As for the other issue, energy, after thinking about it, the team members thought about solar energy.

In their opinion, Hope is less than 0.8 AU away from Centaur Alpha B, and there is no atmosphere yet, and the potential for solar energy is certainly not small.

"Even if there is no way to completely replace it, at least, it is worth advocating vigorously promoting solar energy."

In recent years, there has been fusion energy, many traditional energy sources have been almost eliminated, and the stagnation of development has been stagnant, and half a century has passed, solar energy technology has finally made some progress, and the improvement of energy conversion rate has made it a power generation project that no longer burns money.

"It's really not good, let's build a Dyson ball and let the base camp evaluate it." Many of the team members grew up reading science fiction novels, and they were quite interested in such a huge man-made object that wraps around a million-kilometer-diameter star and has a way to absorb solar energy in all directions.

"Come to think of it, so far, the East Galaxy Company has not built any world miracles, so why not start with Centaur Alpha?"

Wuyue thinks this proposal is a bit ridiculous, don't you remember the fact that the quality of materials estimated by scientists to make the Dyson sphere is not enough to dismantle the nine planets? She was still speechless and gave the proposal to the base camp to see what to do, anyway, she believed that it would definitely be rejected.

Then, she had her own proposal, and when the surroundings calmed down, Wuyue said confidently, "Gentlemen, ladies, why don't you consider geothermal energy?" East Galaxy is technically competent to build a state-of-the-art geothermal power plant. ”

The team members looked a little surprised: "Miss Wuyue's suggestion is worth considering... But..."The team members felt that geothermal energy was too "backward", and although they recognized it, they were not too cold.

Joe Canal thinks it's feasible, or rather, geothermal energy is originally one of the characteristics of a planet like Hope, so why not dig it up and develop it? If only all planetary development models were the same. If there is no feature and cannot complement each other, then there is only competition with each other, and Hope Star obviously has no advantage.

Qiao Canal saw that the discussion was almost complete, "I have heard everyone's proposals, so I will list the plans for the second half of the year in the future." The details of the construction of the base are relatively clear, and as for solving the water and energy problems, the suggestions of several people are valuable, and it is difficult to distinguish between good and bad, so I hope that several people will personally participate in the verification, and then use the facts to prove everything, and then popularize it, and others can consider participating in these small projects and dividing labor and cooperation. Let the base in the second half of the year change more. ”

The 50 advance team members were broken up with the various plans put forward at the end of the meeting, and the solution to the water and energy problems was undoubtedly the most variable, and it was of particular concern to Qiao Canal.

In February 2076, Li Zhiyuan led a five-person research team to solve the problem of water resources, and after more than a month of construction, there has been an additional water recycling plant with a water treatment capacity of 100,000 tons inside the base. As long as the source of the water is addressed, the water recycling plant can be started. The population carried by the base will skyrocket to 10,000 in an instant.

"Brother Li, how long is the experiment, I've tried 105 combinations, and I still haven't reached a satisfactory conclusion, do you really have time to complete the task of producing 5,500 tons of water per year?"

Next to them are several young people who have been forcibly transferred to fellows, and they go through a set process. Let the robot take care of the chemistry experiment again and again.

Their goal is to find the solution with the highest water yield by sifting through the dozens of minerals that are most widely distributed on the planet, and the lowest reserves of these minerals are calculated in billions of tons, so as to chemically obtain a large amount of clean water.

"What are you anxious about?" Li Zhiyuan was actually a little anxious. You must know that although there are laws in chemical experiments, many times they rely on continuous exploration and repeated attempts to get results, especially if the star is not the earth, there is no way to completely apply the data on the earth, so that they have to accumulate from scratch.

"Well, I'm not worried about everyone? If the problem is not solved in half a year, everyone will not be able to get much merit, and it will be difficult to save face. ”

"How can you do research without taking the time?" Li Zhiyuan said calmly, "If you are bored, you might as well join the exploration group, they will help us collect the surrounding mineral data, so that you can have something to do." ”

"Forget it." The young man smiled, the research was a bit boring, most of the process was automated, and he could do something else in his spare time, such as reading novels and watching small movies, and he might not be willing to let him run outside.

In this way, they waited patiently, and as the experimental data came out one by one, there were fewer and fewer alternative chemical water production schemes left, and the remaining one was the one Li Zhiyuan expected.

"Well, that's it!" Li Zhiyuan's eyes flashed with confidence, as if he saw the final ending.

In order to prove that solar energy has a way to ensure the basic power supply of the base, Zhao Xingde, the original proposer of the plan, began his own attempt.

"Alas, I knew that I shouldn't have talked about solar energy and Dyson balls, Lao Tzu is an explorer, not a scientist, how can I know how to do this?"

Zhao Xingde is an ordinary member of the 500 permanent employees, he has no higher ambition to be satisfied with the current achievements, but like other regular employees, he has a blazing heart for the planet.

Therefore, no matter what the discussion, he always enthusiastically participated, expressed his opinions, and accumulated so much scientific knowledge through decades of study that he had the means to put his ideas into practice.

In the morning, the scorching light shines brightly, reflecting a dazzling silver glow, and when the energy is received, only to see the number of electrical energy displayed on the screen increase dramatically, reaching a heart-pounding peak in the blink of an eye.

"Haha, sure enough, solar energy is a good thing." Zhao Xingde didn't expect that he would really get the solar panels out, doesn't this mean that if he travels back to ancient times, there is a way to build a modern industrial country?

"But boss, the power generation is not small, because these solar panels use new materials, is it really cost-effective?" Unexpectedly, the words of the team member next to him interrupted his sweet dream.

"It's... I don't know! Zhao Xingde's face changed, as the team members said, in order to ensure the performance of solar panels, he used a lot of expensive materials.

"Why do you want to do so much, it's a big deal that I can't promote my own merits? There's always a way. Zhao Xingde closed his eyes and said as if he had made a choice.

The atmosphere eased temporarily, and everyone settled down to work again, but they knew that even if Zhao Xingde said so, if their group could not optimize the cost of solar panels, even if it was promoted, the key was that their face would be completely lost. (To be continued.) )