Chapter 555: Artificial Leaves
North America has been in a fierce war for two years, the loess region has been developing rapidly, and various well-established industries are being established. Well, in addition to the most advanced military equipment, the loess area began to intervene in the various types of work of the Zhoutian Hemeng industry. Now every year, it is not only the transportation of rare earths from the Yangtze River, but also the transportation of a large number of manganese nodule minerals to the loess area.
Now Zhao Jingwen found Ren Di and asked Ren Di: "It seems that you are not only proficient in genetics. Ren Di smiled, understanding that Zhao Jingwen was talking about the latest artificial sun project. For industry, Ren Di is an all-rounder. Ren Di said: "I just think this should be done. ”
Zhao Jingwen said: "What if it fails, what if the technology is not applicable and cannot succeed? Ren Di said: "There is no loss, the manufacture of high magnetic field, corrosion-resistant equipment." These technological developments will not be wasted by the failure of a single project. ”
Zhao Jingwen said: "You are very right, but you are a layman and not convincing enough. The investment in this project is too large. Ren Di nodded and said: "This is a suggestion, the investment in the early stage is very small, as for the later stage, do you think it should be interrupted." The decision is yours. ”
Zhao Jingwen looked at Ren Di and said, "How is your project researching?" Organic-generated items. Ren Di said: "All living things in nature are perfect and develop in the direction of suitable survival. It's almost cut, and it's being regulated. ”
Zhao Jingwen said: "Is it still based on organic matter? Ren Di said: "Chlorophyll may not be the best way to convert light into energy, but it is the most suitable in terms of maintenance and replenishment costs." ”
Ren Di clicked on the database and explained: "Although we can now replace chlorophyll with cobalt metal, phosphorus and indium monotin oxide, we can convert light into hydrogen energy with fifteen times the efficiency of chlorophyll. However, the catalyst is active for only forty-five hours, which is inconvenient in terms of maintenance. So we still chose organisms, at least the genes of chlorophyll organisms can be synthesized. ”
Ren Di opened a large thick plate, which was layered, with a green culture tank at the top and multiple groups of culture tanks at the bottom. The algae in the upper layer use water and carbon dioxide directly in a sterile environment to produce sugars. However, the monosaccharides are then assembled into polysaccharides through a semi-permeable membrane and passed to a nearby culture tank. It then passes through the tubes to form starch-rich cells at the bottom.
The whole plate is like the structure of a leaf in nature, and each algae cell is divided into tasks in a closed environment. Finally, organic matter is generated.
The sterile plate container is inexpensive, the microorganisms inside are self-propagating, and the raw materials are water and carbon dioxide and some amino acids. The reaction conditions are sterile, because the algae inside are artificially modified and incomplete, and in the natural environment, these fat sheep that focus on producing nutrients will be immediately swallowed up by natural bacteria.
Organic matter production? There is a key to using light as energy to produce organic matter, that is, it is impossible to make full use of light energy, but it is not expensive to prepare organic matter energy in large quantities. Other energy sources produce food, and the process of converting organic matter in the middle of the process is more energy-intensive.
Looking at this huge blade structure, the division of labor of the various algae introduced completes the production of organic matter, symbiosis in this system. Zhao Jingwen said: "If there is radiation, will a large area of such farmland be destroyed? ”
Ren Di shook his head and said, "These things are essentially nanobots of organic materials. Radiation can destroy some of them, but subsequent reproduction will make up for them. The only way to destroy them is nanobots that are more suitable for survival than them - that is, various microorganisms in nature. So a nuclear explosion, only physical destruction can destroy our farmland, and the impact of radioactive fallout is minimal. ”
Zhao Jingwen said: "What is the cost. Ren Di replied: "Glass, steel and enamel." The price of materials is not expensive, and as for the processing cost, when the production line is set up, these appliances will infinitely approach the price of materials. Zhao Jingwen said: "How much can we build?" How fast is it being built? Ren Di said: "The specific situation should be asked to the industrial department, and your determination." However, I would suggest that the Tibetan Plateau could be tiled, and that before the nuclear era, the cost of building a fifteen-story building per unit area should be enough to build thousands of times the area of covered farmland. Before the nuclear era, human beings could pay such a price for living conditions, and we should ignore the construction costs of natural farmland for food. Well, according to calculations, mechanized farming is omitted after the construction of such farmland. The cost of sowing irrigation and generating the starchy organic matter we need all at once will equal the amount of fibrous farmland that produces it within twenty years. ”
Ren Di looked at Zhao Jingwen and suddenly said: "The only cost should be land, which covers a large area." We need enough strategic space. ”
The artificial leaf plan, so approved. This is probably a big project to drive the economy of the loess area in the next 20 years, and a large amount of infrastructure construction is waiting for the people of the loess area to do.
However, with the leadership of this project, Zhao Jingwen finally recognized Ren Di of Zhou Qingsen's identity and entered the decision-making level of the loess area. Ren Di is now able to use normal means to decide the development direction of the loess area.
The first is food production, the second is energy, and the third is minerals. While the world was still at war, the Loess Region, which only relied on the heroism of its aspirants a few years ago, began to play a pivotal role.
Of course, the Zhou Tian Alliance has also seen this power rising on its continent, but now the Zhou Tian Alliance is already concentrating on the war.
Zhou Tian Alliance, Huating City, a city hidden deep under the earth. A new meeting began within the alliance on Sunday. There are impending wars in South America and southern Africa. Well, as for the source, the Lantes revealed that the news was directly revealed to the conscripts in the Loess District, and the conscripts in the Loess District then revealed the news to Sun Chiyong's conscripts in the Zhou Tian Alliance, and then Sun Chiyong's conscription forces in the Zhou Tian Alliance learned about the signs of war in these two regions through "reconnaissance" and went around in a big circle.
Now in the Huating City, there are conservatives from all regions of the Zhou Tian Alliance, there are conservatives in the core area, there are also reformists in the outer regions, and even the Loess District has a few seats.
"After this battle is over, it needs to be over." Li Hui first set the tone for the meeting. On the Rendi plane, the world war in the twentieth century was divided into two battles, and this plane war does not necessarily have to be won or lost. If the war continues like this, the pace of material production will not be able to keep up. Therefore, the Zhou Tian Alliance prepared to take a break for five years after the end of this battle, and continue to fight after five years. During this five-year period, the wartime regulations were not lifted. Rather, the production of war materials continued.
At the meeting, all parties seconded the motion. They all feel that this world can't be eaten in one bite, but chewed slowly in one bite. However, in order to achieve this goal, the war requires the troops on the front line to launch an offensive on a long front and then switch to a defensive state.
Then the military showed the world in southern Africa, southern South America, and the American continent, three battlefields, three regions of the earth. Then there is the huge military force required to complete the campaign in the three regions, and then there is the need to maintain huge supply lines throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans in order to support these three battles.
After showing the battles needed on the latter map, the military veteran said: "This is the kind of material needed for simultaneous battles in three places, and I think that if we attack at the same time, our material support system will not be able to support it." ”
After discussing it, the elders felt that this was indeed the case, and the three-line operation did not mean that the three places consumed troops at the same time, but that the transport team that originally supplied the supply of the army in one place now had to run three transportation lines.
So now that the news has been obtained, Zhou Tian Hemeng has decided to make a time difference. Soon Wang De said: "The military's plan is to start with South Africa. In this way, the Watt Federation will prioritize the transatlantic for resupply. Wait until we finish the South African campaign. Then the supply forces went to North America. Conduct the North American campaign. Finally, the South American campaign was fought. In this way, the strategic initiative is mine. The strategy of the Watt Federation will move with our command. ”
This battle plan was formulated by Sun Chiyong. The Remuts chose to cooperate with the Lantes, and the Lantes leaked the information backhandedly. All the messages of strategic action are exposed. Once implemented, the Zhou Tian Alliance will take the lead, and the supply forces of the Watt Federation have just concentrated in South Africa to maintain a stable supply line and stabilize South Africa, and the North American battlefield will be in trouble. Wait until you return to the North American theater. The South African battlefield needs support. In the end, it could not consume the power of the Zhou Tian Alliance, but was counter-consumed.
Shen Liuyun asked, "Is the timing of the military operation on the opposite side accurate?" Wang De looked at Shen Liuyun and said: "It should be accurate at present, because our army in Africa is almost ready, and in the South Atlantic, the noise of ships shows that the throughput there is still unhurried." At least Africa's loss, the Watts are determined. ”
At this time, the patriarch of the reformists said, "Who is the general of this battle?" Wang De said: "Please accept the information. "Who is the general? This is a message that needs to be kept confidential. Only the patriarchs have permission to know now. As for Shen Liuyun's side, because the contribution of the loess area is not enough, there is no elder. So I can only sit and watch.
But Shen Liuyun already knew that the commander of the African operation was Sun Chiyong. The battle, the battle started by Sun Chiyong, this critical war node, must be finished.