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Join Joe in this exploration of a true titan of modern engineering: the world’s largest crane. With a lifting capacity of 5,000 tons—equivalent to hoisting a SpaceX Starship Heavy—this giant ring crane at Rotterdam’s Mammoet headquarters is a true powerhouse that plays a crucial role in the renewable energy revolution, building massive offshore wind turbines that help combat climate change. And yes, they may let Joe drive it.
CLARIFICATION (Aug. 7, 2024): In this video, we used “largest” to describe the physical size of the crane. We understand from subject matter experts that cranes are more usually classified based on lifting capacity, so we wanted to note here that there are a few cranes with higher lifting capacities. We all have even more reason to feel hopeful about climate change and the potential positive impact of enormous cranes!
Hosted by Joe Hanson from Be Smart, Overview uses stunning 4k drone footage to reveal the natural and human made marvels shaping our planet–from a 10,000-foot view–literally.
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"There are huge non climate effects of carbon dioxide which are overwhelmingly favorable which are not taken into account. To me that's the main issue that the earth is actually growing greener. This has been actually measured from satellites the whole earth is growing greener as a result of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. So it's increasing agricultural yields, it's increasing the forests, it's increasing all kinds of growth in the biological world and that's more important and more certain than the effects on climate." ~Freeman Dyson, Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.
Even if we somehow get to sustainable growth (we won't until we reach at least 3 degreees more globally), there is still the problem of waste heat, that's going to heat up the planet exponentially so that oceans will boil in 100 years or so.
Oh hey, I saw Hacksmith at the same crane just a while back. Did you two share the same tour or something? Looks ridiculously impressive, but I'll keep my distance, thanks; I can do more than enough damage limiting myself to things around my own size!
Haha u didn’t get the memo climate change is a farce, the US and the west recently just tariffed china’s EV and solar so to limit the adoption of something that will help climate change so that means it’s not that big a threat
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Your Texas is oozing out in the Netherlands
the distinction between power and energy is important. Power is a rate expressed in Megawatts vs. energy is a quantity, expressed in units like Megawatt-hours…around 5:00 the narrator should have said 15 MW of power…
Thanks for this information and talking about climate change and what to do about it right now.
Tell the electric companies in California that they shouldn't fine people who use zero electricity from them because they have solar panels and maybe we can have better carbon control there since they put money before the planet
Kone cranes makes a gantry crane that can lift 15,000 tons
and humans built it.
Climate change is not real
There is no climate crisis
I guess Musk has the second biggest at Star Base. ☀️😎🇨🇦
Not the largest crane (by lifting capacity). Crane Ship SSCV Sleipnir has 2 cranes, each can lift 10000t. I just work in the docks where the 5000t crane is, I can confirm it's huuuuge.
Buddy is a little off on his mobile cranes…they go anywhere from 1ton-1500ton …look up Liebherr ltm11200 9.1 🙄
Thank you So professional, even though you tried to be light about the issues. Well done!
At 2:54, "On our current trajectory, humanity faces widespread species extinction…"
So often in these discussions, I hear statements such as the above from the narrator, said as if "humanity" is somehow exempt from other "species".
Also the narrator says that, along with the other two items at the end of the same sentence, as if they are things to come in the future rather than things already happening now.
I thought the Saren's Big Carl was the biggest crane in the world?
I believe they have a fleet of about 10 of these. They also have a crane concept that could lift up to 18000 tons. Even the one in the video is “only “ 5000. Absolutely crazy numbers
Mammoet (outside the Netherlands pronounced like mammoth), of course the Dutch again! 😂
More propaganda climate change is not a bad thing we are due for an ice age after all but no one does the research😂
Toy need a bigger crane, I called into the empty room with joy!
"This crane helps combat global environmental issues" but proceeds to burn 10,000 litres of per day 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sorry guys, but nuclear is NOT a clean energy source. We still have no Solution for the radioactive waste it produces, so it’s irresponsible to plan with it in the longterm
Where's all that raw material coming from tho?
Waiting for when a program is made on the Psychology behind the Socio/Political underpinnings of the Climate Change movement.
Earthquakes, volcanoes are increasing. Climate change is the least of our problems!
Yes there is climate change and renewable energy is great, but the problem is the current cycle of decreased magnetosphere, increased solor radiation and the end of glaciation. These are somewhat increased by anthropogenic causes but we will not solve these problems by building more stuff and further creating tons of carbon in the process. Not to mention the destructive mining practices or the fact that there aren't enough minerals to accomplish these impossible goals.
3:44 Tough to reach. We already did hit 1.5°C in 2023.
4:04 Mainly Trump. Who wants to: Drill, baby drill, like never before.
Dude looks like Johnny Knoxville
The rest of the world can install many GWs of Offshore Wind, but the US still struggles to build just a handful.
Big Oil fighting back as anticipated.
Too complicated and forward thinking for the US. We better "drill, baby, drill."
What happens when the thousands and thousands of wind towers add an unbearable amount of noise into the ocean, destroying all life around these world saving machines???
5000 ton is 78 normal Swedish trucks fuly loaded to 60 tons.