Chapter 1038: Changes in Western Sahara
The large-scale popularization of new energy has greatly reduced China's consumption of oil. Therefore, China's imports of oil have also decreased significantly.
China's current oil reserves are already the largest in the world. There are huge oil reserves in the country, which in the future will be mainly used for military supplies.
At present, in China, the major consumers of oil have become petrochemical products. However, this amount is much lower than the consumption of the car.
At present, some oil fields in China have started storage plans. Some oil fields are ready to be sealed, and the consumption of oil will be mainly imported.
But even so, Huaxia's daily import volume is not very large, and it cannot be compared with before. Compared with the significant reduction in oil consumption, China's electricity consumption is rising rapidly.
In just two years, Huaxia's electricity demand has increased nearly threefold, and the demand is still increasing significantly.
In the past two years, China has built the fastest nuclear power plant in the world. In just two years, thirteen nuclear power plants in China have been put into operation.
Nearly 50 more nuclear power plants are planned to be operational in the next three years. The scale of such construction is absolutely unprecedented.
China's new-generation nuclear power technology is quite mature. The safety is currently the highest in the world, so Huaxia has invested in the construction of nuclear power plants on a large scale.
Huaxia's plan is clear: by 2030, Huaxia will phase out all coal-fired power stations. Nuclear power, hydropower, wind power, and solar power generation will become the power components of China in the future.
In addition to nuclear power plants, several large hydroelectric power plants are under construction. In the west and north, a number of large solar power plants are also under construction.
The change in energy structure has also brought great changes to Huaxia's industry. This change has rejuvenated China's economy.
In the first two quarters of this year, the economic growth rate reached 7 percent again, and the growth rate of China's economy shocked the whole world in the face of the global economic downturn.
So now every step of Huaxia will attract the attention of the world. In recent years, the relationship between many countries and China has increased substantially, and everyone wants to take the express train of China.
Kubuqi has undergone great changes, and the whole of China is also quietly changing. The golden poplar has been planted on a large scale in the desert areas of China, and the number of golden poplar saplings planted every day is a terrifying number.
While Huaxia is quietly changing, Huaxia's intelligence services are focusing on another focus. That focus is on Western Sahara.
Compared to Kubuqi, Western Sahara is very low-key. Zhang Fan even used his ability to block information about Western Sahara on the global network.
So now on the Internet, there is almost no information about Western Sahara. So everything here has not caused a global public discussion.
It's not discussed, but it's a real change. The change here is even more pronounced than in Kubuqi.
On the shores of Western Sahara, a large port is being built at a rapid pace. Involved in the construction of the port is Longteng Construction Group.
The entire port is equipped with the latest technology and the highest standards. After the construction of the whole port, it will be a modern unmanned port.
The annual throughput is scary, and in addition to the throughput, the berths in this port are also scary. It can dock a million-ton ship, and Zhang Fan's super luxury cruise ship can dock here.
And this is only an advance project, and the future will be stable here. A military port will also be built, but in the early stage it was only a civilian port.
Although it is a civilian port, warships can dock here. The standard of this port can be used as a military port.
The construction of the entire port is now nearing completion. In addition to the port, large cutter suction ships in the sea are also constantly cleaning the channel, and two channels have been cleared, and in two or three months, they will all be cleaned up.
When the time comes, the entire port will be ready for use. Once put into use, the construction here will be faster.
The changes in the interior of the desert are greater than the changes in the ports. When a large number of employees arrived at the temporary base, the construction of the entire Western Sahara began.
After such a long period of construction, the 30,000 square kilometers of desert purchased have completely changed.
Around this 30,000 square kilometres, the Western Sahara stronghold has built a shelterbelt of golden poplars around this land.
The width of the entire shelterbelt reaches twenty kilometers. A twenty-kilometre shelterbelt encloses the entire area.
The land area of 30,000 square kilometers is very large, and you must know that the area of Hainan Island in China is only 35,400 square kilometers.
Today, Western Sahara is a little smaller than Hainan Island. Such a large area is enough to toss in the early stage.
The planting rate of shelterbelts is very fast, and the entire shelterbelt system has been planted long ago. And inside the shelterbelt, like Kubuqi, dense golden poplars divide the entire desert into grids.
From the air, the entire 30,000 square kilometers of desert has been turned into an oasis. Although the golden poplar is still relatively small, it is much greener than the bare desert before.
Although the saplings are still relatively low, the sand fixation function of Populus euphratica has been gradually revealed. The speed of desert flow has been greatly reduced throughout the region.
It only takes another two or three years for the golden poplar to grow into a tree with a diameter of twenty or thirty centimeters, and then the whole desert will be completely fixed.
In addition to the desert being treated, the biggest change is the temporary base. For the sake of this area, Zhang Fan tried his best.
In the end, it cost 100 system gold coins to exchange for a special building material in the system.
Super coagulant, which is only a special building material. It looks like glue, but it's pretty rebellious.
The usage is very simple, when the sand and coagulation in the desert are mixed in proportion, a mortar similar to concrete will be formed.
The properties of this mortar are similar to those of concrete, and after drying, after being baked at high temperatures, the properties will change dramatically, becoming as hard as marble.
In addition to being hard, it also has good air and water permeability. The performance is not at all inferior to that made of reinforced concrete.
In desert areas, sand is almost inexhaustible. With this super coagulant, construction here is extremely simple.
However, the cost of super coagulates is not cheap, although sand does not cost money. But the price of super coagulants is more expensive.
When the cost is calculated, it is 20 percent more expensive than reinforced concrete. However, even if it is expensive, Zhang Fan still asked Yang Dao to use this material, because it is much more convenient for them to transport concrete than to transport reinforced concrete, and this thing is currently the most suitable building material here.