Chapter 120: Endless Greed (I)
"It's amazing, it's unbelievable, it's amazing that it's been ten times more efficient," muttered a technician, looking at the drawings. 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】
The natural utilization rate of solar energy is less than 1/10,000, which only refers to a very small part of the earth's receiving, of course, this refers to the fact that human beings can obtain it through traditional natural means such as agriculture, but even if the efficiency of various solar energy equipment opened by modern industry is quite low, far less efficient than the use of energy such as oil and coal. That's why these technicians are amazed at the efficiency of reaching half of the efficiency of other conventional energy sources.
Such words can be seen everywhere in the cooperation team between the two sides, which has made the Rohr technicians not surprised, but they still have a high level of cultivation and do not have any ridicule, after all, there have been explanations on the mission, and they must communicate with the earthlings in a friendly manner. Taking a step back, there is no shame in being backward, but it is shameful that we do not know how to forge ahead.
Office of the President of the United States. Now it is full of VIPs, and the spokesmen of the monopoly families in the United States are all listed.
"What should Your Excellency the President do now? I don't think you're unaware of the consequences of the continuation of the current situation? A pot-bellied chaebol sat on the sand and spit out rings of smoke from his cigar.
"If these technologies spread too quickly, our country will immediately lose many advantages, and it will no longer be possible to achieve a global strategy." The other continued.
"I don't know, but what can we do, it's impossible to ask the aliens to take back these technologies or intercept them secretly!" The new president, White-Bryan, said with a frown. It will not be easy for these capital oligarchs to make them bleed.
When they got those energy utilization technologies, everyone was overjoyed at first, and then immediately appeared, if they were applied, it would cause sharp economic turmoil, to put it simply, the current oil companies, natural gas companies, and even nuclear power companies are all facing the crisis of bankruptcy, of course, if they change careers, it is not impossible, but how can these chaebols bear the losses caused? What's more, the premise of the use of solar energy is that it occupies a large amount of surface area, and the first batch of technologies mainly provides more efficient conversion methods and better energy storage batteries. Obviously, this problem can only be avoided unless the second phase is built with equatorial solar sails. This objective factor makes it difficult for private energy companies to gain a foothold in the future, after all, hundreds of thousands of square kilometers will be used
Although the technology is good, it is still very difficult to implement, and the basic investment is astronomical. However, the United States is not the worst, after all, although those difficulties are enormous, they can be overcome, at least theoretically speaking, they are not terrible. After all, the United States also has a vast territory, and although the desert area is lacking, there are many of them.
However, for most countries on the earth, it is difficult to be like the United States, and their land is not enough to open itself, so how can they come up with it to lay a vast area of solar conversion arrays.
President Bryan has long understood through the deliberations of the staff group that as long as the United States does not lose its dominant position, as just said, it will be able to gain an advantage by virtue of its territorial superiority, resource and technical advantages, and at least the possibility of the construction of the first new solar energy utilization pilot base in the United States is the greatest.
In several other countries, Russia has the largest territory area, but the environment is harsh, and most of the land is located at high latitudes, the sunlight is too scattered, the daylight is too short, and the economic capacity is poor; Conditions are similar in Canada and Russia. Huaguo has the same obvious advantages, but although the economy has started greatly, the environmental problems are not easy, at least the desert that expands every year has not been curbed, and the problem of wind and sand is certainly one of the important factors affecting the construction of the base. Brazil, for its part, is mostly forested, and pressure can be exerted through environmental groups.
The remaining one may be Australia, but it can be considered a traditional ally that can support each other. It's not a strong competitor yet.
In the future, only the European Union, which is becoming more and more rapidly integrated, is the most powerful competitor, and it is above the United States in terms of territory, capital, manpower, and technology. Only by dividing them can they ensure a dominant position in what is likely to be the largest segment of the energy sector of the future.
The oligarchs of several energy monopolies are arguing about the fact that the emergence of a new type of solar energy will greatly endanger the traditional energy industry they control, and on the other hand, they are arguing about the future distribution of energy, and since no one is stupid, the best way to stop this trend is to get involved and get the biggest piece of the pie.
"The sun is the wealth of all mankind, and we cannot allow any signs of monopoly in this industry," the argument is held by the giants who were not involved in the energy industry in the first place, and it is clear that they can also see the use of solar energy in the near future, and all walks of life will have to plan early.
"In this way, I have a draft on the construction of a national new energy company, which can give priority to the sale of shares to major traditional energy companies to raise funds, the state is responsible for planning, land and other environmental issues, and technical personnel are jointly funded by the companies, I believe that such a huge cake is enough to make up for the losses you face in the future." After arguing for a long time, the president threw out a plan that had been prepared for a long time.
After some bargaining, the economic giants finally reached an initial compromise and agreed to jointly finance the creation of a new energy company, with three main parties to distribute the shares of state, private and public property. This last point is mainly due to religious and social stability considerations, after all, the sun is the most selfless existence in people's minds, and if this millennia of thinking is ignored, it can lead to big problems in the future.
The conversation was over, and the president thought the visitors were almost ready to go. Who knew that these people seemed to have agreed
Leaving has not yet been offered.
"Do you have anything else to do?" Brian felt that things were a little unexpected, and it was true that the argument that had lasted for more than two hours had made his head dizzy, but it was still under control.
"That's right," someone finally spoke, "and we're grateful that ZF is trying to get a series of new technologies from the unfathomable aliens; However, I think His Excellency the President should raise more relevant issues in future negotiations out of concern for the health and safety of the people. ”
This has been said very bluntly, with almost no disguise.
On the one hand, of course, the two races are different, and the medical achievements may not be common to each other at all, only the use of natural resources such as energy and minerals will not be different, even if the habits are different, they can be universal, and their stars will not be much different because the other party is in different galaxies.
Moreover, according to the degree of civilization of the earth's society, there are still many countries that are troubled by the pressure caused by population expansion, not to mention that even from a private point of view, this is the best technology, but no one dares to take that risk for the first time, because obviously only a few people at the top may use it for a long time in the future, and that will lead to huge social unrest and even rebellion. Who wants to do this thing that could be a sinner?
Of course, President Bryan vaguely knew that there were people in the country who had been secretly engaged in similar research, but that was very confidential after all, and only the people involved and those who enjoyed it knew the details, and the risk of leakage was very low. It's like the secret world of District 51, there may be three billion people in the seven billion people who have heard this name, but can say what they are researching inside, excluding the staff inside, it is estimated that there are not even 10,000.
Everyone knows that the first time aliens dealt with it was national broadcasting, and now the technology they provide is also broadcasting a list for the whole people, how can you take this risk? Who wouldn't want to live longer?
What's more, even if no one has selfish intentions, they all want to work hard to study and publish it to the public, but once they enter the field of technology, many special difficulties are not understood by everyone, and they will definitely lead to countless misunderstandings, and the water in this is too deep, that is what a president who has served for a maximum of eight years dares to wade?