What To Do When Your Country is Drowning
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มิ.ย. 2019
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Wow, I wonder if the whole world will be underwater someday. Good thing I learned how to swim with Skillshare.
Kadulikan you should also take basic environmental science and how world works.
For only , " Not free as advertised " .
It won’t be. Even if all the ice in Antartica melts sea levels will rise by about 2 meters, which is certainly a lot and doesn’t include the ice at the North Pole or Greenland etc. but it’s not enough for everything to go under water.
@Tony Darcy Don't worry. Before that happens a meteorite will strike the Earth (again) and send us into another Ice age that will most likely wipe out all life for the next few millennia (again).
@@tenhirankei 'all life' smh.
What do you do when your country is drowning? You hire the Dutch, who have literally dug up their country from the sea
China:*build islands*
Netherlands:hold my land
Am Dutch. Can confirm.
It's time for some K O L O N I S A T I E
Netherlands: Hold my weed
What country? This is an island chain. You either reduce the sea levels or you separate the land from the seafloor and use a system of buoyancy to keep them at a proper height. Whichever one is most feasible is fine with me. You got a better idea that is more likely to be accepted by all sides?
@@augustus331 we hebben altijd een tekort aan specerijen
There’s nothing more permanent than a temporary solution.
subsidies and tax raises
a solution is always the problem of the next decade.
I consult for several oil and gas operators. We just built a "tempory" site that I expected to produce for the next 120 years. But it will be reclaimed so, temporary.
The sarcophagus over Chernobyl is a prime example.
Everything to do with the Whu Flu.
I've watched so many Polymater videos that now I know exactly when the ads start.
You can note his tone shift into a segue as well :P
When he starts making "I" statements.
You've watched so many polymatter videos ..... that u can't even spell it properly
Where can I learn this power?
he’s too powerfull to be kept alive
UAE: We’re drowning... in money!
Dennis Brännvall’s #1 Fan so is every gulf country Except for saudi arabia
well unlike other gulf nations . UAE may be the only one with a future after oil . after all its decreasing its reliance on oil pretty effectively, and it also effectively replaced its lazy native population (over 80% not native) ... its promising
@@tammemmaaref3544 same thing with Qatar, they may not be as good as UAE currently but they're also preparing for a world without oil, new metros lines are being opened yearly, new malls and attraction sites, better roads and infrastructure, they might not be on a UAE level, but they're effectively trying considring the embargo everyone around it is forcing
IETCHX69 „i don‘t want to sound racist“ *continues being racist
@@IETCHX69 islam don't work how you think, islam works how quran makes it to work
"For the first time in history, countries may totally disappear"
Atlantis: "Am I a myth to you"
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
If you can't beat them, join them
_*country turns into Bikini Bottom 2.0_
LOL Thought that was about to be a Deep Ones joke
That's deep
Part 2: the seafloor war
I see you everywhere wtf
Bikini atoll was the island destroyed by the nuke that they talked about.
*How to save a sinking country*
Step 1: Become a tax haven.
Step 2: Profit out of it.
Step 3: Use the money to reclaim land.
Step 4: ????
Step 5: Survive?
Step 6: allow the dolphin overlords to conquer the planet after you profit
Objective: Survive
Give me an unspecified number of subs
Halo reach right?
Artificial island it
@@redalien75 Real possadist hours.
"Children played with it despite its cancerous effects" 💔
Can you do a whole video on panama and personal and corproate tax avoidance? Like why its used around the world so heavily and also exactly how its done.
Probably because of the same reason the Panama Papers is a thing, that's a good topic
Would be a nice Video
With a lot of clicks ;) ;) ;)
This guy better not step into a submarine if he makes such a video
That sounds so boring
@@tristanmoller9498 nah you're boring
Reminds me of Kento Bento and his plan to save the Maldives
Reminds me of how you were in the comment section of that video too
Coincidence? Probably not.
@@golgarisoul He probably has something to do with this...
You're on TH-cam an awful lot, Kim.
reminds me of the ways to escape north korea on kento bento channel
A floating sign ... reminds me a bit of that sign, "Ici fut Fleuri", showing the location of a village completely destroyed by both parties repeatedly plowing through it in WW1.
Still manages to mention China. You and Wendover Producations are unbelievably great.
Taiwan #1
Also real life lore
@@CarrotConsumer You mean the Republic of China?
@@sjakierulez You mean People's Republic of China?
You mean _unbelievably long ass democratic prefixes_ China?
You mean _name given by the same scientists who name exoplanets_ China?
_casually explains about how Alaska's permafrost is melting_
"Hehe... we're dead"
It's called permafrost for a reason...
@@MrHatoi and that is why it melting is worrisome.
@speedy01247 Then it's "tempofrost". Get your story straight!
@@tenhirankei Permafrost is a scientific term and not a story.
It's Ice that stayed solid for hundreds to thousands of years.
This is not a debate,
You are just lying to yourself.
@Vorname Nachname So permafrost is a misnomer, as it's not really permanent? After hundreds to thousands of years it just seems that way - like a "permanent wave" in the hair. Compare geological time to the human lifespan before you discount the example.
In order to stop the leakage, just use flex seal! the super strong glue that can instantly patch,seal, and repair!
To demonstrate that power of flexseal, I saw this island in half!
In order to be funny, you have to say things that are funny.
Spent 5 minutes working out the binary on that cheque at 5:55 and it turns out to be nothing rip
F
In UTF-8 that's the unicode for this chinese character 傭 which means " commission ", so It makes kind of sense being it a payment by the US
@@alessandrovittoria6676 yeah I seen that, didn't really think much of it. Just thought it was gonna be something a bit more worth it
In base 10: 2969773
China: "We build ourselves some island to expand territory."
Dutch: "Hold my beer."
British: "Why work so hard if I can just claim whatever unclaimed rocks I want??"
US: "All islands with bird poops are ours btw."
UN law: *surprised pikachu face*
:D that so true
8:15 If government need motivation to save people, its a bad government.
Its not like the Marshall Islands are the cause...
No its just a government
"There's just not enough evidence for me to believe in climate change"
Countries literally disappearing off the face of the earth: Am I a joke to you?
They don’t want to believe, because that will lead to them changing their lifestyles
Climate change exists.And it always did.The effect of humans on it is irrelevant.
There were ice ages,rising sea levels,and fertile land turned to deserts long before we used fossil fuels,or even existed
Macedonian fighter Yes climate changes always existed, so did mass extinctions, we don’t want to go extinct do we? If now there is evidence of a new ice age coming then I guess we should all burn more fossils fuels to at least try to mitigate it, instead of crying “Ice age is not man made”, because it’s not important it’s man made or natural, it’s important that we should survive
@@macedonianfighter6987 if you did so much research, then couldn't you have also enlightened yourself on the rate at which these changes are occurring? It's ×100s if not ×1000s times faster than the previous natural rates, which clearly indicates some probable contribution of humans in it. And what do you know, other independent researches are finding out that theoretically, greenhouse gas emissions might be causing the climate to change. A coincidence that we observe changes in our climate happening ×1000s of time faster than previously and predict serious consequences in Earth's climate due to our actions simultaneously?
Climate change is a collective word that includes changes it induces indigenously and the otherwise normal weather patterns that it blows up into record breaking heatwaves or snow storms, or incessant showers.
You only stick to researching till what will benefit your point of view, and thus not make you guilt over what you do.
Literally the entire Midwest is underwater rn due to flooding of the Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and Mississippi rivers and everyone here is sitting in a boat saying... Well it's not global warming... It's Jesus punishing America for letting homosexuals marry!
When he switched from talking about the islands, to drowning, I could feel a sponsorship coming on. And yup, that was his metaphorical intro to skillshare.
*ocean man intestifies*
Aquaman intensifies?
American: Drowning in oil??!!
Nobody: No.
America: Nevermind. I'm out.
itsSkippy641 We don’t need Marshall Islands to be drowning in oil. After we win World War 3, all we need to do is “secure the oil fields”
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Polymatter: China
Wait, what?
No that sounds about right
Real life lore : Corolla
MetaDragon kento bento: Asian Bank Heists
*What to do when your country missed land day
He makes quality videos and also markets his ads well. Thus he attract more viewers and sponsors at the same time. True businessman.
Smh, it's so simple, just become a dolphin
Red Alien bruh
Red Alien you mean dear*
I think illuminati is behind this.
X.xsmir you mean a broken dolphin
I'm a dolphin and I approve this message.
what to do?
*PUSH THE WATER AWAY*
@catsmith, smh, can't believe people are so stupid they didn't even think of this, you are a true intellectual
Castsmith why don’t we take the Marshall islands and PUSH IT SOMEWHERE ELSE
@@thenickempire1434 LOL
Nigo Maramag so was my comment
Great video.
You could do an entire video on that one less-than-daily United flight to Majuro, HNL-MAJ is just one link on the famous “Island Hopper” route, arguably commercial aviation’s most unique and interesting regularly scheduled flight (well, regular before covid…).
you and Wendover Productions always keep me informed of random world stuff in an enjoyable way! ❤
4:46 Damn, it feels so great when someone says Kiribati correctly
I didn't realize the Marshall Islands were that small! I grew up in Salem Oregon, the school website has Marshallese translation and stuff like that, so it seemed like a fairly common ethnicity to me, I didn't realize my town was one of the few places Marshallese people tend to immigrate. Awesome video
Just drink all the rising seawater and the island will rise
I can't believe i'm the only genius brilliant enough to think of this
honestly, i hate when retarded countries complain about not having any water when the world is made up of like 90% water? like wtf is wrong with them
Ben Shapiro: why don't they just sell their island and leave?
Me, why not reduce costs on foundation and build buildings on float, saving them a few hundred thousand US bucks and giving them the option to safely live in the Ocean where ocean rising is severely less affected, also giving them the option to live near anywhere on the ocean, and reducing property tax, and removing land constraints.
DESTROYED LIBTARDS with FACTS and LOGIC
Ofc people would love to spend millions on land that will probably disappear in their lifetime
Roman Baranovichi just build houses on stilts. Sure someone could build an exotic resort doing that.
When there are more people who watched this than people who actually live on the island
Damn! That's a lot of work you put in these videos. Great stuff!! Subbed 👍🏼
ships: **registered in these islands**
america: this is an avengers level threat
*What To Do When Your Country Is Drowning:*
1. Be a Sponge
2. Be a Starfish
3. Be a Plankton
4. Be a Crab
5. Be a Whale
6. Be a Squid
7. Be a Lobster
8. Be a fish
9. Be Davy Jones
10. Be a Squirrel with an Airsuit
Better yet, be Chuck Norris. He can hold his breath even when he has been meditating in the Mariana Trench for an eternity.
You just call the Netherlands, its that simple :)
This is a lot more difficult geography than the Netherlands which has solid land on one side. Considering the economy there, no solution will be cost effective unfortunately.
@adoss, nonsense, just get a shovel and build a new beach
There are way too few people. Better is just to relocate.
@@APPLEPIE006 palm island we build that 2 and most of all the other man made islands in the world its not that hard to save this country.. its just to expensive so no one cares
Sea level rise has been consistently about 9" per century for as long as it has been carefully measured. The problem with the Marshall Islands is that they aren't high enough to survive storm waves. Highest point is 6' (at high tide). The sea level doesn't need to rise for them to be flooded.
This channel is so underrated. Just discovered it's so interesting and covers important topics. Thumbs up guys
Like Ben sharpiro said you can just sell it.
This is something he actually said by the way before you think I’m joking.
Makes loads of sense until you think about it for 5 seconds
I see this as an absolute win, some day I can sell my house in Missouri as beach front property
underrated comment
The transitions from topical dialogue to the ad reads is unreal
11:40 No, it figuratively swept its problems under the rug.
There was no literal rug, there was sand and soil.
8:50 Why is Tuvalu misspelled as “Tuvala”?
Wubba Wubba Perhaps...
They have chance to survive. Instead world orginaztons should be concerned about Nauru and Tuvalu more as these are smallest island countries.
Well the thing is we're currently Still unable to decrease our emissions enough, as we don't have efficient enough alternatives ... and as you see you can't just close factories and force them into your inefficient / expensive alternatives... as that would just weaken your economy and cause much more suffering ... without actually causing any change...as you new developing industrial powers would just take your country's place .after all china is the biggest source of emissions .
@@tammemmaaref3544 we do have enough alternatives, we're just slow to adapt. And china isn't biggest source of emissions. It's US.
Oh thank you, I was looking for a video about this
My dad was stationed there back in the 80s when he was in the Air Force. Told me how beautiful it was.
The maldives would be underwater first
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea??
Great videos man I rlly enjoy them keep it up 👌🏻👌🏻
Great video, I hope you can upload more per month
You upload every time i take the buss to my flight
Well there goes the climate....
"Sell your house" - Galactic Brain Shapiro
Ildskalli thats not what ben shapiro said stop taking it out of context
@@petarkukuljica4372 its literally what he said. like how he said the solution for us education being funded by local property taxes is for poor people to just move to rich areas. he's just so incredibly out of touch
Hey. Just curious which software do you use for these videos??.. Kinda have a nice aesthetic. Keep up..
They should import enough concrete to build 6-8 feet of concrete sea walls. Then import Soil enough to backfill the void. Then import enough sand to even out the drop at the edge. In effect where there is no Volcano for which to keep you above the waves. Via Volcanic flow. Mimic the Volcano by importing your foundation with stone debris is. Concrete.
Well done on pronouncing Kiribati correctly.
*_Just give it a life jacket lmao..._* 😤
They should sell their houses and move!
One thicc life jacket
@Squidward’s Flute "Let's say for the sake of argument that all of the water levels around the world rise by, let's say, five feet over the next 100 years. Say 10 feet over the next 100 years. And it puts all of the low-lying areas on the coast underwater. Let's say all of that happens. You think people aren't just going to sell their homes and move?"
-Ben Shapiro.
Yeah life jacket real funny lmao...
Once again, we are presented with an optimal combination of history, science, socio-economic and political insights, all wrapped up in an easy to watch/listen to primer of an important topic - bravo and well-done! 👏
really needed this advice
Havent started the video, but I think it's the Maldives
Edit: I was instantly wrong, it's the Marshall Islands
What to do when your country is drowning?
*Give them waterbreathing potions*
Oceania: "Write that down, *WRITE THAT DOWN!"*
That tranquil background music!
Thank you for making this video. This is an issue that I'd being ignored, and unless people start to do something, its gonna be too late
Truly the only meaning comment on this stream. Some has to be done or it will be too late. This part of the world only mattered when a powerful country needed territory for its military interests. This sad indeed.
The US is possibly the biggest risk to climate change mitigation.
China has a long term plan , the us is going backwards towards fossil fuels.
Before clicking video I was wondering how China is drowning
Living in Japan can also be quite scary with the amount of typhoons and earthquakes. You never know when an earthquake could come along and possibly crumble a damn
That was not the Castle Bravo crater. Castle Bravo wasn't on Runit Island. Hell, it wasn't even on the Enewetak Atoll. Castle Bravo was hundreds of miles away on Bikin Atoll. The Runit Crater was the result of Hardtack I Cactus in 1958.
Fine. I finnaly clicked it TH-cam. Happy?
Its 2300* KM NE instead you said 3700 SW
Stefan D It's 2,300 MILES which is approximately 3700 KM so he was right
pretty sure they had it right. They only illustrated km and mi
But spam is a staple.
2400 years until uranium dies? Damn
This transition was smoother than soap
im scared, i want my future back.
Great video, but it's a little weird that there is not a single mention of the Netherlands, the country that ''should'' already have (partially) drowned and are the experts in creating land
It's a lot easier if you're a coastal country and not an island. I would imagine it's too expansive and dangerous, one tsunami and the water can't escape.
Even in places like London they're raising barriers to rivers like The River Thames which runs straight through London
You can see this being a bit like the Millennium Bug all over.
All the companies we depend on are somehow registered in the Marshall islands, so when the islands disappear, what happens?
He man, 11 minutes without mentioning China, it's a new record!
Ever heard of this crazy thing called swimming?
No
*im about to change this mans whole life*
Actually when you live on islands everyone knows how to swim because its water everywhere 😂
@@ndegreat woosh
That outro transition into skillshare completely undermines the seriousness of the video.
Best thing to do is stay calm and go with the flow
dutch survival guide
SpongeBob lives in the Marshall Islands, the islands sinking will make Ocean Man happy because there's more ocean
That got real dark for a second there
I am sorry for the unrelated question, but does anyone know what is the vehicle at 6:16?
Amazing video as always! Thanks for helping spread awareness about climate change. Great metaphor with the whole drowning thing.
*talks bout islands literally drowning*
«I, for one, can really relate to the feeling of having my head under water»
*a good way to deal with that is skillshare!*
Haha, that was some shameless advertising 😂
since when is creating land the china or dubai way???🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱
the dutch way is'nt for that case.
6:41 A 250 ft deep hole?
Is there any footage of the hole in it's current state?
Marshall Islands: help, we're drowning!!!
Kiribati: first time, huh?
The Maldives is also drowning
I actually thought the video would be about Maldives.
Not captured but invaded by usa.
But if you close your eyes
*Marshall Islands dissapear*
Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
This is an amazing video
For a second I thought why China would be drowning.
Easy, stop Country Road-ing it.
Thank you
Sometimes when you just live a shitty concrete building, and never travel more than 10 blocks for most of your life you forget there are actually other places in the world that don’t suck.
Trump: climate change doesn't exist
*Marshall Islands gets flooded*
Trump: oh that's just the dolphins starting their takeover of the world
"Has anyone actually seen the Marshall islands??? I don't believe they're real. They're fake news! I've never heard of these islands and believe me i know the best islands. I even tried to but the Marshall islands but why would I? They're sinking! That's a bad deal! Terrible deal, believe me! But they don't even exist. No collusion. Witch Hunt. No collusion."
@@CarnSarnit ??
Then he'd be worried
So what happens when the country ceases to exist and the US does not renew its treaty with them? Do they them become illegal immigrants? If so where the hell do you deport them to? The ocean?
I honestly doubt it will happen but i'm curious.
My guess is that their nationality will be similar to that of the Order of Malta (a recognized pseudo-country with no land other than an HQ in Rome) for a while untill some sympathetic law is written to make them into US citizens.
Nothing is more inconvenient than the atm locations
Thats such a long way to say "Pack your bags and get the flip outta here".