00:00This is the world's most expensive shortcut. It costs over $5 billion and literally changed the
00:05way the Earth's economy works. Welcome to the Panama Canal expansion. You might think it's
00:10just a simple ditch filled with water. Reality. It's a massive water elevator that lifts 150,000
00:16ton ships over a mountain range and drops them back into the ocean.To make this work,
00:21they built massive lock chambers as tall as a 12-story building. They use gravity and millions
00:26of gallons of fresh water to raise ships 85 feet above sea level. It's engineering at its most
00:31extreme. Without this canal, a ship traveling from New York to San Francisco would have to sail 8,000
00:37extra miles around the dangerous Cape Horn. This shortcut saves weeks of time and millions in fuel.
00:42It is the heartbeat of global trade. Would you trust a machine to lift your $200 million ship
00:48over a mountain? Let me know in the comments.
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