Chapter 237: Disaster
The bell of 2049 is ringing quietly, but the eyes of the world are focused on Africa, North Africa to be exact!
With the development of human beings, in the vast majority of countries, the population is growing, and it is unlimited. The carrying capacity of the earth, 7 billion people, but now in the world, has exceeded this number. In fact, the limit of the earth's healthy carrying capacity is only 4 billion!
In fact, only China is maintaining a healthy population growth, although 1.2 billion people are still a bit huge. But compared to India, a country with a population of nearly 1.3 billion people, which is only one-third of China's land area, China is already extremely healthy.
However, in today's society, the development of the country depends on a large number of populations, so some countries have to increase their populations a lot, such as Japan and South Korea.
In order to feed so many people on the planet, the earth has been overwhelmed, the environment is becoming more and more severe, and the marine resources have been depleted, and in order to fish, the fishing nets have to be dived to a depth of 1.5 to 2 kilometers.
The environment is getting worse and worse, and accordingly, there are many complications. Now, in 2048, the drought in northern Africa is already one of the least rainy regions on the planet, and now there is no precipitation, and the few remaining wild pastures and forests have begun to wither, but now the most concerned is food!
Because of the precipitation, coupled with the perennial warmth in Africa, strictly speaking, the time to grow food in Africa follows the rain, not the temperature. In recent years, Sudan, a somewhat backward republic, has begun to embark on a path of former Arab prosperity because of the exploitation of oil resources, exchanging crude oil for wealth. As a result, the country began to become rich, and of course, the birth rate and survival rate increased greatly.
For this reason, Sudan has to grow more food to feed its own people, as for importing food? Don't be funny, the United States and Brazil, once the largest food exporters, now have to feed their own people with a lot of grain, especially now that synthetic chemical dyeing fuels require a lot of grain and grain straw.
In fact, in 2048, only 30 million tons of grain will be exported, far less than the average of 150 million tons of grain in previous years. Such changes have directly led to the European food crisis causing world food prices to rise, so much so that some places have begun to barter, because the currency has depreciated too much, and some countries and regions have begun to distrust the currency.
Under these circumstances, China, which is the world's largest grain producer, did not take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, but hoarded it to cope with future crises. As a result, Huaxia cut off supplies to Russia, and Russia became anxious.
The food crisis has become the first choice of today's global crisis, without realizing it.
However, Southeast Asia, some American and African countries located in hot areas have made a fortune, and the food crisis in Europe has caused panic. But even so, because of the abundance of food, the population of these places has increased even more, and the export of food has decreased sharply every year.
At the same time, the small European region has a population of 2 billion, and the entire area of Europe is only about 10 million square kilometers, but now with the rise of sea levels, a large number of lowland environments have been submerged, and Venice has become the center of Haixia tourism...... In fact, due to the generally low terrain in Europe, the area of Europe today is just over 9.5 million.
Such a dense population makes it difficult for Europe to support, and a large amount of grain and meat almost has to rely on exports.
In such an international environment, North Africa has a whimsical idea because of its warmth: can we use fresh water, such as Nile water, desalinated seawater, to irrigate wasteland? It seems that in such a hot environment, it is completely possible to achieve three or even four crops a year. With today's advanced food technology, it is possible to do so.
It was with this in mind that the Republic of Sudan began to pump water from the Nile to irrigate the land.
However, the Sultan's actions annoyed Egypt. The Nile, Egypt's mother river, the longest river that runs through two-thirds of Africa and is actually the longest, has been cut into large and small sections by large and small dams. But at the very least, everyone knows that you can't use a lot of water to ensure a basic ecology.
Today, however, the Republic of Sudan has a population of 200 million! This is Sudan, an arid region! To feed such a large number of people, food is an astronomical amount. The geographical location of the Republic of Sudan means that they do not have much arable land, and all the land is barren as far as the eye can see.
In this situation, seeing that the competition in the space age is becoming more and more intense, the Republic of Sudan, after a month-long discussion, decided: cut off the Nile!
Pump water from the Nile, irrigate wastelands, and grow food!
Because, if this plan is completed, it will add almost 50 million hectares of land to the Republic of Sudan, enough to feed the existing population! In particular, Sudan is located near the equator, with a minimum temperature of 17 degrees Celsius throughout the year, but as the global temperature rises, the minimum temperature is now 20 degrees! Four crops a year is not a problem!
In particular, over the years, Egypt has had little development, guarding a desert, the development potential has been exhausted, and the survival of 100 million people has dragged down Egypt, a country that was once a little prosperous.
Relatively speaking, in recent years, because of the development of mineral resources and the successful exploration of oil resources, Sudan has received a large amount of development funds, and the country's armed forces have been greatly utilized. It was in this situation, coupled with the severe drought in Africa this year, that Sudan did not obtain international understanding and Egypt's consent, and gave an order: cut off the Nile!
When the news spreads, the world is shaken, and an international river is cut off without permission, and the impact is extremely bad. = Internally, Egypt in the lower reaches of the Nile is completely fed by this river! As soon as the Nile is cut off, Egypt can directly declare: the country is bankrupt!
After the Nile River entered the northern part of the Republic of Sudan, it no longer had any tributaries, and it flowed through the Gobi Desert completely by its own volume, nourishing the vast Egypt.
Of course, Egypt is not convinced, you are not going to cut off people's money, but to completely destroy a country and a nation!
However, this year, Sudan has been hungry, the international price of food has soared, the currency is constantly depreciating at an unprecedented rate, and the country's reserves of a large number of dollars and euros have evaporated into a wealth out of thin air (Zhang Jingyuan: If you don't reserve Huaxia currency, what currency in the world is still strong with Huaxia currency!). Under this double attack, the newly wealthy Republic of Sudan had to pay for food......
Such a situation has made the Republic of Sudan learn from the pain and establish its own food base, no matter how big the cost is!
With today's technology, it is possible to cut the Nile River in the Republic of Sudan into 100 sections and distribute 50 million hectares of land. That is, Egypt......
On January 2, 2049, Egypt issued an urgent statement that it would not hesitate to defend its national security.