Chapter 21 Expenses for Moral Damages
CHAPTER XXI
The female senator, who was already speechless, became a little restless, but Lin Kaixin continued regardless of it: "This is my third condition, we Huaxia people are only three things, and this is also my last condition." It seems that the United Nations has a body dedicated to global environmental protection, and I hope that I can become an observer in it, either in a modest position or with zero salary, but I must enjoy some diplomatic privileges of a UN official. ”
"Mr. Lin, the United Nations only has military observers, and there are no environmental observers. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the lead department and authority within the United Nations system responsible for global environmental affairs, and is primarily responsible for stimulating, advocating, educating and promoting the rational use of global resources and promoting the sustainable development of the global environment. I don't understand what you joined such an organization for? The female senator, who was getting more and more headaches, explained helplessly.
"I don't have any desire for power, I need such an identity, that's all. You can think of me as a fanatical environmentalist, in order to protect the earth and save the world, I may run all over the world in the future, it will be much more convenient to have such an identity. I don't care about the rest, if you have better advice, I'll gladly accept it, and there are so many enemies of the United States that I don't seem to have a sense of security as a citizen of the United States. If you can avoid a lot of trouble and reduce some unnecessary conflicts by putting on the cloak of the United Nations, you certainly don't want to expose my existence. Lin Kaixin insisted half-jokingly and half-seriously.
"Mr. Lin, the United States has the confidence and ability to protect its citizens, please trust the American government and the American ......." As the female senator who was extremely confident in the strength of the United States in her heart spoke, she found that the expression on Lin Kaixin's face became more and more playful, and she suddenly remembered what kind of existence was sitting opposite her, and the high-sounding cliché soon became unspeakable.
"Huh? What's wrong? Lin Kaixin asked with interest.
"Mr. Lin, sorry! Your request involves diplomacy, which is beyond my purview, and I need to communicate with the White House, so please wait a minute. The embarrassed female senator hesitated, stood up and said politely.
"It's okay, I can wait, but since I need to ask the White House, then I'll make it clear at once. The U.S. government or the military needs to give me an account of my sudden attack, even if you have suffered heavy losses and I am unscathed. Lin Kaixin also stood up straight and said very seriously.
"Mr. Lin, we are very sorry for those unpleasant things, I think we should be able to reach a certain consensus on the terms of compensation?" The female senators, who do not want to make concessions, are a little unconfident in saying some useless diplomatic rhetoric.
"Madam Senator, so far, I don't seem to have received a formal apology from anyone about this matter, although I don't really want to say sorry, but you must agree to the next condition, otherwise the negotiations will break down directly, and all the previous consensus will be nullified." Lin Kaixin, whose tone was becoming more and more aggressive, was not jealous, and he was pressing his opponent violently, and the pale-faced female senators seemed to be a little out of breath.
"What conditions? You said. Taking a deep breath, the female senator, whose forehead began to sweat, said slowly, word by word.
"As an avid environmentalist, what could be more satisfying for me than for the United States to re-sign the Kyoto Protocol? This is my spiritual recompense, and if America can do it, it will reap my friendship, and of course you can refuse. But if you do decide to do so, I don't think any rabbit or a furry bear will refuse to join them with their absolute power. They will probably be willing to pay whatever it takes to get from me a key to controlled nuclear fusion, a ticket to the future. Lin Kaixin, who directly carried out coercion and temptation, said in a somewhat blunt tone.
But I'm not afraid that Eagle Sauce won't bow his head, now Eagle Sauce has almost no cards to play in his hand, I'm afraid that Lin Kaixin will suddenly not play with him. The fearless Lin Kaixin is directly provoking Yingjiang's bottom line, not because he wants to re-sign the "Kyoto Protocol", but because he has a controlled nuclear fusion known as an "artificial sun".
Controlled nuclear fusion, regardless of which country achieves it, even Eagle Sauce itself, means that the oil-based global energy supply system will collapse rapidly. If this were to happen twenty or thirty years from now, the era when fossil fuel resources would be depleted, it would mean an infinite future, but if it were brought forward to the present, it would undoubtedly be a disaster.
In particular, Eagle Sauce, which bases its hegemony on military power and oil, is simply the end of the world. In the past 100 years, the hegemony of the United States has radiated to the world through the internationalization of the US dollar, which has in fact contributed to the world's dominance of the United States in economic, technological, financial, military and political power. After the value of the dollar is detached from the gold standard, the main value of its existence is directly linked to oil, and if the "petrodollar" system collapses, the US economy will collapse with it.
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States has been enjoying absolute hegemony in the Middle East, and for half a century, the US Navy has always maintained a large number of warships near the Persian Gulf, the purpose of which is to benefit the rich oil resources in the Middle East. In 1975, the United States and OPEC reached an agreement to price oil in US dollars, tying the US dollar to oil, and most of the world's oil transactions are settled in US dollars and the right to set oil prices.
After the United States controlled the oil hegemony, it directly curbed the development of other countries, and other countries must use the dollar if they want to buy oil resources, but the way other countries can only obtain the dollar is to exchange it for dollars with its own commodity area, but other currencies are seriously undervalued and can only be exchanged for dollars at a very low exchange rate. The Americans only need to print money to buy any commodity and oil in the market, just as the Americans and other countries pay $100 to buy oil, the cost of coinage in the United States is only a few dollars, and the cost of other countries is dozens of times that of the United States, and the United States can be said to have taken advantage of it.
There have also been attempts to get rid of the dollar and use the ruble or yuan as the settlement currency for oil exports. The two countries, Libya and Iraq, have now been reduced to battlefields of terror, and the weeds on the graves of their former leaders have grown tall.
It is not unreasonable that the development of renewable energy technology in recent years has not kept up with the rapid development of today's times, and there is a powerful force that is suppressing the development of renewable energy technology. The most obvious example is that the related technology has made gratifying progress in the European Union and China, while the United States, which is the first country in science and technology, has rarely made breakthroughs, but the United States is unique in the world in shale gas and shale oil extraction technology.
"Mr. Lin, your third request and the moral compensation you are asking for, I think the White House will seriously consider it. Excuse me! The female senator, who was stunned in place, took several seconds before she spoke, and then turned around and left. The water is too deep, and the female senator who finally understands that she can't afford to participate in this matter is a little unsteady in her steps, and she should be regretting taking this errand.
However, Lin Kaixin is very confident that he will receive this mental loss fee, even if Yingjiang refuses to agree, the consortium behind him will force him to agree, not to mention that withdrawing from the "Kyoto Protocol" was originally the work of those vested interests behind him, and now in the face of greater threats, those capitalists will definitely choose to compromise.