Saudi Arabia's Biggest Megaproject Failures Uncovered 

You have a clean pair there, you say, which begs the question: Are you wearing dirty underpants?

Simon: 💩 on Saudi Arabia. MBS: get my bone saw.

You didn't even mention the stalled tallest tower project in Riyadh.

How to laminate

​@@CAP198462 someone from the embassy already responded with an invitation to visit (no joke) ! they go by the handle : @silardregos8111 you can see the comment below in the section ! 🤣

Saudi Arabia can produce a barrel of oil for around 5 dollars though. Their electricity is on average about 500% cheaper than the USA. And the USA has cheap power compared to most. I think this might be the craziest on the list. It's like Hawaii building lava factories. The stuff literally just comes out of the ground. Casino Mecca is even crazier but this one is close.

@CharlieBam I think most of us will live to see SA’s cheap oil come to an end. They know it but they won’t admit it. That’s why they’re so keen on investing. When the easy money ends they will have to rely upon the TRILLIONS they are sitting on to provide.

Nothing lasts forever. That's why SA is trying its best to diverse its economy instead of completely depending on just oil, because if one day the oil market crashes, also SA's economy will go down with it.@@Carnutzjoe

@@CharlieBambuddy they have maybe 40 years of crude left wholesale

@@matthewwilkinson9704 sure

That’s not real project it was an suggestion by a company and has refused.

It's already done, they have razed all the ancient buildings, even those visited by the prophet, and built golden skyscrapers instead.

@@aesma2522 Al Mahdi will arrive before 2030 And sex will be everywhere

​@aesma2522 yes they have flattened the graves and stopped people doing tawaf around graves ALHAMDULILAH

​@aesma2522 eather u are lying or u don't really live in saudi arabia The places of the profet and the sahaba is preserved for visiters of mekka and madina can visit

Hahahahahah true

Brain blaze Simon is leaking into other channels and taking over gradually

*Or maybe not sooo liiittttLle* 😂😂

The best one was when Simon did his first Keeps ads, being a bald man selling male hair treatment 😂

@@ChineseKiwi The irony. 😂

😂 funny

Spot on @holyfordus.

Someday: we'll figure out our economy is FUBAR and it's asinine we pay so much to so few.

Welcome to the GCC.

What does the desert have to do with this? There are plenty of rich non desert countries too.

There's no l in fux. . . 😏

Gonna be tough getting that on the back of a DeLorean. 😂

as an avid sim city fan as a kid, they definitely did not because they would realize vanity projects don’t create a healthy city. the game was very difficult to make a city sustainable and profitable

lol. yep it's SimMecca. You just walk in circles around a big square.

That's Offensive.... You can't joke about that.@@Tazzspaz

Okay Mr. Perfect.

He probably likes drinking ethanol hence his name, I’m guessing he’s not so bright.

He is right ​@@jasonozzy8655

Thank you for your service.

Well the Bedouin are traditional nomadic people, and border line minimalist. So kinda makes sense they didn't want it.

​@@Nick-gv3siYour lie In any city

​@@q3q3q3q3 i kindly counsel you to upkeep a respectable level of demeanour , , even with those that you "might" disagree with . much obliged 🌼

@@dynamo_spade See comments Hate without reason Greetings 🌹

Bro, you need an autocorrect in your life.

You fooling yourself man

​@@MMD_16-95 A well researched opinion about whatever it is, congrats! Statistically it's painfully obvious, authoritarian models seldom lead to success. People are dumb. Even groups of well trained professionals tend to make stupid mistakes. It's just unfair to expect any individual to do only slightly worse. It's all about narrowing the gap between dreams and reality. There are a few exceptions to this rule, and they are super famous for this very reason. Countless others are all around to provide topic for decades worth of such videos.

@@moayyadAKZ7936 Bro? You’re going to correct someone and use the stupid slang of “Bro?” Get real

Wow, such a useless comment. Literally no useful criticism was given. Just an unrelated story with a side of prejudice.

Right. Who needs power 24/7 anyways.

Honestly there's a hundred reasons as to why that actually wouldn't work. That's why no one has done it yet.

@@laynedoe3455 i guess you can’t always throw money at a problem.

@@twinnishnot sure if they would last out in the desert. Similar proposals have been made for the Sahara to provide electricity for most of Africa but it doesn’t logistically work (I think for electronics damage) but also if sand storms cover an area that large it’s unrealistic to get it all cleared before the next sandstorm. Can’t remember the video but I watched one a while back explaining why they can’t do it

@@twinnish Thats some serious dealing with to do, cleaning dust off solar panels of that size will be both expensive and time consuming.

Solar panels have special, expensive, extra clear glass with a 99% light transmission. What do you think that glass will look like after it’s been sand blasted? In the US, out west a small sand storm will take the paint off your car and frost the windows so you can’t see through them. Imagine the sand storms in that massive desert. One storm, all panels are ruined.

Its always the ppl u never suspect, he seemed so happy..

Looking at him, you'd never think he'd end it all in such a gruesome way...

Its actually not unusable desert. A land can be in different ways growing crops and so on. Their land is the most useful because it gives them petrol

​@@MuhammadSami-rk5ml Respectfully, not ALL of it, I venture. First, A lot of Saudi Arabia's area is desert, and only desert. Second, there are indications that SA's petroleum reserves are much MUCH lower than what is currently claimed. That last may or may not be 100% true, but it is undeniable that SA's oil reserves, and the world's demand for them, are both very very finite things. There can be other uses for what is currently a desert, absolutely, but building a linear city across it would not be my first choice. Or my second. Not even in the middle of the list, comes to that.

Saudi Arabia launched the world’s largest solar-power plant last february. They also have the largest dual-purpose desalination plant in the world.

Clueless people with infinite cash flow and the ability to hire the best talent Vs random youtuber commenting on megaproject from his mom's basement in the suburbs !! Who will win ? VOTE NOW !!

@@MrLilRajjewhich one gave a loan to Musk to help him buy web site known at the time as Twitter ? I’d pick the other one.

Hence why they have junkyards of supercars.

Yet millions of people are still homeless n starving and suffering from medical issues cuz they don't have $$ to pay for treatment :) I love humanity 😅😅

Lol that logic is so fucking retarded but sadly it's extremely common.

Like $44 underwear. 😐

Well! One MUST have a hobby! 😂

evidently , they have the *most* to lose if the world ditched fuel energy to cleaner alternatives 😏

@@dynamo_spade And when the oil runs dry? They have money that cannot be spent so foolishly anymore. Saudi will quickly become third world in less than a decade when that happens.

and funny enough those nuclear power resources are all in the north. so yeah buy all the garbage solar you want.

@@dynamo_spadeIt’s not if it’s when. Then they will not have enough money to buy their own population off and the trouble will begin. There is another mob of religious nutters opposite them in Iran, waiting the chance to invade.

@@davidmontgomery1442 you wish to see it, don't you ?

Round trip?

I read that in Doc Brown's voice.

seawater desalinate agriculture irrigation

@@hashim64 irrigate instead of irrigation it would have flowed better

They seem to have a Ministry for Starting Projects, but not a Ministry for Finishing Projects.

@@mb-3faze I have to admit I’ve been known to do this very same thing

14th century wasn't as bad as Saudi Arabia

@@darylb5564 Recommend a wife to fix that problem :)

It seems your the ones still living in the 14th century. not knowing anything about Saudi Arabia other than what’s repeated in your echo chambers but still thinking you’re able to make assumptions and pass judgement

Did you know that Saudi Arabia or the majority of Arabs have tribes and clans and the ending of the name of each family is the name of their ancestors’ tribe? If my name ends with Bin Laden, it does not mean that I am related to the Bin Laden Company. Only with the first ancestor of the family 2000 years ago or 1500 and each tribe there are about 100k people or more or less.

@@Meshari_ Yeah I was just making a joke. Sorry. I know it's like last name smith over there. But it's still funny!

@@stuffbinaboxdos Now it's funny after the dishonorable and tragic events of Binladen’s name.

@@Meshari_ I appreciate bringing information to a perceived low blow. That's how we stop hate.

@@stuffbinaboxdos It's all for love and respect. Greetings from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

So saudi arabia.

@@Nawa11YT Immigration numbers for Saudi Arabia have been dropping rapidly for the last 10 years, so not really.

@Tzimisce Good, the country is full of expats. Do you honestly think we want more foreigners here? Also send me your source please.

@@Nawa11YT I dont think anyone wants to live there. A lot of poor Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indians might because they have no other choice (and once there have literally no other choice), but I never heard of any Westener wanting to live there except if bribed with large salaries and even then they only stay for as long as needed, but as short as possible. Thats just the obvious facts.

@abl7632 @abl7632 I have seen tons of people saying that they want to live here. Especially the nationalities you've mentioned. They can't because we don't give citizenship. That is good. Regarding westerners, I also heard some of them expressing that they want to live here. Are they the majority? I don't think so. But those who wanted to stay embraced the religion/culture. Which is very difficult for many of them to do, due to the vast differences between us. Hence, why the majority wouldn't want to live here.

They’re worse than he knows

Maybe they should’ve consulted this random youtuber instead of the hundreds of professional engineers

@@bander-Coolb The answer would be the same from both sources.

He obviously loves slagging off any 'giga' projects of vanity, but seems to take extra delight in highlighting those in Saudi. I have a hunch why, but there's no need to bring it up here.

@@JK_Clark Because vanity projects suck, and the Gulf Monarchies build them with slaves. That's why, no ulterior motive.

What????

What would you do with all the brine ???

@@NewerSwagger-gp3hj the brine produced is an issue. But the fresh water and the cooling effect are surely worth the effort. Perhaps the brine could be disposed of in old mines - as long as it doesn't corrupt the water table

@@matgeezer2094 that's part of the problem....thé salt is going to migrate whithin the soil

@@NewerSwagger-gp3hj the salt is sodium and chlorine, perhaps uses could be found for the individual chemicals? They have economic value. Desalination is a very useful technology, my suggestion was really to have solar panels mounted perhaps 50 metres up, panels something like 5x5 metres, and so use the panels to provide shade, and so cool an area

Saudi Arabia is one of the lowest crime rates in the world

​@@CAP198462Question from the state that was behind the bombing of Al-Khobar Complex

​@@CAP198462Saudi Arabia is one of the safest countries in the world, the crime rate is 0.80%, while the global crime rate is 7.60%

​@@CAP198462Do you know the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the rape and torture of Iraqis?

​@@CAP198462 The United States has killed tens of millions around the world in half a century and has waged more than thirty wars. Do you know this?

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All evidence points to a need to justify an unskilled and unqualified Royal family

@@twinnish what's his opinion on it? does he think it's going to be possible?

You could cook an egg on his shiny head 😂

He is just a hater ....

​@@ramifridhi4038as any decent human should be

I was just there. I have never met so many gay people.....and gayness is not allowed there.

It’s called the ‘resource curse’. It works in a similar way to the ‘aid curse’.

You ever notice that in Saudi Arabia nobody ever loses a hand from stealing gigantic amounts of money from these kind of things? They only seem to do that to petty thieves....

that's a private project it doesn't have to do with the country but a prince who was corrupt and stopped

A structural problem with monarchy: are activities of princes actually "private" or "government"?@@thehawker694

@@hbowman108Ever notice the last time you’ve heard of an actual amputation for punishment? Probably not, because it hasn’t happened in like 10 years…

When you're Simon rich, you don't realize that $44 for one pair of briefs is expensive to the peasants.

Are they actually $44? Holy fuck. So to have a decent amount you'd need to spent over $500 on just your briefs. Who the hell spends $500 on briefs? Guess I'm not the clientele for that company anyway.

But how long last?

And that byproduct is actually harmful. "Wait, the oceans are already salty" people are thinking right now. Yes, but desalinisation creates so much salt that whereever you pour it back into the ocean the ecosystem just dies from salt poisoning.

Why cant the "unwanted biproduct" be turned into sea salt and sold?

@@santoshNarayana That would make the desalinisation more expensive. It requires additional facilities and work to turn the brine into consumable sea salt (and that is without considering the growing presence of microplastics). The cost of that additional work would not be recouped because the vast amounts of sea salt created would drive the price down to near zero. Packaging and shipping it would cost more than just putting it on a truck and dumping it in the desert (which would inevitably create some other problem in the future). The only way out of the trap would be if some new industrial process was developed that used sea salt as an input.

حدثنا عن انجازاتكم يا مرتزقه يكفي ان السعودية دوله صناعية

@@hamod1034 😂😂😂 The only industry Saudi Arabia have created is Mass Outsourcing.

@@husseinalmashhadany اوك تعاون خارخي قصدك طيب حدثنا عن صناعاتكم يا حسين يا مرتزقه

The hate and jealousy for their wealth and success is deep

It’s in Saudi Arabia, no? Or is GM not a US car company?

@@rdspam well the video title says saudi arabia so shouldn't the country be accountable only for it's own projects ? why the country has to fund companies for projects they can't afford

وش يقولون ذول

They jut announced the Line city is now a the Dot city

The most boring one, no alcohol served.

Not a casino, casino vibe, the people didn't want flashy mega buildings that takes away from the visual feel of a holy place. That's why they stooped building it.

you know those money lenders, they can't get into heaven so on earth they at least want to loiter profitably in the vicinity of the temples!

Do people now only understand things literally, like IT engineers, which makes them insufferable bores?

@@moes3617 casino vibe is just as terrible. Salvation is joyful experience…. But not that joyful😂😂

He should try a project to make his country a democracy.

​@@BiggieTrismegistusno

@@Nawa11YT That's fine as long as he's willing to accept Saudi Arabia will never become a world leader in anything other than throwing money around on vulgar megaprojects.

@@BiggieTrismegistus yea nah. We'll try our best to be the best.

@@Nawa11YT I'm sure you are but the repressive religious beliefs pushed by the government will hinder the country's economic potential. I don't hate Saudi Arabia and want it fail despite my beliefs being antithetical to those of MBS and others. I'm sure the Saudi People are wonderful and I wish them the best. Saudi Arabia's oil wealth allows them to build megaprojects amongst other things and I don't think that's a bad thing per se. My point is that moving beyond merely being rich to becoming a dynamic economy like you see in the West and other places isn't going to happen if Saudi Arabia keep ps doing what it's doing. What I'm saying isn't hate or an attack but just things I have seen happens to countries that try to leap into global capitalism without the right culture.

No one is scared of Saudi Arabia and China joining hands.

Yep building Burj Khalifa is an achievement for mankind. So what if poop trucks have to be ferried daily morning, coz cant have sewage lines. Or building dumb cities on artificially created islands. Who doesnt a big wave to send back all the poop water back into the artificial island cove or its so much fun to see island sink and rise.

such as?

They live on sand….have not planned sceptic facilities….plan all you want but with basically slave labour….not hope…

​@@DoOfuzmAXiM2030 uploading

​@@DoOfuzmAXiM such as the failure of the US charging u taxes for everything 😂😂😂

Saudi owns vast lands in various countries in africa like some other gcc countries used to plant their needs nt ideal given sudan is one of them countries and now in civil war

I'd also be super curious about the problems with KAEC. It seems like if the infrastructure is complete, there should be opportunity there.... Maybe populating the city and providing jobs would be a better use of funds than building The Line?

@@BWintJackHey Kevin. I remember seeing a youtube video subjectively discussing what you are looking for. However, KAEC is not fully a failure considering it still has the potential to succeed. It was recently approved to have separate economic governing rules, such as tax exemptions and lower % of job localization, which aim to attract investors. KAEC is one of the most beautiful and organized Saudi cities, however, needs economic attributes to thrive.

@@BWintJackya, some new factories are building there. It’s growing now.

Hey how is the Jizan oil refinery doing? is it up and running yet?

True, but I think Simon doesn't want to end up in a shady backroom like what happened to Khashoggi.

Let me guess, your country is honorable and have done nothing wrong at all, right? A typical brainwashed comment influenced by the media.

It’s alleged, and u cant prove it

Was it proved? Nope. West does worse? Yes.

Yea labour camps sounds about right. Local speciality I guess.

Some folks like tradition, others don't. You're always welcome to live in rat, poop, and drug infested San Francisco. 🐀💩💉💊

"you can't dance naked here on July and you won't be able to transition your child by removing the genitals" madmesmith5187: "how restrictive. It's the 21st century already"

Someone who respects order and structure and not this degenerate free-for-all the West has become.

simon ; a ) come by yourself ! ( no cams to authenticate , or friends to ensure you safety ) b ) we already chose the time & date . . . so no need to check if it suits you . . . c ) i already mentioned (shamelessly) that we will bribe you for your "input" and publicly stated that we will pay all your fees to come over so we may influence you to say the most beautiful & positive things about us 🤡 would you like a ferrari or lamborghini ? ! finally , , two more points ; 1 ) i only mentioned the points above because i am the latest stupid employee , , and i need to impress my bosses . . . and the only way i can think of is : to publicly offer to bribe you 🤪 because we uncultured saudiased people think we can buy anything (and/or) anyone ! 2 ) i have nooo link whatsoever to our affiliate consulate in istanbil 😝 😅🤪🤣😝😛🤭🤦🏻‍♀️🙈😜🤥🙊🤦🏻‍♂️😸👹😈👻😄🙉🤪💀☠👿

It breaks my heart that the archeology I am most interested in seeing resides in countries that hate me based on politics and/or gender, and that that reality will probably never change in my lifetime.

Not to mention the non-human population.

Functional society that’s confused by gender and fails to define the word “woman”?. No thanks

What tells you we don't have a functional society?

I subscribe to all of your channels and even some that you no longer host, like VisualPolitik!