Life Straws

[WatchmenDrManhattan]

You now it is very efficient to kill al the germs in contaminated water by exposing it to the sun for several hours.

[pinky9e]

yayy!!! go lifestraws! 

[bennyboyhead]

This blows my mind. I had no idea this kind of thing existed.

[Bluebox91]

1:44 Who misspells a caption? "L-O-S-E"

[Gnug215]

21 people hate things that save lives.

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[DeathFirst5]

Who are the 21 douche-bags that disliked this?

[KaptenN]

@DeathFirst5 My guess is that they don't like it when Rocketboom diverts from their regular routine of repoting news in a humorous manner. I've seen many complain about it before. But yeah... douche-bags.

[gekkodevil]

haha I recognize the accent at 2:07 XD

[WOWJBEOWULF]

The problem is the language, law, heritage that the people use; they openly defecate in and around the water sources and then have problems with purification that bring up the age old plagues that wipe out community members each year. The only way out of that bad news is a better education to improve the behavior of the entire community, and remove the superstition and its resulting behavior. Give a 19th century Indian a flashlight, it is a party for a night; give an education, then better.

[TheMasterpiece911]

this is the best invention i have ever seen.

[ducktapelover1]

nederland w00

[hitachi088]

just boil your fucking water .

cut off a tree

FIRE !

then boil your water on it .

?????

PROFIT !

[bernardzyx]

Congratulations to Denmark!

[bobthebuilderonlyhas]

Wow... that guy is looking good for being 65

[cricketbat08]

I thought the commentary was in Afrikaans (Dutch).

[barendbos]

you all do know this is dutch, don't you?

[Texasbbqrock]

Good Reporting! Where is this on CNN?

[BadAndy10]

That's beautiful.

[alexvegas]

The fact that it lasts a year isn't a disadvantage; that's a lot longer than I expected. What an amazing invention!

[deckernk]

The dude @1:30 has a great radio voice. Hire him, Caveliers!

[JonRossBrooker]

@deckernk LOL

[hendrykicksass]

i used this example in my general paper a levels examination. <3 molly

[carbronica]

Feed a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Feed a fish a man and he'll eat for like, two and a half months.

[choisant]

Never did understand danish...

[Draugrinnify]

@choisant obviously don't understand dutch either :)

[choisant]

@Draugrinnify Not at all :P I was expecting danish though, and being Norwegian we tend to make jokes about how hard it is to understand danish ;)

[Draugrinnify]

@choisant really? well norwegian, is kind of hard, even though it's also kind of nice... so there! how do you feel about that?!!

[choisant]

@Draugrinnify It is said that Norwegian to foreigners sound like " the sound of spitting, at a distance." i don't know what you make of that, but was I not born here I would never have bothered myself to learn it xP I don't take compliments too well :/

[DaleMurph]

Interesting story.

[barbiesandninjas]

that's so cool

[Skrappy777]

So cool!

[donfolstar]

I'm just gonna throw this out there: Kenya, if you cannot collectively solve basic problems like obtaining drinking water why are there 40 million of you?

So many problems would be solved by there being fewer people and here is a prime example to add to the list.

[tf2godlikespy]

excellent temporary solution.

[HisSolitude]

FUUUUUU I WAS EATING 

[holymasteric]

why dont they boil it first



[sarsattacks]

@holymasteric

education. Europeans used to not boil the water and gave up drinking it completely. They started getting their water from wine and fresh milk, hence why Caucasians have a higher tolerance to alcohol and a later onset of lactose intolerance (most animals lose their ability to drink milk after they become adults)

[FluffyBunniesOnFire]

@holymasteric Maybe the country ran out of fire.

[RectalExaminationBot]

Then we loose a lot of people? What?

[kailea2323]

thats actually a great idea!!!

a few flaws:

-only last a year

-what will happen to all of these plastic life straws once they are no longer usable? will you recycle them, and simply change the filter inside of them- or will they, like water bottles, sit in landfills?

[SkeletonAge3]

@kailea2323 Why does it matter if they could be saving lives?

[kailea2323]

Respond to this video... I didn't say that the flaws I pointed out should stop them from producing and distributing them- the fact that these exist is amazing. this is a great product that they are giving to people who need them. It is awesome that they are saving millions of lives.

Im just wondering what is going to happen to the billions of life straws that become ineffective after a year; where will they all wind up?

[httprover]

Henry Darcy designed water filtration systems in the mid-1800s in France that worked quite well. Perhaps social and foreign aide workers and NGOs could teach the people of Kenya how to build local communial public works systems for better sanitation.

[GordonWolters]

<3 DK :)

[watchmyshoes22]

If u wanna see a cute pic pause at 1:31 ^^

[gulllars]

These are great devices, which could save a lot of lives, but as they are used have a 1:1 ratio between devices and users. While this is scalable, the economy of it isn't.

If they made scaled up versions for households or villages, you could provide a lot more clean water with the same resources spent, and scale it to more users faster. That's not to say these single person devices need be replaced by it, as clean water during the day while away from dwellings are critical for many people too.

[Hashime777222]

You should see that canadian version of this technology, it uses "straws" with nano-scale pores that only allow water through, well, some ions can fit.

[Hashime777222]

That is a Canadian technology , cool eh?

[GreyShampoo]

They talked about my country! FUCK YEAHHHHHH

[jegerover18ar]

Danish World Change FTW! ^^

[darketherealv2]

A YEAR!!! THAT'S AMAZING!!!!

[Stain0]

Yeah!! Dutch...........I love dutch, maybe because I speak dutch (flemish) :D

[ikbenbeterinclubpeng]

I've always wanted to see someone see talk our language in a foreign program. A dream has come true, just 45 to go!

[perplacymp]

Just WHY is the guy speaking Dutch?

Oh.. exoticness. I get it.

[Entharion]

@perplacymp Because the narrator was dutch of course.

[Bongorock333]

Yeah! Denmark! :D

[shippem]

"we loose a lot of people" nice spelling job rocketboom!

[Goodboy7557]

Tell that to a western person. I bet not a single viewer of this video could survive just by drinking water. What about medical? Cooking? Disinfectant? Cleaning? This sure is better than nothing, but seems a bit of an absurd solution to actually implementing long term infrastructure improvements.

[bvdb1980]

@SirSexyAlot dude seriously... do u even know what the word "respect" means?

[SirSexyAlot]

@bvdb1980 Sure I do, but why should I give dirty niggers respect? What have they done to deserve it?

[Razear]

The cow shit is fucking huge.

[woody500z]

Who cares about Africans, i'm sick of hearing about them, you can't help those who cant help themselves, how about we help the staving and poor Europeans, that you conveniently never hear about.

[Wizzie0]

@woody500z because they don't have it that bad. Obviously, you don't know how bad the situation is in Africa, and a lot of Western countries have actually contributed to that. A lot of Europeans can't take care of themselves. What if everyone had the attitude you did and stopped helping out others? The world would be more screwed than people like you have made it already. I could adopt your attitude and ask "why should I help someone living on a flourishing continent who can't help themselves?"

[woody500z]

@Wizzie0 They don't have it that bad? I'll give you one example,

saturnic.livejournal(DOT)com/4­17904.html

Obliviously, you don't know how bad the situations are in Europe, and the Genocide of European peoples. The difference between helping an African and a European is that Europeans can be helped, Africans can't, its in their genetics, hence why where ever they go turns into a ghetto, and please don't play blame whitey for everything bad that has ever happened. Cant argue with facts.

[atalina08]

Were those life straws in one of those Project For Awesome funds?

[skiingpotato]

Why would anyone dislike this? really?

[GmasterRED]

Why doesn't Barak Obama help his homeland?

[atalina08]

@GmasterRED He does what he can, when he can. Rite now, his main focus is to serve his country first. While hopefully other people with power can help them, ep. Celebrities, other countries, Fundraisers/Orangizations, you or I by donating to different fundraisers, even if its a dollar

[GmasterRED]

Why do they refer to it as "the soda company"?

Is Rocketboom worried about upsetting their sponsor, Coca Cola?

[GmasterRED]

>mfw the filter gets dirty and they are still using it 20 years later, killing themselves.

That's how they do it in Africa.

[GmasterRED]

@frankylovesyall

inb4 PC crazies go nuts at you.

[GmasterRED]

BAWWWW another poor nigger story.

Who cares.

[t1mTV]

i dont get why we don't just bomb places like africa or haiti. when a horse breaks its leg you kill it to put it out of its misery. the same should be done to these people.

[Sven2Perroy]

make a huge straw that is 10meters high and problem solved.

[1010011010is29a]

Ummm call me old fashioned, but with all that dry animal dung why not just boil the water?  Maybe we should be sending them cauldrons instead of a billion fucking plastic litter pieces. Made from oil.

[YoshiIkagawa]

That's pretty damned amazing.

[GunsNRoses1337]

This is the shit I want to do. Fuck working in some office for the rest of my life, I want to travel and help people. This video was really inspiring.

[haloboy456]

Its a shame that tis video only receives only 1,800 views versus your typical Rocket boom video which receives many times more. People ned to get more interested in humanitarian efforts around the world.

[GmasterRED]

@haloboy456

It was uploaded 10 hours ago, moron.

[haloboy456]

@GmasterRED You fail to see that we are on the same page. We both want to help people. Typical Rocketboom uploads after 10 hours have up to 3,000-5,00 hits..typically. But I've noticed, even in the long term, humanitarian videos don"t get as many views. This is no personal attack to you, obviously you watched the video. I was making a general statement. No need to call me moron in any ways we actually agree on the inspirational nature of this video. I just wished more people felt the same way.

[Mixarenan]

It only lasts a year because they wan't to sell again the next year. simple.

[GmasterRED]

@Mixarenan

True. They can make anything last virtually forever if we didn't live in a world that depends on consumerism to survive.

[JOHNCHUYOUTOO]

Are they recyclable?

[GmasterRED]

@JOHNCHUYOUTOO

That's not even the point.

[henomafia]

id just give them condoms then no other help is needed

[PumapeltWarrior]

@henomafia What about contamination of water? You can't really do anything if you're dehyrdrated or starving. 

[henomafia]

@PumapeltWarrior go to a pub and have a beer! :D

[PumapeltWarrior]

@henomafia XD 1. I'm only 14 ;P

2. They won't have the money for even that e.e (maybe, plus again, some of the people are kids)

3. Alcohol can't replace water.

[aclockworkmartin]

this is so awesome!

[tHecOmMeNtErSrEtUrN]

I think boiling water, and stoping cows from crapping in your water would help greatly.

[PumapeltWarrior]

@tHecOmMeNtErSrEtUrN You really have to keep in mind that when people herd cattle, they often don't bring a lot with them. They might have to travel many miles to find grazing areas for the herd, and they'd get worn out if they carried a bunch of equipment with them. Besides, many people might not have enough money do buy certain supplies to purify water. Not only that but most herds have 50+ cattle in them. You can't control ALL of them at the same time.

[tHecOmMeNtErSrEtUrN]

@PumapeltWarrior

I am not talking about how much they carry, and how much money they got, they should stop cattle from polluting the drinking supply, if it means getting some form of water container, and placing them separate, it would help greatly regardless.

And sure they might have to travel a lot of miles to feed these cows, but still separating the cow crap from the water would help don't you think?

[frigs123]

It's ironic how a soda company makes a contraption to drink healthy.

[SubwayCake]

HOLLAND FTW! :D

[Gemanite55]

Listen to the 65 year old! He's OLD! Boil your water!

[theQman121]

Not to take away from the seriousness of this, but whoever added the captions needs to learn the difference in 'loose' and 'lose'

[THECOMMENTER10000]

I just watched Molly and then left

[shahherwan93]

This guy who created this deserves a Nobel awesome award!

[JPiiiX]

@shahherwan93 why would they give such thing if this is totally the opposite of what they're trying to accomplish.

[Unkyo444]

i learn more from 1 vid of rocket boom than i do in a whole semester of school

[toudal89]

@Unkyo444 maybe its time you start listening to your teachers:p

[GmasterRED]

@Unkyo444

Damn, talk about low quality schooling.

[vwgeist]

ONLY a year!?!

I am amazed it lasts more than a week!

[doctorcatsburger]

@vwgeist Yeah, the Bacteria has to build up quickly, drinking from the mudhole.

[watchmyshoes22]

@vwgeist I know right? Thats pretty cool! I'm glad ROCKETBOOM deceived me into watching this

[1acroyear1]

Great idea! You wouldn't want those people to learn how to boil water. Better to make them dependent on technology that they can't reproduce domestically.

[raifsevrence]

@1acroyear1 Boiling water only has certain beneficial effects. There are many things in water which cannot be cleansed simply by getting it really hot.

Filtration is the only guaranteed safe solution. It might seem to you to be a commercial crutch with some sort of hidden hook with diabolical intentions, but either way this will save a lot of lives !

[1acroyear1]

@raifsevrence Boiling has only ONE beneficial effect, which is the ONLY one that matters- namely, it kills germs. In most cases filtration doesn't even address that issue, which sort of makes this system unique. As for particulates in disinfected water, these people are clearly used to drinking cloudy water anyway but they can run it through a sand and charcoal filter if they like.

It's the difference between giving a man a fish or teaching him to fish. Good intentions, bad planning.

[GmasterRED]

@raifsevrence

Boiling water kills nearly 100% of germs and diseases.

[Brust90]

this is why I subbed to rocketboom. How interesting and enriching!

[GmasterRED]

@Brust90

I subscribe for Molly.

[OmegaDeman]

The guy who invented this campaign = awesome.

[dennisvanlith]

Yep it's 100% dutch... Molly how's your dutch???

[RoseBrazeale]

The Life Straw sounds amazing! Pity it only lasts a year. Hopefully they'll make improvements so it lasts longer!

[kotapaka]

BTW that's not how you spell lose @ 1:44

[kotapaka]

Yes, they look weak and pitiful in Africa but as soon as they get to Europe or the US they start causing trouble usually in the form of violence. Better keep them there eating shit then in the West killing us and living of the others.

[PumapeltWarrior]

@kotapaka Racist much? And Heartless? What makes you think that everyone from Africa does that.

[GmasterRED]

@PumapeltWarrior

It's not racist if it's the truth, however ugly.

[GmasterRED]

@kotapaka

Africa has never even produced any great civilizations, with the exception of the Egyptians, which are more arab then African.

[chris7toronto]

I just kept saying "That's awesome!" the whole time I was watching this.

[Artardion]

Nederlands!? o.O

:O

[666Makkura666]

@Artardion Yay! Was echt verbaast om da te horen :p

[Sofyeah]

@Artardion Afrikaans I think

[puretroubleman]

does the company made profits from this?

[phillip8739]

@puretroubleman I wouldn't think so, just by the fact that they mentioned the life straw only lasts a year, and usually when you don't have profits, production can't come in the quantity that all theses people need, so this is when you come and ask for government support.

[preciousmetals168]

i want one of those. (the lifestraw, not the african kid)

[MichaelHowrie]

This is atually really cool.

But kinda reminds me of those milkshakes straws you can get... :D

[webutterbreadwith]

His words at 1:31 sound very much like "I've killed a lot of people here"

[uncachable]

The guy who invented this might be the best person EVER.

[doctorcatsburger]

They could use these filter straws in Ingleside Illinois

[Idonthaveanamelol]

Impressive and informative.

[AreaQNH870]

What language is that?

[AreaQNH870]

@AreaQNH870 Ah Dutch, nevermind.

[derekcolman]

@AreaQNH870 . The commentary is in Dutch, and the Kenyans are speaking English.

[ThisisGee]

Everyone Type "Won" Before youtube.com

[Alxe73191]

@ThisisGee you realize your'e not going to get anything right? *facepalm*

[sonicase]

never heard of boiling or iodine?

[bangNL94]

Its Johnson not Johnston

[bangNL94]

Wtf RWJ is here? VV

[Jmaccaable]

@bangNL94 Nah its a fake account anyway, it's spelt wrong

[GmasterRED]

@Jmaccaable

I love that guy. I run into him occasional on the comments. (The fake guy, not the real one)

[AngryRantingNerd]

Kenyans are so fucking fast, and now they can drink, too!

[cheesefishgirl]

fact about the dutch society: they put a lot of work to help people in africa, but as soon one of them comes to our country they are being blamed for crimes, terrorism and they want them to leave the country and live like crap again.

We help the people for our 'image',we pick a random country in africa and decide to go there for one day with camera's to show how bad they have it while the people who visit actually have tons of money and could easely live with a little less of that money.

[roofboy179]

Dude at 1:23 be lookin' so fly in that suit. Saving lives and speaking danish like a BOSS.

[yellowpowwer]

wish i thought of that XD

[weastside007]

1:45 we "lose a lot of people."

[nietsissimpel]

I can confirm the commentary spoken during the video is indeed Dutch! But I'd rather hear Molly's beautifl British accent!

[JUSTbeltiful]

@nietsissimpel She's Australian...

[derekcolman]

@JUSTbeltiful . No she is not. Molly is Canadian like you. But she has lived most of her life in England and has a distinctly English accent. Caitlin, who used to present rocketboom before Molly, is Australian.

[GmasterRED]

@derekcolman

She is English, you nitwit. She just lived in Canada for a few years before moving to Best America.

[derekcolman]

@GmasterRED . Yes, you are right. I was misled by her interview in 888 gathering the full story video. When Cory asked about her accent she seemed to imply she was a Canadian who lived in England for 17 years. I now realise that was just stage nerves.

[GmasterRED]

@JUSTbeltiful

No.

[derekcolman]

@JUSTbeltiful . Sorry, correction. Molly is totally English. She moved to Ottawa about 4 years ago when her parents took work there.

[Metroidzard]

I want one.

[seriouslyWeird]

this channel should be MOLLYBOOM

[TheCrimsonW]

Rocketboom in t Nederlands is fucking raar.

[Marhlder]

DENMARK FTW ! :D

[PookiePorn]

i like your bow.

[brentandjoe]

thats cool. :D

[DemonDash]

why not gove them reusable water filters? if the life straw removes all the germs, just make a bigger one...

[PumapeltWarrior]

@DemonDash Like in the video, many people live by doing agricultural or by herding. When dry season comes, they have to find grass for thier cattle to eat that's not dried out. So they might have to travel to very rural places to find it. It's sad but I don't think it's possible to build a water filter for every water source a herder stumbles upon.

[DemonDash]

@PumapeltWarrior

So what does the life straw do then? Allows them to drink from one tiny puddle?

[digivince]

@DemonDash that is exactly what the straw does, You saw the water the in the puddle the kid was drinking from. You think ou'd want to drink from that without some kinda of filter? Making it as portable as it is helps them out even more. All they have to do to get clean drinking water almost anywhere they go is to bring a small plastic tube with them.

[DemonDash]

@digivince

I know that, I was being sarcastic. My point was they should build a filter on a larger scale then they can use it to filter large quantities of water AS WELL AS small quantities. That way when they don't have pumps to rely on they can still store water that's safe for drinking.

[PumapeltWarrior]

@DemonDash It's better then drinking nothing. For all you know, getting that water that day might save thier lives.

[maksphoto78]

So what makes Africa such a dreadful place to live? Why are Westerners constantly obliged to help them?

[Doomcommin]

Denmark :D

They need alot of sheet plastic , to