Chapter 483: Accelerate! Hasten!
Just as Dr. Lena and others were discussing the climate crisis.
Jiang Mingxuan, the head of the science division of Homo sapiens, the organizer of the Africa Climate Forum, appeared on the podium.
The master of ceremonies on the side hurriedly took the microphone and spoke: "Ladies and gentlemen, please be quiet and take a seat, this forum has officially begun." ”
Soon meteorologists, environmental scholars, and geologists from all over Africa, in addition to scholars from Africa, there were also scholars from West Asia from neighboring Africa, as well as some Europa scholars who came through special channels.
There were more than 1,000 attendees.
After everyone was seated, an operable screen rose on the table in front of each seat, as well as a simultaneous translation headset.
The waiter on the side reminded: "Madam, this is a simultaneous translation headset, please bring it." ”
"Oh? I can understand English. Lena shook her head.
However, the waiter smiled and continued to remind: "Minister Jiang speaks Chinese. ”
"Huh?" Only then did Lena react and had to pick up the simultaneous translation headphones and stuff them into her ears.
She is still immersed in the world dominated by Europa and America, and she has not adapted for a while.
Although Homo sapiens stipulates that English is also a working language, there are dozens of other mainstream languages, which are also working languages, and Chinese is used in about 18.4% of Homo sapiens, while English is 11.7%.
In addition, Homo sapiens employees are usually several, so many people prioritize the use of their native language in their daily communication.
As for the use of English as the core working language in European and American academia, it is simply not possible in Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens is not accustomed to European and American scholars.
After a while, everyone plugged in the simultaneous translation headset, and under the guidance of the waiter, they opened the picture and text synchronization flipping panel.
Jiang Mingxuan saw the gesture of the master of ceremonies and began to speak: "Welcome to the Africa Climate Forum, I will give a keynote speech on behalf of Homo sapiens, the theme of this forum is: Sahara greening and new agriculture. ”
Lena, who saw this title, frowned.
"As we all know, there is a periodic climate change in the Sahara Desert, every 7000~10000 years, it will enter a relatively humid period, and the last humid period in the Sahara Desert ended 6000 years ago, and the next humid period is coming."
The scholars in the audience looked at each other.
Of course, they knew about the cyclical climate change in the Sahara Desert, but they also knew that Jiang Mingxuan was stealing a different concept at this time.
Because of the cyclical climate change of the Sahara Desert, it is the self-regulation of the natural environment.
And the humidity of the Sahara Desert in front of us, which is the result of artificial transformation by Homo sapiens, cannot be confused.
However, Jiang Mingxuan did not care at all, he continued: "At the current stage of human civilization, industrial production has emitted too much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, which has led to a serious greenhouse effect and violates the laws of nature......
As soon as he came up, he began to surround Wei to save Zhao, and directly threw the pot to the entire human civilization.
In any case, it was the Western forces that carried out industrialization first, and the scale of pollution accumulated according to history is also the most serious and bears the greatest responsibility for the Western forces.
"Homo sapiens is a company committed to environmental protection, and our company has made indelible contributions to the carbon balance of the planet, including phasing out the vast majority of fossil fuel power stations and striving to develop green energy ......"
Lena couldn't help it a little and stood up directly: "I have reservations about this, and I also agree with your company's practice of eliminating fossil fuels and using green energy, but I am against the greening and development of the Sahara Desert." ”
Jiang Mingxuan asked with a smile: "Why oppose it, this is a very beneficial thing for the African region, doesn't Dr. Lena want to see the Republic of Abd become a savannah?" ”
"Uh......" Dr. Lena choked.
Because she only realized at this time that this is the African Climate Forum, not the World Climate Forum, let alone the Europa Climate Forum.
She is now a "citizen" of Abd, and she must consider the problem from the perspective of the African region.
However, she quickly reacted: "Of course, I hope that Abd can develop, but your company's transformation of the Sahara Desert will have a serious impact on the global climate, and may cause a large number of extreme weather, which will affect global agricultural production, and we should think about the problem from the perspective of the whole world." ”
"You said it was possible, this kind of unfounded words, I don't want it to come out of the mouth of a scholar, now we only see that the Sahara is becoming wet......" Jiang Mingxuan shook his head very calmly.
Then he continued: "Since there is a wet period in the Sahara Desert, it proves that the Sahara Desert can become wet, and this is not against the laws of nature, we just let the process go ahead." ”
None of the climatologists in Africa and West Asia hurriedly stood up to refute this.
Especially in areas with vast desert areas, they need water too much, and the Sahara Desert has become a Sahara savannah, which definitely has more advantages than disadvantages for these areas.
As for the fact that other regions will suffer from extreme weather, many of the more selfish people secretly sneer:
It's my business.
When I used to eat sand, I didn't see you selling me grain cheaply, so why do you want me to put the overall situation of the Sahara region first?
And those European and American scholars who mixed in were a little ugly.
After all, Europa and North America rely on the North Atlantic Current to form a temperate oceanic climate.
Western Europe and Northern Europe are at similar latitudes as Northeast Asia, and if the warm water vapor of the North Atlantic Current is lost, the cold Arctic Ocean Snap will sweep across Europa.
In North America, the situation is likely to be even more severe.
Because of the topography of North America, once the Arctic cold current moves south, there are no mountains and plateaus to block it, and the cold current can move south from the Great Lakes Plain, directly through the Mississippi Plain, and reach the tropical waters of the Aztec Gulf.
Homo sapiens is the most advantageous, because the various discretionary branches of Homo sapiens are located in the tropics or subtropics.
South Asia has the tall roof of the world as a barrier, and North Africa has Europa and the Mediterranean Sea to absorb the cold Arctic currents.
In this case, Homo sapiens should not only green the Sahara, but also accelerate the efforts to achieve carbon neutrality on the planet as soon as possible.
The two sides have different positions, so naturally they have different views on the Sahara greening project.
Despite the constant opposition of a group of European and American scholars, Jiang Mingxuan remained unmoved, and those climate scholars in Africa and West Asia also had a very ambiguous attitude.
Jiang Mingxuan also talked about the future of agriculture: "Thanks to the development of gene technology, we have now cultivated a large number of seawater crops, and if all parties are interested in introducing seawater canals and seawater agriculture, our company is very welcome." ”
In this regard, a group of envoys of small forces in the Sahara region have shown tangled and eager expressions.
Apparently they want and worry about Homo sapiens.
But saltwater canals and saltwater agriculture are really attractive, especially when it's a vast area of the desert.
The forum was discussed for more than three hours, during which it was all a lecture hall of Homo sapiens, and most of the scholars from small forces only came to listen, and only European and American scholars held fierce objections.
However, the objections are useless, and Homo sapiens is already accelerating.
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