bobb1e Жыл бұрын
Have you done a MegaProjects on the "Snowy River Mountain Scheme"? My grandfather was heavily involved in the design and construction of it, including creating several machines used to fabricate the tools required to build it. I don't know as much as I wish I did about it all, but it was one of the biggest engineering projects in Australia of the 20th century, or at least the early 20th century.
@TheSMC1988
@TheSMC1988 2 жыл бұрын
Love the humor in the ad must have good pain killers 😂
@esaedvik
@esaedvik 2 жыл бұрын
Speedy recovery!
@deshaunjackson8188
@deshaunjackson8188 2 жыл бұрын
I'll buy keeps when Simon grows his hair back!
@ssisk87
@ssisk87 2 жыл бұрын
I know Simon keeps saying he wishes he had keeps at a younger age but honestly... Chrome Dome + Righteous Beardage = Win if done right and he is...
@erichouser7756
@erichouser7756 2 жыл бұрын
Giga projects. Brilliant
@johnchance7836
@johnchance7836 2 жыл бұрын
An interesting thought is that if a tree won't survive perhaps another plant might. The American Southwest is home to a wide variety of desert plants not found in Africa. Not all of them would be a good fit but it might be worth having an ecologist look at them. A tree won't work so how about a barrel cactus? That won't work either? What about a desert shrub or hardy grass that can hold the dunes in place while soil quality builds up? Quality too low for American desert plants? What about Australian ones?
@Rammy120885
@Rammy120885 2 жыл бұрын
I got a mega-project for you, our new danish energy-hub islands.. you got a good headstart on the projekt it self 😁
@XYGamingRemedyG
@XYGamingRemedyG 2 жыл бұрын
I'm 31 😄 and I've recently given up my head of hair, too. No balding, maybe some, but just mostly wanting to stay cool more easily.
@NeverlandSystemZor
@NeverlandSystemZor Жыл бұрын
I would LOVE to see more greening in the future, and not just stopping the desertification. It'd be great to the region return to the beauty it USED to be (per ancient carvings and drawings).
@buxeessingh2571
@buxeessingh2571 2 жыл бұрын
One issue I see is that the tree planting is too regular. The trees need to be randomly arranged to break up winds and thus prevent erosion. Regular rows and columns lead to wind tunnels which accelerate soil loss. Water then forms in streams and runs off rather than being stopped.
@michelreisman7521
@michelreisman7521 2 жыл бұрын
What a great name fits you perfectly love you presentation
@janetmillsrice
@janetmillsrice 2 жыл бұрын
terraforming Mars? how about terraforming the deserts on earth . . . ?
@tjk9263
@tjk9263 2 жыл бұрын
It makes no sense for mega billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk to fund space projects for us to live on Mars. Why don't they just invest in saving Earth?!.....I know. Because it will make them even more rich!! The unbelievable greed of the mega rich will end up killing us all!
@mrbigolnuts3041
@mrbigolnuts3041 2 жыл бұрын
Simon your videos are so good and engaging, I started watching at the beginning of the pandemic because of the pandemic, and I thank the pandemic for introducing me to you, thank you COVID-19, thank you.
@justdaveh5860
@justdaveh5860 2 жыл бұрын
Ouchie, that's a sore one breaking your collarbone. Good Luck with the healing process Simon
@ryank5424
@ryank5424 2 жыл бұрын
We could certainly use more proactive ideas/projects for this problem.
@lukenibbelink4544
@lukenibbelink4544 2 жыл бұрын
I had the exact same break and I also have a plate. Twinsies!
@chrisrasco
@chrisrasco 2 жыл бұрын
Love mountain biking hate the crashes!!!
@bosslca9630
@bosslca9630 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Simon, Did you ever look into the New Valley Project in Egypt? Perhaps called the Toshka Project. Its the only Mega Project I've stumbled across through Google Earth.
@mayoite160
@mayoite160 2 жыл бұрын
SUGGESTION: Ilyushin IL-2 - The single most produced military aircraft in aviation history - Visionary WWII ground-attack "flying tank" and spiritual predecessor to the A-10 Warthog - Some WWII-era Wehrmacht nicknames for it: "meat grinder", "butcher", "black death", "slaughterer", "concrete bird" - What Stalin had to say about it: "Our Red Army now needs IL-2 aircraft like the air it breathes, like the bread it eats."
@CaptainHightop
@CaptainHightop 2 жыл бұрын
Simon, you should do the U.S. VLF (very low frequency) radio transmitters like the Jim Creek Naval Radio Station, that allow encrypted communication with submerged submarines anywhere in the world.
@torane4204
@torane4204 Жыл бұрын
1:52 gets you past the advertising and on to the great content.
@joeystrittmatter6890
@joeystrittmatter6890 2 жыл бұрын
Simon how are you enjoying your pain management going 🥳
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