00:00why is china building a four billion dollar airport on top of the ocean the reason is
00:04crazier than the engineering it isn't actually floating they are literally building an entire
00:08island from scratch in the middle of the sea to do this they're dumping massive amounts of earth
00:13into the seabed fighting against tides and trying to stabilize soft ocean soil to hold the weight
00:19of jumbo jets it's an engineering nightmare that most countries would call impossible this is the
00:24dalian jinjouan airport the current city airport is maxed out and there is no room to grow on land
00:30so china is just moving the ocean they're creating a 20 square kilometer platform to handle 80 million
00:36passengers a year it's not just about flights it's a massive signal to the world that they can
00:41terraform their way out of any bottleneck but here is the catch building on reclaimed land is risky
00:47if the ground settles unevenly those runways could crack costing billions in repairs is this a genius
00:53solution to urban overcrowding or a massive environmental and financial gamble that's
00:57destined to sink let me know what you think in the comments
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