The $190 Million Tunnel Built for Just 1200 People
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The Faroese government will build a tunnel to connect to 1200 people, but the British government keeps saying that it isn't worth bothering building a tunnel to the isle of Wight which has over 140000 people.
Yea all that is needed to be done is just have those 140000 people have a special tax for the next decade or so.
The Isle of Wight ferries are particularly terrible at the moment, so there's never been a better time to push for a tunnel, apart from the fact the the UK is skint and we can't afford new infrastructure. I'm all for a tunnel as long as the hovercraft keeps running.
@@AL-lh2ht no, you put a toll on the tunnel use.
Have you considered that the British government doesn´t give a sh*** about good long term choices or helping its people on the isle though 🤔🤔
Just get the people on the isle of Wight to not vote against a tunnel then.
It also takes just 10 minutes by hovercraft which leaves every 30 minutes hardly comparable to the hour plus mentioned for ferry's in the video.
That light-beam budget was well spend
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Anyone else just get taken back to early 2000s internet and “imma firin’ ma lazor?”
worth every penny
@@daleykun Now that you mention it.... but I was thinking of the Dubstep Guns video by Corridor.
"blast" budget
Drill & Blast just being the genre "Drum & Bass" (DnB) was so stupid clever I'm mad.
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Drill n bass is also a genre
@@GarrettEulett it is now
The joke is funny but thats not what drum and bass sounds like. That sounded like dubstep
Oh at the end was definitely DnB
:)
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How dare you create the best new genre of music and not immediately release a full album of Drill & Blast tunes for us to enjoy
drill and BLAST full song when?????
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ROCK AND STONE
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In the Eysturoyartunnilin, there is a radio station that you can tune into that plays music made from the construction sounds (I think it is the construction sounds) of the tunnel. so Drill & Blast music is even more accurate.
That's pretty cool and funny
Hello my good frien, this is the great trivia. Thank you
The “drill and blast” joke went on for too long.
And that’s why it was perfect.
Rule of 3
The coffee mug blasting was perfect lol at that point I went "ok now they're just flexing on the joke and I have to respect that"
Okay, those tunnel construction costs make _WAY_ more sense knowing the cost for the ferry service. If a year of ferry operation costs as much as 500m of tunnel it starts to look feasible over the long run, particularly with the increased reliability of the tunnels. And when you think about it, by the time a tunnel pays for itself, you'd probably also have needed to buy a whole new ferry.
To be fair, depreciation of the ferry is probably included in the figure, so buying a new one is accounted for. But still, you're very right. If it saves that much money annually, it makes perfect sense
If anyone's interested, Drill & Blast is actually Bass House/UK Bass, and 7:18 is Drum 'n' Bass (DNB)
We need jungle, I'm afraid
The first one is electro/fidget house
those names are impossible to search
but you know the music name?
Drill and blast slaps!
I love that band.
You're a genius!
Drill + blast + slap 😮
Imagine that
@@blehblahov7398 Davie504 is proud and shedding a tear rn.
3:17 Definitely the best music you’ve created in your channel lol😅
Edit: if you put subtitles, it says “[horrible EDM-ish sounds]” 😂😂😂
Much better than the mix tape
I want that and at 7:20 as in full version
Omg, it actually does say that lol😂
I shazammed it hoping it was an actual track only to be disappointed with 'no result'
Well, Sam, come on, make a full track and release it!!!
@@sabersz try Google "search for a song"
Jetlag: The Game, Faroe Islands edition when?
I dont like CZcams Shorts
@@Gurumeierhans Jetlag is 40-60 minutes per episode.
Anglo-Saxons near the Danelaw attacked a Nordic settlement because the Viking settlers were too sexy and had good personal hygiene. All the marriageable women were eloping to be with Vikings in the Faroes rather than hook up with the local incel boys.
@@squeaksquawk4255you missed the joke didnt you
It'd actually be an adorable mini series. Maybe they can film one next summer :)
Sam, a couple questions:
1. When does your LP drop?
2. Is the next Season of Jet Lag on the Faroe Islands?
Jet Lag started last week (if you have nebula, otherwise wait a bit more than a day) in Italy
Nailed it again! Watching this I thought "This sounds like Amy wrote it" and sure enough, Amy was the writer for this one :D
It's fun how individual writer's personalities influence these scripts!
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No way Ben would know what DnB is 😋
@@DarkHarlequin I like Ben but you are right.
#PayRaiseForAmy
Each of those tunnels would probably cost close to $1 billion each in the US, so barely even $500 mil for 4 tunnels is impressive as hell.
Most of the cost are regulations and bureaucracy
@@Xamufam I don't know if you noticed but these are single lane tunnels, in the US they'd probably need to have at least two lanes in each direction and that raises the costs a lot.
@@hedgehog3180 I count two lanes at 2:35. Sam does mention 'scary narrow tunnels' built in the 80's, that do look like they're 1 lane though (but not underwater)
It is only impressive when being screwed by the super rich via their puppets in govt and the MSM has been normalised.First comes the apathy then the asphyxiation.Will the Americans wake up before they are suffocated in their sleep? Murdoch is not in jail so I doubt it. :-)
@@PinnysVidsthat looks like one lane in each direction to me, hedgehog was talking about two lanes in each direction
I don't know how he does it, but sam manages to be the most robotic, and the most relatable person I can think of ...
I think it's because he is from Colorado. They are all like that. It's the thin air. Only lowlanders are capable of the full range of emotions.
Standard stock footage and slick editing for the "robotic" part and good sense of humor as well as actual personality for the "relatable" part. It looks like a soulless content mill, but the person behind it genuinely seems to have fun with it.
@@lhumanoideerrantdesinterne8598 the way he covers topics and talks also seems to follow a formula quite closely which seems robotic. No one could talk like that naturally
@@tomlxyz That's called "having a script". Most youtubers do.
I was there in June. Those tunnels really make their lives easier and more convenient. Such an amazing place!
I was there from July... 1991 until 2015, and yes, the tunnels have been absolutely transformative.
You must have spent a lot on the laser effects. It's not much, but I hope you recover from such an expense.
This man spent money
@@effbar2400 lots of it :O, HAI is not in the positive 📈📈
Sam might be on to something with this “drill and blast”
It already exists, the last song was a genre called Drum & Bass
0:30 That is actually their parliament. Charming.
Close, but not quite. Historically that is where the parliament was located, but it has since moved.
It is currently the main government office though.
Did not expect my country on this channel😂 and they are planning on doing a tunnel that is 23 km long (14,3 miles). Jeez I love how pronounced our names😂😂😂😂
He pronounced some names decently, but Gásadalur was downright hilarious.
@@PerMortensennope not the worst
@@PerMortensen I'm more impressed that he didn't have a stroke trying :P
@@andersjjensen Heh, that's fair
Thorn and Eth aren't hard for English speakers since we already use them, we just don't have the special letters for them.
B1M did a video on this a while back. I think he stood around the round about. But the thought of being under there creeped me out. I'd be on a boat.
If you think that tunnel was creepy, imagine stepping into one of the early unlit single-lane tunnels!
A couple months back there was was an _amazing_ video about the tunnels and their construction on the B1M channel. You should seriously check it out! The host actually went there and also conducted interviews.
WOO! Fellow B1M viewer. Fred is a legend
The fact the subtitles for Drill & Blast said "horrible EDM-ish sounds" is a level of detail that is absolutely fantastic! Props to the team for making the jokes fully accessible, and for adding extra humour while doing so.
Here's the thing. This highlights the difference between logistical investment for purpose, Vs for profit.
Now over time those tunnels may require additional funds for repairs and renovations.
However, they're indispensable and a positive asset to the country.
Their value isn't purely monetary.
They weren't built with money making specifically in mind.
It's a fantastic infrastructure investment. Opening up the isles to function more as a combined territory.
Speed and availability of transportation are the main contributes of a functional logistical system.
If it had been the US they'd have built airfields on every island because it was cheaper.
If it was the UK they'd have merely expanded the existing airport with additional runways because that'll fix the issue somehow.
If it was China, they'd have built a better (yet unnecessary) port system to better connect the island chain.
All these other approaches would have factored in financials directly as opposed to indirectly. Because they cannot see infrastructure as something that needn't turn a profit.
They are incapable of looking at an economic project as a positive economic drain.
Sometimes things that cost the government money, especially over time. Are a good thing. It stops money pooling and stagnating in public funds.
Ongoing costs can actually be an economic net benefit.
Those tunnels will require staff for maintenance. Roadies, sparks, engineers for the pump system, painters. What have you.
Now, those individuals are civil servants. The upkeep and maintenance of those tunnels is important don't get me wrong.
But it's also a positive feedback loop.
They get paid by the government, and that money circulates within the local economy, which in turn builds a solid foundation for shops, stores, industry. All at the local level. Which in turn brings in outside capital. Not so much foreign investment, but more so tourist and holiday money.
A strong, wide, baseline civil service is the greatest hedge against inflation any country can have.
Faroe also does something very clever, which although it is directly a detriment to the rest of us.
They took the quick and dirty solution to the foreign investment problem.
You can't buy land on Faroe as a foreigner. You can't soak up any of their assets.
This keeps exploitative investment out. In exchange for no massive economic booms.
Now, that's not necessarily a bad thing. No booms, also gives them a severely diminished chance of a bust. Or big downturn period.
Aslong as they don't become overly reliant on tourist money. They'll weather any global financial crisis.
And a level of self sufficiency where they don't have to rely on exports or private companies to handle their transportation between the islands. Means they're basically unbeholden to the greater global economic situation at any one time.
Ie, it all comes back to the tunnels lads.
Good points, however the Faroese economy is also extremely reliant on salmon farming and pelagic fisheries, which could both crash at any time, and have done so in the past, leading to economic crisis
HAI used to be a boring learning channel with a Sam that read the script off in a hypermonotone voice
Then he hired writers and now we have the Drill and Blast segment. I love HAI now.
Boring? I like tunnel bores!
*_Fun Fact_*
Alternate title: Drill and Blast established in Faroe Islands by HAI
99% of comments about Drill and Blast
1% of comments about the Faroe Islands
First time ive seen a youtuber mention New Albany lol
Nah he was talking about the other one. Sorry.
how do New Steamed Hams taste to you?
4:41 good effort! the letter ð is indeed like “th” in english, but it’s specifically the *voiced* dental fricative, like we use in “the”, as opposed to the unvoiced, like in “thing” (the mouth shape is the same - the only difference is that your vocal cords are vibrating during one, and for the other it’s like whispering) edit: jk it’s silent in faroese sometimes lol
In English, yes. In Faroese though the ð is usually silent, with some exceptions. It is never a dental fricative, voiced or unvoiced.
In particular in the case of "Norðoyatunnilin" it is silent.
@@PerMortensen well english doesn’t have the letter at all, but otherwise i’m glad to stand corrected in the case of faroese! i extrapolated from my very novice knowledge of icelandic
@sunmethods Oops. Yeah, that was a silly mistake for me to make. Of course English doesn't have an eth. I don't know what I was thinking.
that 3:14 bit peak
Effective infrastructure building that actually helps people and it's actually economically sound
For the same $158,000 per person that the tunnel cost, they could have each bought their own personal yacht.
@@bigbossimmotalyes, but it was not built for the local population. It was built for tourists which maintains the economy.
@@bigbossimmotal Wasn't that 8130€ oer capita?
@@jannikheidemann3805 Dunno, my keyboard doesn't even have that odd little character next to the number. lol
@@benchoflemons398 1,200 private yachts! I think tourists would pay to come see that. AND pay for the ferry to bring them over to see it too. lol
Sam I’m here again to say never stop being you, I love all your content across all your channels and platforms. Your editing is great and the cross eyed bald eagle was top notch 😂
Drill and blast absolutely slaps and those graphics are fire. 🔥
A quick comment on compound words: For example Gásadalur is a compound word that splits into Gása-Dalur and means Gása Valley. Each part of the compound should be pronounced separately as Gása -- Dalur but not Gá -- Sadalur. The same holds for words like kilometre that splits into kilo-metre and should be pronounced like that (and not like ki -- lometre).
Shoutout to the guy who marked all the "Filler/Tangent" sections in SponsorBlock. The real MVP.
To each their own; I don't find any parts of HAI videos skipworthy but I also recognize the effort.
Totally unrelated but I wish the Jon Oliver viewership wouldn't downvote all the filler segments, that show has the worst non-sequiturs.
1:54 My condolences to your saturday nights.
One time my state gets mentioned we get mislabeled smh
Whatcha doin' today?
Feroese: tunnilin'
Everyday I'm tunnilin tu tu tu tu tu tu tu du du du du du du
5:00 Ah yes, the fond memories of playing Magicka with friends.
It ought to be mentioned that the Faeroe islands have a rather healthy GDP per capita. That often makes things a little easier.
I have to point out how brilliant that transition to ad read was
This has to be the highest production value I have ever seen in a CZcams video
4:46 leirvík sounds just like lerwick, the capitol of Shetland which until about 1800-1850 shared a language very close to Faroese. That's cool.
Yep, leir(e) means mud or clay, and vik means bay or inlet in Norwegian (and Faeroese, Norse and Norn, with some minor spelling differences). There are several places in Norway named Leirvik as well.
if you just keep a constant stream of tunneling-projects going, you avoid a lot of the issues/cost of having to start and stop projects. you reuse the same companies, machines, workers, and institutional know-how.
I laughed WAY too hard at the scene outside the office building
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The music in the video was a little too loud. This was very interesting! Thanks for making this!
I'm gonna need a ten hour version of that drill and blast song for the next time I need to cram an entire semester of studying into a single all nighter.
The PDF at 3:36 is ancient, judging by the black/white photos and the reference to a company name that hasn't existed in decades. I reckon surveying costs as a percentage has gone down since then, thanks to the ever ballooning costs of projects like this.
DnB has new meaning in my brain now. Thank you.
3:15
Everyone talking about the Drill & Blast music, but did anyone notice he blasted through Wendover Productions?
I was feeling down because I broke my favorite mug. Your drill and blast segments cheered me up a bit. Thanks for that, Sam.
1:34 Did he just say the Great State of New Jersey? 😂
Phil Murphy: “we’re from Jersey baby and you’re not”
Yeah that one surprised me, especially with all of the times he's dissed Newark Liberty Airport.
Typo in the script, for sure.
Let's just blame Ben
Drill and Blast sounds AWESOME
Whoever you hired to make drill and blast deserves a raise
In Norway we have a lot of ferries and also a lot of undersea tunnels. The ferries are often operated by the county and subsidised by the state. One of the ways tunnels get funded is that if the county replaces a ferry with a tunnel, the state will continue paying the ferry subsidy. Some tunnels are financed basically entirely through that together with the tolls (equivalent to the ferry ticket).
The Drill and Blast bit has to be one of the funniest jokes in this channel. Good job to whoever came up with that.
I drove thru some of these tunnels last summer, I HIGHLY recommend the Faroe Islands, the most beautiful country in the world imo
is that eagle cross-eyed? 2:27
No its american
@@potatojake197🫶😂😂
Honestly, that musical bit there was FIRE
Planning session:
"Let's do that crossing with an underwater roundabout!"
"But why?"
"Because we can!"
"Good point."
Gotta admit that is one of the most insane things ive ever heard done.
If you told me yesterday, "What if Europe tried putting a roundabout in a tunnel?"
id stare at you until my eyes twitch, doubting the feasibility. But here we are.
@@Nazuiko It's not particularly hard or weird, it's obviously cheaper to build one tunnel that can connect three islands than three seperate tunnels between each. And when you have three roads that meet you need some sort of intersection and roundabouts are the most efficient form of intersection if you aren't limited by space.
Drill and blast needs more coverage. Also: Aimy needs to cover the next tunneling.
Please finish Drill and Blast and release it!
Never would I have thought Sam would mention New Albany
Whoa, this was epic! Keep it up!
Interesting video about the Faroe Islands! 🇫🇴
One correction to note is that the map at 1:45 is missing the state line of Virginia. I’ve actually been through the Cumberland Gap Tunnel, & the National Historic Park in the area is home to the tripoint of Virginia, Tennessee, & Kentucky! There is even an interesting monument for it. Cheers
About 10 years ago we were on a cruise which took in the Faroe islands. We hired a car for the day and did a road trip to the most northerly part we could reach (Viðareiði). We used 1 sea tunnel which was illuminated like a discotheque, but the other mountain tunnels were the “suicide” types with single track with passing places. Playing chicken with an oncoming pair of headlights was somewhat bum clenching but I thoroughly recommend the experience of driving through these beautiful islands with their amazing feats of engineering.
Interesting
Half as
"road tripping the faroe islands" yes please
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That bald eagle had the most legendary side-eye
Rofl, Impeccable humour 😅😅😅
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We should build a tunnel there.
I am now planning a road trip to the faroe islands and will be listening to only drill and blast the whole time
3:20 there goes the VFX department budget! It's time to do some layouts!
The "Drill and Blast" joke was way funnier than it had any right to be.
We blew up a tunnel connecting Seabrook and Deer Park to Baytown here in TX. It connected maybe a quarter million people. Replaced it with a giant-ass bridge though. Tunnel caused silting in a major port area.
I want the drill and blast song as a stand alone video.
Drill and Blast videos are the new brick videos.
The tourism industry in the Faroe Islands is growing.
People do indeed go on road trips.
You can also buy some very nice wool sweaters as souvenirs. Or just wool yarn for your knitting hobby.
3:25 IMA FIRIN MA LAZOR!!!
I have found hardly any jokes on this channel funny so far. But this drill and blast gag gets a thumbs up : P
I’m impressed that Sam actually put effort into trying to pronounce things correctly, which is really hard because Faroese is very illogical in pronunciation. In Icelandic and Old English, ð is pronounced th, like the (somethings th like thing). But in Faroese, it’s pronounced like every other sound except that or not at all! I have no idea how to pronounce Faroese city names and always thought it was pronounced “Tors-havin” or “Tors-hawn” like it would be in Danish.
The Drill and Blast music joke is the best joke to come out of HAI in a long time.
Not to say the jokes aren't usually good, this is just the best one.
Sam, this is probably the best video to date. Love the Drill n Blast music genre. Can't wait for a full release! Pronounciation was in the gutter, but that's to be expected when dealing with anything that came out of Scandinavia.
Not just a hit, a new music genre
Came here from nebula just to see how the ad read and transition would happen on CZcams. It did not disappoint
Thats it. The whole graphics budget for the rest of they year. On Sams 4 second music video.
One of your best videos yet. Love the atmosphere, love the trivia, cheers. 🥂
Oh and, Drill and Blast sounds great 👍
The editing on this video is 🔥
We need a JetLag series there
such a good Hai video I didn't even think about how long it's been since we've had a brick video
Shout out to the graphics team for making the sheep x70,000 move with the sheep's mouth. THAT is why the tunnels were built!
I have, in fact, roadtripped the Faroe Islands. And also written my EPQ qualification (last year of high school equivalent thing) on this exact topic of undersea tunnels in the Faroe Islands
HAI just casually creating a new music genre for a 5 second joke -
Came for the drill, stayed for the blast.
I like how the narrator struggles to pronounce a specific word, then suddenly pronounces the next few words which are the same kind, but perfectly
Trust me, not a single Faeroese word was pronounced anywhere close to perfectly in this video 😅
1:34 "Great."
Nu Jersey is mid at best
Someone had a ton of fun with that drill&blast animation ^^
Very cool. Iceland has quite a few tunnels to connect parts of the island and avoid long detours around the mountains (and in and out of all the fjords). It's nice to see a country invest in infrastructure...
Ahhh Faroe... It was such a wonderful place to visit. Their helicopters are like public buses too, to connect to those 10 people on some island where tunnels are not worth it (yet)... Amazing!
the drill&blast is the greatest thing i have ever seen