The progress of human beings is carried out at the same time as the use of new energy, from the initial brick and wood fire, to the later use of coal, electricity, oil, etc., the emergence and development of various energy sources, accelerating the progress of human civilization. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the 17th century, the energy used by most countries was mainly wood, whether it was for cooking or lighting, it was inseparable from the use of wood, and it can be said that wood is also an energy source in a certain sense.

When the world used coal on a large scale, it had to be pushed back more than 100 years, and the emergence of the steam engine accelerated the use of coal, so the current demand for coal in Australia is actually the largest.

In fact, there are no large-scale coal mines in Australia, this heather can be basically determined, even if he searched through all the books on energy distribution in the previous time and space, he did not find it, not to mention anything else, everyone in later generations heard that Australia's most exported must be iron ore, as for coal, I am afraid that few people have heard of exports.

Therefore, Australia lacks large-scale coal mines, but it does not mean that there are none, but the reserves and coal quality are not good, so if you want to use better coal, you must import it, and there are large coal reserves from Batavia, which Australia does not want.

It's just that coal is not a major energy source at this time, so not much attention has been paid to this thing, and it was not until the emergence of Australians that they noticed the value of coal, and at the same time felt that the impact of coal on the future was very important.

Indeed, as the Netherlands thought, the value of coal is very high, in addition to being used for burning and cooking, it is also the main energy used by steam engines, so there must be a market for large-scale mining.

However, the Australians have taken the lead and not only bought the mining rights of several coal mines from the Dutch, but also set up a special company to regulate the production and mining of coal.

Even if the Dutch want to get involved, they don't have this opportunity, they can only look for new coal mines, of course, coal resources are not a major energy source for the Dutch at this stage, and they are a dispensable thing.

Even though they knew that the main energy source of the steamship was coal, they did not want to monopolize anything, after all, the Australians could still obtain it from other sources, and the Spaniards would be more than happy to sell their coal mines to the Australians.

It is said that the coal is of little use in their hands, and that there is only one buyer who wants to sell it to others, and whether Australia will buy it depends entirely on the relationship between the two parties.

Therefore, the price of coal is less than fifteen yuan per ton, although this price is a bit low, but if it is sold in large quantities, it is a lot of money, so the Dutch have no reason to give up such a sum of money that can be obtained by rubbing their hands.

If the use of coal has changed the world, then the use of another energy source can be said to have completely changed the world.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, oil energy has attracted more and more attention, and the use of airplanes and automobiles has made oil consumption very large, and later major powers have made great efforts to grab energy.

The Perfect is an iron ship that uses petroleum energy to maintain power, and if it wants to be improved, it must first dismantle its main equipment and install a steam engine to replace it with a steam engine energy source.

However, in terms of the method of reform, Wang Tiehammer and a cadre expressed doubts about this, and did not accept such a transformation, but pinned their hopes on Shi Nan, hoping that he could find oil and finally extract oil to help the Perfect sail.

Shi Nan lived up to expectations and finally found oil, but the exploitation of oil is a difficult matter, and finally Lin Wendong and other industrial experts decided to use the mining method of well salt to mine, this method seems to be a little primitive, but it is indeed very effective.

The original oil exploitation is borrowed from this method, and the crossing is just a restoration of the original extraction, of course, this production capacity is certainly not comparable to those large machinery and equipment in later generations, after all, how can the primitive handicraft workshop be compared with the industrial machine.

Of course, it is still difficult to extract oil, but Shi Nan's has made a promise that he will be able to get the oil out, and he is not given much time, at most half a year, if he does not mine it in half a year, then he will be punished.

In addition to being punished, the Perfect will also be completely remodeled, the ship will be converted into a steam engine ship, once the steam engine is used, the speed will definitely not be as fast as before, this is needless to say, there is also a possibility that it will cause some damage to the hull.

After all, the transformation has to move the hull, this is inevitable, change is still a trivial matter, the key is that once the transformation will take at least three months to go to sea, which is absolutely unacceptable to the navy, of course, it may also make the Netherlands suspicious.

The Dutch would find out where the Australian ships had gone, and if they found out that the timing was wrong, they might change their attitude towards Australia.

This is absolutely true, the Dutch have always been more powerful, and once this problem really arises, they will not even hesitate to attack the Australian mainland.

There are Australian arsenals, as well as schools, and other factories, they are very curious about the mystery of Australia, if they want to go up to explore something at this time, then they will be happy to go on.

After all, the Dutch's fear of Australia comes from the Perfect, once they know that the Perfect will not be able to go to sea. They will definitely change their attitude towards Australia.

So Shi Nan must take this matter seriously, and get the oil out as much as possible, which is what he should do.

Thanks to his efforts, the progress of oil exploitation is very smooth, and there is still more than a month before six months, and he has already completed the task.

It took him four months from mining to official production, which has to be said to be a miracle, although the time is a little tight, but he did not disappoint everyone.

The oil will determine Australia's future maritime supremacy, and at the same time, a new product will also come out, and various oil processing will drive the development of an industry.

The use of this new energy, other countries are not yet known, Shi Nan suggested that the Australian government can be able to include some oil-producing areas in the future into Australia's sphere of influence in advance, don't look at the current use, but it will definitely be used in the future.

The actions of the Australians did not escape the eyes of the Dutch spies, but they did not know how useful this new energy source was and how much impact it had on the world, so they did not report this important matter to Van Diemen. (To be continued.) )