How Czechia plans to connect Europe’s major rivers
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#Czechia looks to dig a new canal to connect three peripheral seas: the #BlackSea, the #BalticSea, and the #NorthSea. #European commerce and trade would flow uninterrupted from one end to the other.
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@DarthRag
Outdated info, pal. Im Czech. This plan was scrapped last year by the government. This canal was just a pipe-dream of people with backward economic thinking. It is no longer in any development plans. And also .... "When Elbe and Oder reach Czechia...?" Both of those rivers originate in Czechia.
@krystofhumplik2591
Yeah no, that's not gonna happened. This was a megalomaniac dream of the last president Zeman and made absolutely no sense as it would completely destroy the local ecosystem especially since even now there's not enough water to navigate the Elbe a lot of the time. Also, the canal would have big problems outcompeting the very expansive rail network here. Thankfully the current government canceled all future plans for this environmental and economic catastrophe.
@patrik9666
Slovakia still haven't connected 2 of its largest cities. The highway is under construction since the 70s, and it's always "just 10 years away". I don't see this happening anytime soon.
@vaclavmudra
As a Czech, I really appreciate that my favorite youtube channel covers something connected to my country. But frankly, this was just a wet dream of our former president Milos Zeman, who uncritically advocated it.
@ZulacecekStarcraft
Being Czech and seeying how things are done around here puts your videos into perspective for me. Now I know when you talk about big projects, its just random stuff on paper that will never see the light of day.
@vylemsobotka3653
The project was cancelled in 2022 before it even began. The Czech government can't even pay pensions where would they get the money for this.
@HeymynameisMitch
Dude, that bit is so badly researched. The Rhein Main Donau Canal exists. You know what does not get used a lot to justify the cost? That same Canal.
@Asdasxel
This was a megalomaniac plan by the former Czech president Zeman. When his presidency ended, the plans to build this canal ended with it. The plans were officially cancelled by the government. It was only quietly supported before that, because politicians wanted to stay on the good side of the president, but everyone always knew it was not feasible. So no, Czechia is currently not planning anything like this.
@alphaxalex1634
Perfect timing
@roberturbanczyk204
As a Pole I don't have check this video to know it's impossible to make this project real. There is not enough water in odra river to make it navigable. We would have to make huge reforestation and rebuild swamps in Poland Czechia and eastern Germany. Danube is already connected with north see by canals and rhein. Railway transport is way more reliable. There are still some megalomanic plans of connecting Baltic and Black sea by Vistula, Bug, prypyat, and dnipro. The problem is a lack of proper waterflows.
@shtyry7150
As a Czech, I can safely say this will NEVER happen
@lubosbeneda8132
As a Czech, I know this plan will never be realised. Both funding and ecological damage would be so wast, there is just no way it would happen.
@SP-kh7cs
As a Czech I must say this and many of your videos are very well researched. Channel Odra Labe Dunaj is considered something of the past here. The economical benefits cannot and will not outweigh the disruption to the environment, wild life and the lives of Czechs. Boosting rail/road network is the alternative. Anyway, thanks for covering Czech Republic in your videos. Your faithful viewer ;)
@shiguto1899
Saying Czechia is planning this is a major overstatement. The plans have been cancelled multiple times, most recently in early 2023; it is I think also important to note that in the last decade, they were mostly kept alive due to the fact that this river connection was heavily advocated for by the now former Czech president Milos Zeman, mentioned in the video. Very few other officials and / or common people want to see this realised, as the immense financial, environmental and other costs not only overweigh the benefits, but would be much better invested elsewhere.
@dominikoulehla5902
I feel like the steps taken by the Czech government to cancel this plan should've been mentioned...
@andreipopa5540
As a skipper on European rivers, this is unfeasible economically. Both the Elbe and the Odra have very low water theoughout most of the year and they are anyway made redundant by the Main Donau Kanal connecting further to the Rhine, Waal and back to the Elbe and Odra through the Mitteland Kanal
@cbrugge9132
“While the youth understand the rules, the Elders understand the exceptions” ~~well said
@tom7lord
This video presents as if the Danube-Oder-Elbe canal project is still on the table. In the meantime, it has already been abandoned.
@_o..o_1871
Brăila is not a major port that this project is supposed to link. Constanța exports by far most of the Ukrainian grains and it’s one of the main ports in Europe. Constanța is linked to the Danube river by the Danube-Black Sea canal.