The Ghost Town that Collapsed the Poop Industry
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gotta say this episode was 'shit'
bdum tshhh
Rare Earth Hey love your content, but the War of the Pacific is still pretty fresh with both countries Peru and Chile. There is still a bunch of propaganda from both governments even to this day. I suggest inquiring with Peruvians and Bolivians about the war because you'll get completely different accounts of the war.
I'm Peruvians, that's my bias, I would hear horror stories of how Chile invaded Lima and took over the capital, a source of great national shame. In addition, the war crimes committed by their armies such as shooting dying bodies and non-soldiers.
cavb.blogspot.com/2010/10/el-repase-de-heridos-peruanos-los.html?m=1
I don't know which stories are completely fabrications or partial truths, but this are the stories I would hear growing up.
The information presented has a clear Chilean bias because Atacama was Bolivia's before the war and Peru was helping Bolvia regained their land back. I know is silly to complained about a war that happened 200 years ago, but Bolivians are still pretty upset because they lost access to the Pacific. There still much resentment even today which harms Peru-Chile relationship.
Rare Earth , So your father was able to explore space, but you are able to explore the Earth, and get paid for it. Seems to me that you both have amazing lives. I've traveled our beautiful planet a little bit, and now that I'm broke, I watch Rare Earth. Thank you Rare Earth team!
+politechjunky your not wrong..
Really nice video, I hope you can go deeper on this topic. The war of the pacific is still a sensitive topic among peruvians. I would like to point out a particular part, where you mentioned that Chile had good relations with Britain. When Chile invaded they already had help from Britain (at least two ships), and I would think there was some britain's influence during the war. We were overpowered 10 to 1, Basadre has some good books on that topic.
Damn, that explains why my poop dealer is not selling any
Man shoot me a DM I'll hook you up
My poop dealer has a discount on diarrhoea rn!
@@tlowry6338 Do you have the good shit?
**Spits out cereal**
"BYE, MOM!!"
your titles are always weird and don't make sense, yet are correct and describe exactly what the video is about.
Alwin Priven it's like reverse Clickbait. You look at the title and your immediate thoughts are why the hell would I want to watch this? But it's Rare Earth so you know it's good.
Ieuan Hunt this very fact actually kept me from watching the videos early on.
why the fuck i read it as "your titties are always weird and don't make sense". I need coffee.
Aditya Sharma or maybe a catnap
@@hello_storm did you get your coffee.
Awesome video! Just a side note however, normal saltpeter is Potassium Nitrate; while the "Chilean saltpeter" is Sodium Nitrate. You guys nailed it, but a useful distinction. The saltpeter from most organic sources (such as Guano or poop) is Potassium Nitrate. Chilean saltpeter is hydroscopic which means it will absorb water over time, while the normal saltpeter does not.
had no idea that Chile was once that influential. Fascinating. Poop you very much.
Wordsnwood (Art Mulder) Ah yes, I see what you shit there.
Even though the boom was short-lived, Chile built crucial infrastructure, including railroads, schools, ports, electrical network, and much more just using the tax money.
posteador well, as said the great depression...
Y ahora estamos pa' la caga'. As we say in Chile
A few decades later, they discovered/created copper mines (the largest of all) no far from there....and now in the age of portable Lithium batteries...they also have lots if Lithium around the Salty lakes. The Atacama dessert has proven to be a good investment, good to, literally, fight for. Chile still to this day, draws prosperity from the risky business of exporting scarce resources.
@@chilenozo proof read before posting
🎵don't base your entire economy on one export commodity🎵
If you just found a resource whose value completely overshadows every single other export you have together, you don't avoid exploring it because it would make your economy dependant on that resource. Heck, political interest won't even give you a chance to think too much about it.
Mandos Aldmer in cases such as Saudi Arabia it is clear that eventually their export is going to run out so with world history like this countries with that sort of looming future need to make preparations for when everything goes bad, because it always will 🎵empires rise and empires fall; we have seen each other through it all🎵
Even Saudi Arabia is trying to diversificate their industry, and i'm pretty sure trying to modernize an industry over there must be politics hell. But you can't avoid the crash. It will come, and you will need every bit of a cushion that you can get. Chile has been through some rough times since then, but today Chile is arguably the most developed country in South America. Countries are aware that sitting on a timebomb isn't ideal, but sometimes it's the best place to be.
Mandos Aldmer I agree! This history is really sad but if we're careful no one will have to go through it again to this degree because of places like here and Nauru teaching us thoroughly
Mandos Aldmer It may be a worse scenario than just running out. The world will likely move on from oil based energy to much more efficient / cheaper energy sources well before oil runs out. Oil exporters know that. So if you know that you have to decide how to strike a balance between getting the right price and just pumping as much as possible before your product turns into a tiny niche of the overall energy market. Just as "big oil" starts to diversify their portfolios, countries like Saudi Arabia need to diversify their economies. Unfortunately for their citizens, The Saudi leadership seems likely to make only symbolic efforts, then simply fly away when things collapse. If you think things are bad in the Middle East now, wait until oil collapses.
Today a similar situation exists with Morocco, which controls most of the global phosphorus industry. Phosphorus is very important for fertilizing fields, perhaps second only to nitrates. Morocco invaded, occupied, and annexed neighbouring Western Sahara, a major phosphorus region. Oh yeah, the main alternative source of phosphorus? You guessed it, fresh poop. The parallels are striking.
@@Funkywallot It was a violent and illegal annexation of an area 2000 miles away from ISIS.
Learn to read a map.
@@Funkywallot WS is not Mauritania, it is an actual country called Western Sahara.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Sahara
so thats why that reigon always has no data
3:52 An island covered in 150 ft. of guano? That's a literal lode of crap!
ha. ha. ha.
It's a shitload!
and you haven't seen Santiago
So what would a peninsula covered in crap be called, San Francisco?
I believe that is where the Trump family originated.
"Don't put all your eggs in one basket", but you've got to play the hand you were dealt, not the hand you wish you were dealt. If you've only got one basket, that's necessarily where all your eggs need to go.
One might suggest using your world Monopoly on valuable exports to purchase more baskets.
@@RobinTheBotoh yeah, this is big brain time
@@RobinTheBotI really don't know what basket you think Chile could have purchased though. You can't export something that's not in your country
I don't think there's a better youtube series out there
Luke Bennett yeah I loved those too, especially "what winning looks like".
I don't know, man, Hellsing Abridged was pretty fun.
@@E1nsty weeeeeeeb
The historical stories you tell make me feel the facts rather than simply hear them. Thanks for making this great content!
Next up: The Poop town that collapsed the Ghost industry.
bonecanoe86 lmao
The poop ghost that's collapsed the town industry
The industry collapse that pooped a ghost town. This is fun.
probably for alternate universe 😂😂
Detroit? So scary that even ghosts are afraid
(:45) - “almost no vegetation, life here is hidden in the corners”. ~ While it is true that much of the Atacama Desert appears to be a barren wasteland most of the time, as with almost everywhere on Earth it is teeming with life. There are over 500 species of plants found there. They have adapted to the extreme conditions by various means. Many lie dormant as seeds or bulbs for years and burst into life when sufficient rainfall occurs, as sometimes happens during an ‘el nino’ event. This is the famous ‘desert bloom’ , which also occurs in other deserts. It’s incredibly beautiful, especially when contrasted to this lands more typical appearance.
wrong channel sir david attenborough :D
500 species in an area the size of Atacama is, in fact, a freaking barren wasteland.
José Sandoval my thoughts exactly
Places like the rain forest have that much in a square meter.
"Land's". Sry, couldn't help myself😋
The scientist who invented the replacement for the bird poop and sodium nitrate was Fritz Haber. Haber-Bosch Process = ammonia.
Didn't he also make mustard gas?
This channel is so underrated.
The credits are a work of art in themselves
I am glad you're enjoying the history of Chile, you could make a video about the Santa Maria Massacre, wich has to do with the saltpeter industry.
I wanted to, but we were too busy when I first read about it to add anything new to the schedule. Something for when I return. :)
The Haber Process really changed the world in so many ways. Its such an interesting innovation because the impacts of this discovery changed our Ecosystems, changed our weapons, changed our agriculture methods, and shifted economic and political power forever. It is the bringer of life and death.
We went through the same thing here in New Brunswick with Potash. PotashCorp of Saskatchewan came to New Brunswick offering jobs and other good things if the could open a potash mine. The main problem was the water table, the locals lost their water in their wells and the water coming out of the potash mine was salty. So eventually because of the American and Australian potash mines under cutting their competition the bottom fell out the potash industry in New Brunswick. The mines were allowed to flood and PotashCorp went home, although they still do export potash through the Port of Saint John, they send around 126 rail car load to Saint John about twice a month or so. And with the mines flooded, they have found a cheap source of geothermic heat for the area to cut back on the use of fuel oil, natural gas and wood for heating homes in the cold months. Here in New Brunswick, in bad years we can have cold months from November through to March where the temperature will get as low as -40 C for about 6 weeks, and even though we have the largest single oil refinery in Canada in the area, we pay some of the highest oil prices in Canada too. But we have gone to physical war yet, but we've suffered through a few bouts of stock market wars because our provincial government pegs it's oil prices on the New York commodities exchange, so a fire in refinery in Wisconsin can driver our gas and diesel prices up by 15 cent a liter, as has happened this week, and we get nothing from the refinery in Wisconsin.
Economics are complicated and global. Irving can now sell gasoline to Wisconsin at a big markup, decreasing local supply, increasing price. Such is life in a global economy.
When we ALL realize we are economic fodder to the rich, we will do something about it.
Same for Nauru, their phosphorus industry collapsed their economy, and now Morocco has overtaken them
2:50 the line separating the green and the desert. Seeing the recent project that has been happening across Northern Africa where they're planting thousands of trees to make considerably a green belt, I feel like this area could do the same. Just by growing grass, the reliability of the ground improves and increases chances of more plants being grown. It would be beautiful to see this happen to this area, knowing its glory and history.
I just found this channel while sitting at an airport waiting for ever and a day. This is an amazing series. Your story telling is compelling and although it isn't necessarily teaching new information or answering life's most asked questions, it is still fascinating and draws me to click the next video.
Oh my god, I never realized you are the son of Chris Hadfield! Your father has always been a huge inspiration to me and so have you Evan.
This series is consistently excellent. I may never visit any of these places, but you guys have helped broaden my worldly perspective and helped shine a light on the humanity unique to each location. Thank you.
When you do slow pan shots outdoors in bright light, you need to use an ND filter, so that your shutter speed lowers, and the pan looks smooth. The sunlight makes some of the shots look stuttery. (Great video BTW! This is the coolest stuff I've learned all week)
My favorite series please stay free on TH-cam. I will be contributing to your patreon ✌️
I wrote a short paper in college about the saltpeter war (Guerra del Pacífico).
It's truly fascinating. Anyone who's interested (including the fabulous creator of this video [assuming he didn't already in preparing this video]) should read _The Ten-Cents War_ by Bruce W. Farcau. The whole thing is fascinating.
It's kinda sad that Bolivia and Peru lost their territory, but they were seriously underprepared. Chile's military capabilities were probably the best in South America at the time.
Another interesting thing is that this war and the US Civil War are sometimes considered the first "modern" wars because of how they were fought; we were still fighting the old way (à la how we did in Napoleonic times) but with modern weapons that we weren't ready for. …Basically, similar to how WWI is often described, with people charging on horseback into machine-gun fire. People at the time just didn't know what they were getting themselves into.
I love these videos. The best on the web. Thanks, as always, for such a great story and lesson.
Nice video. I did not know about the poop collapse.
you're one of the best documentary makers i know, i think even professional film makers have a lot to learn from you :)
If the marvel cinematic universe has taught me anything,
its to always wait for the after credit scene. lol
Wow, I'm so glad I discovered this show. Thank you so much guys 😀
Great video. The shots of the ghost towns are fascinating
Most of thoses shoots come from the mining town called office humberstone
Thank you for this highly interesting and informative documentary, which was very well presented and narrated, and with excellent videography.
You have found the right balance of factual information and the manner in which to present it to both inform and entertain the viewer.
I look forward to reviewing your previously published videos and await your new one's with interest.
Fantastic. Thanks for the very nice work!!!
Great video as always
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It's nice to go away for 10 minutes of my day
Tori Ko The most relatable comment I have ever seen.
Boar Vessel, 600-500 B.C. , Etruscan Ceramic thank you
the nitrate industry is currently one of my interests because of the british run railways that mined it such as the Junin, Taltal and Tocopilla
Nicely done!! Thank you!
Amazing Evan! keep it up buddy
Amazing as always.
"Life is hidden in the corners"
Loved that phrase
This series is a great gift to the world! I'll become a patreon.
Oh shit, I really didn't know that those countries have been so important and rich once. Thanks for the informations. Also for taping editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health.
GOODBYE MOM!!!
Hmmm "all your eggs in one basket" - reminiscent of the Australian mining industry.
I never knew this history. But Rare Earth is yet again uncovering poop and making it a treasure.
Thanks for this history, fascinating and interesting story of nitrates.
A war started by a 10 cent tax on bird poo. What a wonderful world.
More like breaking a treaty
Didn’t WW1 start because an archduke took the wrong street? *shrug* bigger wars have been started over less important 💩
@@x0thorn0x actually, the archduke's assassination was only a trigger event. The war was bound to happen
Phenomenal narration, I love you
I need to go there and become the world's biggest "Pooplo" Escobar😈💯💯
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I love love love this channel
I still don't understand why your vids don't have millions upon millions of views. I see National Geographic in your future. Thank you all these vids, I love watching them.
"Especially when that basket is full of poop." I have a feeling this episode was written specifically to be able to use that line... and I, for one, am not complaining. ;) The whole thing was excellent, thanks Evan!
Great stuff, thank you.
Excellent video.
I had a dinner last week with a woman from Mongolia, a woman from Myanmar, a woman from Laos, and a man from Peru. The Peruvian man mentioned that Nitrate is an export from Peru. This video popped into my mind and I was able to have a full and deep conversation on the topic. Thanks!
Regardless of the subject matter and video title, phenomenal writing brother.
min 7:24 That's some distinctive Chilean profanity.
That's the only reason I'm reading the comments.
Caught it too haha, I was all into the video and read "Giant Penis"
Rodrigo Avendaño García maybe they were plumbing for more shit;-)
i was about to comment that then i saw this comment lol
This was fascinating
I love this channel your highly skilled
Loved it. Very informative. Have you done one on bananas yet? The cut flower market would make a good show too. Keep up the good work. I've subscribed.
All of your video should be on trending
Good shit man.
Interesting history. I'm a big fan of Salar de Uyuni nearby though I've never been there myself. One of the features I've seen pictures of is an ancient rusted locomotive that looks similar to the one in your video. I wonder if its role was similar or related to this mining operation or if it was something else altogether.
Love your vids
Chemical fertilizer turn fertile land into a dead substrate over time and harmful nitrogen leaches into the ground water: "As Inorganic fertilizers tend to leach, excessive use can lead to a buildup of salts in the soil, causing damage to the plant. Nitrogen is very vulnerable to leaching. Chemical fertilizers do not build up the soil and long term use of the same will deplete the soil of valuable microbes."
good point. I'm in a "glacial till" area, basically ground up sand. Nothing in it. It's taken me three years of mulching to even BEGIN to grow anything other than flowers, especially sunflowers, which remediate soils. Very alkaline. A little manure went a long, long way mainly to get the beneficial bacteria count UP and GOING> !!
Compete fear mongering propaganda
@@RJ1999x I know you guys hate science but for anybody else interested:
"Third of Earth's soil is acutely degraded due to agriculture, Fertile soil is being lost at rate of 24bn tonnes a year through intensive farming as demand for food increases, says UN-backed study.(...) “Industrial agriculture is good at feeding populations but it is not sustainable. It’s like an extractive industry, said Louise Baker, external relations head of the UN body. She said the fact that a third of land is now degraded should prompt more urgent action to address the problem."
@@alexanderleuchte5132 that's all bullshit and you know it. This is fear mongering politics.
The UN is the last source of information I would deem credible
Well presented...
Haber-Bosch reactions to take nitrates out of the air really did alot of work
I almost choked on my food when I read the end of the video title because it caught me off guard and made me laugh
Very interesting, thanks from Orlando.
Chile hasn't learn the lesson yet!
Great video as always
Still the richest and most developed latin american country, not that bad.
So Poo held power the moment we were flinging it.
Your poop industry is a ghost town. Gotem'
Fun to see people not having idea of something you taked for granted.
Thanks, always interesting, always beautiful.
Glad to help make possible a video about poop haha :P
So a german scientist figured out how to synthesize poop :^)
It's sad to admit, but war has always been a great testing ground for new invention and technology. Even "cold" wars.
So your father was able to explore space, but you are able to explore the Earth, and get paid for it. Seems to me that you both have amazing lives. I've traveled our beautiful planet a little bit, and now that I'm broke, I watch Rare Earth. Thank you Rare Earth team!
nice video....now what can I do about those steam locomotives and abandoned cars?
Seriously, what kind of shoes do you have? I'm not a raging fanboy, l'm just liking the style!
I am Chilean and thanks for covering my country! Sadly, story repeats itself. Today Chile is the worlds largest exporter of copper, and almost fully depend on it. Who knows when it will collapse, and when it does we are probably moving to lithium until that collapses too.
Are you able to recommend any books or more in-depth follow-up on the poop industry that developed? Super fascinating and unheard of to me yet world altering.
Now that was very interesting, during the Civil War, the armies of North and South treasure their bat caves that was pack with guano. Absolutely the best kept secret locations.
You should check out the swamps/cultures in south east USA
Was not expecting how interesting the would be lol
Change is what this channel is.
I didn't know there was a Poop Industry. You learn something new everyday.
This video title qualifies as the most wanting to click video title, while still not qualifying as clickbait!
Interesting story, a story almost never told and very unknown to most people. But history always repeats itself, only the name of the resource that people are fighting for changes.
In ancient times it was tin and copper( bronze) then steel then coal then oil then....??? (I might have forgotten a few resources)
I love you please never stop
I was wondering where you were guana go with this video!
_Guano bowls... collect the whole set!_
Excellent title
Really well-made video! The same thing happened to Venezuela and their oil. I wonder how many times this story will repeat itself until governments learn not to base their economy on one single resource.
meanwhile... pooping a log
So since there are already a bunch of ghost towns here in the future we can build westworld here? Also you made poop interesting well done.
“There are many reasons we kill our neighbours - glory, security, wealth” +untrimmed hedges that are too high,
GOODBYE MOM!!!!
Bolivia actually declared war after chile marched with its army into the city of antofagasta becouse of the bolivians ceasing the chilean mines and mining equipment and proceeding to try sell them away.