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EPISODE: 2 – Drought Proofing Australia
S05E02
From the skyscrapers of Dubai to the amusement parks of Minnesota, Danny Forster travels the world to break down the most astounding, complex engineering feats to date.
In Build It Bigger, airing Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT starting on July 10, architect Danny Forster takes you inside some of the most head-scratching builds in the world. Join Danny as he meets the men and women tackling the unique challenges of constructing the tallest buildings, the most effective military tanks, the largest luxury cruise ships, and the most extreme thrill rides.
How do you build a 3,113-foot-long wooden roller coaster in winter temperatures of minus 40 degrees? Or get your workers safely to and from a worksite on a skyscraper that’s 1,614 feet above street level? Or dig a water tunnel — along the San Adreas Fault and 1,000 feet below the earth’s surface — without it collapsing on itself … or flooding? Our intrepid host answers these puzzles and more.
Don’t miss the big stories behind these even bigger engineering marvels.
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Y up the electricity bill using more energy like that? Can’t hydro energy
be used to power this or it wasn’t feasible? Just wondered
[Extreme Engineering] Build It Bigger: Drought Pr…:
http://youtu.be/nJKWqdQtPqo
And Guess what? Not 1 drop of water has been ordered from the plant since
it came on line in 2012 at a cost of $6 Billion. It costs the State of
Victoria’s taxpayers a staggering $1.8 million a day holding charge for the
next 27 years. This is a typical example of the reckless spending orgies
Labor governments in Australia are reknown for.
Reverse osmosis systems for desalinization will be able to provide potable
water for many areas though they are huge. A friend was co-owner of the
largest R/O manufacturer in the US for years until they sold out for $
millions; now he manages the R/O unit of a company that has the capital to
create the membranes on an industrial scale – several of the largest plants
use their technology. I’ve used an R/O membrane with charcoal filter and
silver-impregnated membrane on my home faucet for decades to provide
drinking water with the right amount of minerals (distilled has no minerals
and is not recommended for human consumption) made by a San Diego area
manufacturer.
Why hasn’t this plant been used? Has the demand or need for water in
Melbourne decreased or have the drought conditions leading to the plants
construction reversed?
It’s a damn shame that stupid politics means this plant hasn’t been used –
yet!
We WILL need it, sooner or later, Drought or flood, that’s the nature of
Aussie weather
Why is the presenter such a patronising dick?
He is a funny prick
That Forster is such a wise-mouthed putz! Cheez. Why do we wind up
exporting jerks like that? We should keep them here and not subject other
people to them.
Those two wire cables do not seem sufficient enough. I would use four.
this guy needs to take a turn shutting his mouth
wait… I live in the suburb of olinda behind the dandenong mountains and
that huge lake for melbourne is as full as shit. In mid summer its always
pissing down with rain up here.
Danny needsto go back and put some washers on those bolts he fitted!
Typical Yanker!
Why isn’t it solar powered?
At the end of 2007, Brisbane got down to 15 % capacity. That was scary for
a population of 2.2 million and a lot closer to catastrophe than faced by
Melbourne.
Damn, huge ass continent yet so very few people.
I wonder how large of a country we can power up if we use all of Australia
as a giant solar panel LOL
I never really thought of the presenter as patronizing, because he shows
everyone the men and women who do the labour that makes infrastructure
projects possible. Without the construction workers of the world, nothing
would be built. I always admired the “real” builders. The show shines a
light on them and maybe I’m too kind, or too much of an idealist, but I’m
certain I heard him thank a few of those working men sincerely for their
hard work and a job well done.
Look here http://teespring.com/new-engineering
Its not the countries desal plant, it is the states desal plant, the city
does not have 4 million, the state has 4 million population, I wish this
guy would check his facts before making statements that will haunt him for
life, and it turned into the states most expensive white elephants in the
history of the Labor Government.
Makes me laugh every time someone talks about Australia the whole country
is made to look the same. At the end of the video a shot of the dry inner
region of Australia is shown when talking about lack of water but the
documentary is about Melbourne with a mild climate similar to Northern
California. It’s not all desert and kangaroos here :)