Chapter 1464: A Losing Deal?
Helium-3 is indeed abundant on the Moon, but it is very scarce in soil.
To put it simply, the most economical way to mine helium-3 on the moon is to find a way to build a refinery on the moon to refine helium-3 and then ship it back to Earth.
There is also helium-3 on Earth, which is extracted from oil, but it is too scarce to be expensive.
The combination of many factors concludes that only the gods have the opportunity to mine helium-3 on the moon at present, but a lot of money is still invested in it.
The energy consumed by the earth every year is certain, and the large amount of helium-3 mined back will only make its price come down, and it seems unrealistic to really rely on this return.
After understanding this account, the big boss was not in a hurry, he asked Chen Chen to take his time, don't toss the Xingchen Group down......
Chen Chen didn't tell the big boss about the lunar base plan, what is the base for? It is to engage in research and exploitation of resources.
If other countries want to develop aviation, and then go to the moon to mine like the Star Group, the investment required will be astronomical!
No country and capital in the world can afford to play this!
However, Xingchen Group is different, and the current consumption of funds totals more than one trillion yuan, and when everything is completed, including the construction of the Mars base, it is estimated that the total investment can be three to four trillion!
This is still the premise that it has many mature technologies and Xingchen Group's own production and self-sales, otherwise there will be more.
The cost of launching rockets from the gods is actually not as high as the outside world imagines, the fuel is produced by itself, and the energy sources for the production of hydrogen are sea electricity and nuclear power, which are either without capital or extremely low cost.
The rocket originally cost money, but the gods used mature rocket recovery technology, which saved a lot of costs.
Then this account can be calculated, and you only need to invest fixed funds to build a space base and a moon base in the early stage, and there will be a lot of profit in the later stage!
This is a near-monopoly transaction, and the stars have the final say on what price helium-3 sells.
In addition, others don't know, but Chen Chen knows that energy consumption in the future will only be greater, and every household uses electricity, and enterprises, automobiles, industries, etc., will slowly switch to electric energy or hydrogen energy.
So, why can't Xingchen Group, which controls these two energy sources, make money?
Therefore, what loses money in the eyes of others is a money-making business in the hands of Xingchen.
Xingchen Group now has very sufficient development funds, and some investments are minerals that capital does not dare to touch easily.
All the source industries have been solved, Xingchen mining, production, processing, application, and sales, all in one, why not make money? Why can't you make money?
When energy is exhausted, there will always be a need for energy-using electronic devices, right? I'm sorry, but I also make those electronic devices......
And with the influence of Xingchen Group, it can unconsciously promote the process of electrification and cleanliness and protect the environment.
As long as the environment is protected, the previous means of power generation will naturally be innovated.
It's really not good, there is a possibility of energy overflow, so can we develop other industries?
Energy self-sufficient, the Star Group can go to other planets to explore at will, and there is always something the earth needs in the solar system.
Besides, when it develops to a certain extent, Xingchen has been freed from the restrictions of money, even if he doesn't make money, he can form a super closed loop.
That is, without spending a penny, employees still work hard and enjoy what others envy.
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Of course, the moon not only has helium-3, but also a lot of other useful substances, and the lunar soil has a high oxygen content, which can be extracted to maintain human needs.
There are other minerals in the soil and minerals that are not found on the earth, and as long as these refining techniques are mature, the materials obtained will be endless.
Among them is the metal that Chen Chen needs, but it is very troublesome to purify this thing, and in many cases, the cost is higher than mining on the earth.
His main goal is still on Mars, after all, the moon is only a near-Earth planet, far from planets like Mars and Earth.
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Through the joint efforts of many of his doppelgangers, the ship has been updated in three more versions, and it is worth mentioning that the flamethrower has been transformed into a propulsion equipment by him!
In addition, the engine formed by the flamethrower is not as complex as a human engine, and does not require the consumption of resources such as oxygen, and is still in the experimental stage.
However, its thrust is considerable, a little larger than that of a normal rocket! It can be said that he has basically succeeded!
It is still being perfected, and a lot of modern equipment has been added.
Chen Chen also wanted to build various unmanned automated factories in the storage ring, so that he could find any minerals and other materials when he traveled to space in the future, and mine and produce. 33
After understanding the current process of the gods, Chen Chen did not give any more tasks, the speed of the development of the gods in recent years has been a little too fast, and many technologies have not been fully understood to develop new technologies.
Now that the Celestials' plans have reached a critical stage, it is no joke to build a base on an alien planet where humans can live, and if something goes wrong, everyone will die.
In order to relieve the pressure on the gods, Chen Chen left a clone that could refine weapons, and his main job was to study the base to be built by the aliens.
The knowledge he has now is not an exaggeration to say that he is an expert, the doppelgangers have studied for so long, and those industries he focuses on have already learned the top level of the industry.
In the future, even if he travels in space, he can use what he has learned to study alone, but the speed of learning and research alone is not as fast as that of ordinary people, after all, it is a collision of different wisdoms, and Chen Chen is just one person in the end.
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He was not in the same place as the gods, and he was just about to take Lisa and Murong Lan to the Xiangjiang mansion to rest for a few days, when he suddenly stopped the magic trick in his hand.
"What's wrong?"
Chen Chen muttered a few times in his mouth, as if he was divining something.
After a moment, he exhaled, "There's a classmate not too far from us, let's go see him." ”
Going to Xiangjiang is just resting, and he has almost rested before.
Just when he felt that he had nothing to do, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind.
He left less and less cause and effect on Earth, and there were some causes and effects that were not too important, but which would occasionally remind him of them, needed to be closed.
For example, former friends, teachers, people who helped him, and people who worked with him, take advantage of the time to go over and chat with them, give them some benefits, and the cause and effect of this can be regarded as broken.
But this is what mortal dust means, the fewer people you worry about, the better, you can let go if you are not involved, and you are comfortable when you let go.
Some people died, but not completely......