I don't know why, but I really like the idea that all those balls were put in that truck completely loose like that. I mean, obviously that makes the most sense since youre just going to dump them in the water. It just seems really funny
+Jeremiah Brand that's because you're looking for innuendos where there are none he just literally finds it funny that the balls were just dumped into the truck like that, no boxes or containers, just...balls. It is kinda funny.
Wouldn't it be smarter to use white or light colored balls? They don't become as hot as black ones, and would heat the water less causing less evaporation, I would think.
Lemonz1989 The main goal isn't to stop evaporation, that's just a happy bonus. Sunlight reacts with the chemicals in the water creating a hazard, so they use the black balls to absorb and block the sun. I imagine that white/light colored balls might also be too bright for anything like planes or whatever.
+Altrior Oh, ok. The article that sent me to this video was talking mainly about saving 300 million gallons of water, and it just seemed a bit counterintuitive. I went searching for more info after I read your comment, and it seems the main point was to stop the formation of bromate and stop biological matter from forming in and entering the reservoir.
I'm no scientist, but shouldn't those balls be white (or light color) so they retain less heat from the sunlight? Being black/dark, I would imagine they will get hotter than would white, yellow or pink balls, generating more water evaporation… Am I wrong?
***** my FIRST assumption.. however because they are black, and heat up, they will (should, maybe.. IDK) prevent mold, slime and other algies from forming on them.
***** I read an article saying they don't want chlorine in the water to react with sunlight to create bromate, a suspected carcinogen. That could be related to the color; possibly they would rather have the balls absorb light rather than reflect/refract it into the water. I read only a couple articles and that's the best I can come up with.
***** They can become an aviation hazard if they reflect too much light. The materials used on the ball seem to reflect some light and the size of the ball may also consider the ball as a partial insulator. It is like covering your window with a thick piece of black cardboard.
***** I read on a French Website one360.eu/blog/archives/10475 The ball are in polyethylene and cost 0.40$ U , The coating contains a carbone and a black is the only color enought strong for deflect a rayon UV. I hope my english is enough good for you can understand what a write . ^^
Moy O They locked a guy in there with tools and raw materials and he had to build them inside. When he was finished he bangs on the doors three times and they drive him to the water and let him out with his creations.
+Harry “Chicken Skin” Balzac they do this to reflect the UV rays so the water doesn't evaporate as fast in California. Perhaps you should do your research before hating.
I love how people think themselves smart when they jest. I always imagine people like Steven Hawking sitting at his computer making idiots feel stupid. Such productivity :D
I think it will take more than balls to save the situation on the long term. I was in a french high school and back then we were already talking about the problem with water consumption in hot states in the US (especially Las Vegas). Didn't we have enough time to figure something out instead of balls since that time? (I mean ... french school... basic... old books....). Changing way of life, sensibilization, move away some industries using or polluting lots of water.
It is a nice initiative. there is a big technical error in here. Instead of black ball , it should be white reflective ball. Now the black ball will absorb a enormous amount of heat and that will be transfered to water and water will started to evaporate even in higher rate. Therefore it will be a failed project ! Good initiative with crazy process
@Kenazzle That is not how it works. It is not like reservoir evaporation is a significant contributor to global rainfall, nor is the water cycle localized in such a way that the rain that falls in one location is the water that evaporated from that location.
I think I would have used white balls.....the black ones will absorb more heat and warm the water up and create an evaporation cycle that would cause the balls to shift about and allow water to evaporate off of the surface of the balls....white balls would reflect more sunlight and prevent the surface temperature of the water from getting high enough to cause evaporation. Plus black plastic usually denotes recycled plastic from the manufacturer where heating previously used plastic cause the black coloration whereas white plastic indicates virgin plastic with fresh colorant added. Used plastic may not be as stable and you might have a break down issue that could contaminate the water.
@ 0:49 U can see a huge stain created on d area where all d balls 1st made contact w/ d pavement. Wonder how this will affect d water its trying to preserve.
The poor shade ball @ 0:24. It came a long way with it's brothers to fulfill an important task, only to be snatched up by the "man in the black shirt" and denied his destiny right at the last moment. Shade ball @ 0:24 was always cocky, and the other balls tried to warn him, but he ended up paying the price. As he was picked from the pack and hoisted high in the air, he watched his brothers roll by and immediately regretted ignoring their advice. "Why didn't I listen to them? Oh whyyy?" The other shade balls splashed into the water and glanced back to their fallen comrade. Their orders were to never stop. It was every shade ball for himself in the final push... Godspeed, shade ball @ 0:24
Water is not mainly evaporated by heat (need to be 100c for that to be true) it is mostly evaporated by the air running over it taking the particles away the balls will act as a shield and defender to the wind and air not the heat
Kenazzle like 99.9% (just a guess) of clouds are from water evaporated from the ocean, two small reservoirs (relative to how big the ocean is) is not gonna do anything
Brian Sweet A little pointless too. Sure it means a little more water in the reservoir but less water going back into the system as clouds so it'll rain even less in the future. It's California not Arrakis.
Kenazzle The impact covering this reservoir will have on cloud formation is essentially zero. The only freshwater sources that create any meaningful cloud coverage are the great lakes, and even those have negligible impact. Oceans create the vast majority of our clouds and dictate our weather patterns, not water reservoirs.
I thought at one point that the guy in the orange shirt was going to slip on one of the balls, and then would have probably ridden the wave all the way to the water. That would have been pretty cool actually...
I don't know why, but I really like the idea that all those balls were put in that truck completely loose like that. I mean, obviously that makes the most sense since youre just going to dump them in the water.
It just seems really funny
Why does this have more likes than any other comment I've seen on here? Idek what you're tryna say
+Jeremiah Brand that's because you're looking for innuendos where there are none he just literally finds it funny that the balls were just dumped into the truck like that, no boxes or containers, just...balls. It is kinda funny.
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i wonder how they managed that
+Alexander Antonov (sambroadleaf) prehaps some top hatch in the trailer or something the like
+Ethanmeister there is no top on the trailer, just a motorized sheet - like covering.
im not gonna lie .. if there was a full video id watch it entirely
My dog would go crazy if he saw that.
It's nice to see them being returned to their natural habitat.
I could watch this for hours
Wouldn't it be smarter to use white or light colored balls? They don't become as hot as black ones, and would heat the water less causing less evaporation, I would think.
no one pays you to think
Lemonz1989 Я не сразу прочёл твоё сообщение.Но меня посетила та же мысль.))
+michael cook Do you have to be paid to be able to think?
Lemonz1989 The main goal isn't to stop evaporation, that's just a happy bonus. Sunlight reacts with the chemicals in the water creating a hazard, so they use the black balls to absorb and block the sun.
I imagine that white/light colored balls might also be too bright for anything like planes or whatever.
+Altrior Oh, ok. The article that sent me to this video was talking mainly about saving 300 million gallons of water, and it just seemed a bit counterintuitive.
I went searching for more info after I read your comment, and it seems the main point was to stop the formation of bromate and stop biological matter from forming in and entering the reservoir.
I'm no scientist, but shouldn't those balls be white (or light color) so they retain less heat from the sunlight? Being black/dark, I would imagine they will get hotter than would white, yellow or pink balls, generating more water evaporation… Am I wrong?
***** my FIRST assumption.. however because they are black, and heat up, they will (should, maybe.. IDK) prevent mold, slime and other algies from forming on them.
***** probably there's a whole team of people smarter than you who thought about these balls. Pretty sure they're black for a good reason.
***** I read an article saying they don't want chlorine in the water to react with sunlight to create bromate, a suspected carcinogen. That could be related to the color; possibly they would rather have the balls absorb light rather than reflect/refract it into the water.
I read only a couple articles and that's the best I can come up with.
***** They can become an aviation hazard if they reflect too much light. The materials used on the ball seem to reflect some light and the size of the ball may also consider the ball as a partial insulator. It is like covering your window with a thick piece of black cardboard.
***** I read on a French Website one360.eu/blog/archives/10475 The ball are in polyethylene and cost 0.40$ U , The coating contains a carbone and a black is the only color enought strong for deflect a rayon UV. I hope my english is enough good for you can understand what a write . ^^
I could watch this video all day. Good effort!
Who else felt unsatisfied not seeing the truck being completely empty
This is oddly satisfying.
Once you go black balls, you never go back balls.
I don't want big black balls in my drinking water.
Jacob Patrick Young This is recycled water used for irrigation only. Not drinking water.
LasVirgenesMWD so you dip your shady balls in sewage then spray the vegetables?
That sounds magical! Can I do this to my garden?
Jacob Patrick Young RAZIST!
Jacob Patrick Young So no middleman; just straight into your mouth, huh? So be it!
i want to know how they got a million loose balls in the tuck who's job was that?
If you look closely the top of the container is open so they dumped them in
Moy O They locked a guy in there with tools and raw materials and he had to build them inside. When he was finished he bangs on the doors three times and they drive him to the water and let him out with his creations.
+Kenazzle This is true, trust me in not a doctor...
+breezebro *takes screen shot *uses in next play
DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW FUNKING SATISFYING THIS WOULD BE!!!!!!
These should be white in order to reflect the heat of the sun and thereby reduce evaporation...
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Release teh ballz!
+Harry “Chicken Skin” Balzac they do this to reflect the UV rays so the water doesn't evaporate as fast in California. Perhaps you should do your research before hating.
_*Snickering_ ;3
I love how people think themselves smart when they jest. I always imagine people like Steven Hawking sitting at his computer making idiots feel stupid. Such productivity :D
breezebro Clouded by the complexity of your ego you may come to realise there's as much a point to my comment as there is yours.
it’s really fun to watch them roll down that ramp and into the water
I want this on an endless loop!
I wish this would continue playing.. I wouldn't mind watching this for like 45 mins
So soothing and calming.
Reminds me of playing around in Oblivion
blaa94 Please stop trying to relate everything you see to some video game.
+JaMataShibuya Why?
sealinski Because it's embarrassing and pathetic.
sealinski because it's a culture they don't understand
+D Montoya How?
This is more entertaining than most the vids on youtube
This guy ain't just throwin' shade, he be dumpin' shade.
why is this so satisfying to watch?
This is my new favourite thing to watch
Oh man I would love to be the one that gets to open those doors. Something about that seems therapeutic.
"Shade Balls" ... most interesting video I have seen today so far... :/
This is so strangely satisfying
Rare footage of truck spawning.
0:28 guy with sunglasses holds ball to ear : ''Hello ?!"
I think it will take more than balls to save the situation on the long term.
I was in a french high school and back then we were already talking about the problem with water consumption in hot states in the US (especially Las Vegas).
Didn't we have enough time to figure something out instead of balls since that time? (I mean ... french school... basic... old books....).
Changing way of life, sensibilization, move away some industries using or polluting lots of water.
Awesome simulation. How long did this take to render?
Wow that was really ballsy of them...
I have an incredible urge to slide down into the water riding on those as a conveyor belt lol
I like my water without plastic... thank you very much.
It is a nice initiative. there is a big technical error in here. Instead of black ball , it should be white reflective ball. Now the black ball will absorb a enormous amount of heat and that will be transfered to water and water will started to evaporate even in higher rate. Therefore it will be a failed project ! Good initiative with crazy process
I think this is what my dog is dreaming when she kicks during her sleep.
I'd tell that driver, "Man, you gotta a lot a balls!".
But... Wouldn't the black balls absorb sunlight, heating them up and make the lake hotter, increasing the likelihood that water will evaporate...?
Those balls are filled with cool-aid. They're making our water into cool-aid people!
Man, he's got some balls
The inventor got the idea when he saw a kid pissing in the ball pit at Chuck E. Cheese.
Neat. I want one. They won't miss it
you guys must have a lot of balls to do that
so how do these work exactly?
But i thought the color black attracts more warmth from the sun, than lighter colors? wouldn't the balls get warmer and warm the water more?
And that's how Fear The Walking Dead begins.
Guys, we should have invested in the shade balls industry
pero si el agua no se evapora entonces no habra lluvia o.o?
What are those made of? I'm freaked out right now ! Is it plastic
How do these work? Seems interesting
@Kenazzle That is not how it works. It is not like reservoir evaporation is a significant contributor to global rainfall, nor is the water cycle localized in such a way that the rain that falls in one location is the water that evaporated from that location.
***** I was shocked when I read this
Women's Rights in Islam quran.com/4 OMG
I haven't seen that many black balls flying since the last Kardasshian sweet 16.
That is totally mesmerizing
For some weird reason, I'm thinking *over-sized caviar*!! ROFL. 😂
I think I would have used white balls.....the black ones will absorb more heat and warm the water up and create an evaporation cycle that would cause the balls to shift about and allow water to evaporate off of the surface of the balls....white balls would reflect more sunlight and prevent the surface temperature of the water from getting high enough to cause evaporation. Plus black plastic usually denotes recycled plastic from the manufacturer where heating previously used plastic cause the black coloration whereas white plastic indicates virgin plastic with fresh colorant added. Used plastic may not be as stable and you might have a break down issue that could contaminate the water.
Hypnotic
so its supposed to stop evaporation, but doesn't evaporation, followed by condensation turn into rain?
Takes balls to throw shade!
That looks so satisfying :D
what do they do to improve the quality? do the stop algae or something?
why is this so satisfying?
I've got some shade balls right here, it's called DEEZ NUTS!!!
I love that sound
this job looks fun :)
What are shade balls?
Stephen Dickinson What water craves
Stephen Dickinson It's too difficult to explain. Google it. I just did.
Stephen Dickinson It prevents evaporation and toxic chemical reactions
they're used to prevent evaporation and algae bloom.
If a clumsy person like me was to open the truck door I would have definitely tripped over the shade balls and tumbled down into the reservoir
@ 0:49
U can see a huge stain created on d area where all d balls 1st made contact w/ d pavement.
Wonder how this will affect d water its trying to preserve.
3:50 was my favorite part that was so cute y'all are awesome
how are they going to clean this up later ..?
The poor shade ball @ 0:24. It came a long way with it's brothers to fulfill an important task, only to be snatched up by the "man in the black shirt" and denied his destiny right at the last moment. Shade ball @ 0:24 was always cocky, and the other balls tried to warn him, but he ended up paying the price. As he was picked from the pack and hoisted high in the air, he watched his brothers roll by and immediately regretted ignoring their advice. "Why didn't I listen to them? Oh whyyy?" The other shade balls splashed into the water and glanced back to their fallen comrade. Their orders were to never stop. It was every shade ball for himself in the final push...
Godspeed, shade ball @ 0:24
When are they going to pick that up?
DashCon stepped up their budget
the real question is how did they get them in the truck
Water is not mainly evaporated by heat (need to be 100c for that to be true) it is mostly evaporated by the air running over it taking the particles away the balls will act as a shield and defender to the wind and air not the heat
So their response is to stop evaporation and thus make it rain even less in the future.
Good job, California. Long-term solutions all the way.
Kenazzle like 99.9% (just a guess) of clouds are from water evaporated from the ocean, two small reservoirs (relative to how big the ocean is) is not gonna do anything
Kenazzle Have you not studied the water cyclus in your creationnist climatosceptic school?
TwoFistsOneHalleluja No because "cyclus" sounds too much like "cyclops" which is devil worship.
How does it improve the quality
Im going to steal one of those.
what is that ?
impressive. what are your specs?
lots of balls. i like it
Scary part is someone actually thought this out.
Los Angeles loves #shadeballs!
Why not just do the rain dance? #desperatemeasures
I #know right?
Truck used Shadow Ball
It's super effective!
A little late, don't you think?
Brian Sweet A little pointless too.
Sure it means a little more water in the reservoir but less water going back into the system as clouds so it'll rain even less in the future.
It's California not Arrakis.
Kenazzle The impact covering this reservoir will have on cloud formation is essentially zero. The only freshwater sources that create any meaningful cloud coverage are the great lakes, and even those have negligible impact. Oceans create the vast majority of our clouds and dictate our weather patterns, not water reservoirs.
Kenazzle Let's not forget that quite large body of water adjacent to california.. The pacific they call it.
Looks like some Soot Balls from Spirited Away.
I'm craving bubbletea, right now...
I thought at one point that the guy in the orange shirt was going to slip on one of the balls, and then would have probably ridden the wave all the way to the water. That would have been pretty cool actually...
Welp... I bet clean-up is gonna be fun.
How did they load the truck and close the doors without the balls falling out of it?
the top was open.
+The Ogre Lord Or they tipped the truck up
This is oddly satisfying
May I know where that balls came from how did they make it ..millions of black balls..
SciShow would love to learn more!
this was done to shoot The Abyss, if I recall
This is so satisfying
I don't understand how that helps clean the water. Can someone explain.
it's not made to clean up the water, it's made to avoid the water to evaporate. It protects it from the UV light, dust..
why aren't they a brighter color to reflect sunlight away from the water?
Damn that's a lot of balls
Why does that guy pick the ball up and shake it at 0:23? Did they put something in there?
Does it work?
i thought they try to slower the rate of evaporation?