Thomas and others are still self-aware.

Don't look at the current climate abrupt change, which may cause a serious reduction in agricultural production, in fact, for them Tianlong people, there is no substantial impact.

After all, no matter how difficult it is, Thomas and others can also have no worries about food and clothing.

If there is no Homo sapiens company, even if there is a sudden climate change and the earth enters an ice age, the people of Tianlong will not care about the life or death of ordinary consumables.

Now they are trying to stabilize prices and restore agricultural capacity, and it is not their conscience that they have found it.

But in order to ensure their own strength, these consumables are needed to work for them.

Without these consumables, everything would have fallen apart, let alone competing with Homo sapiens, and it would be very difficult to protect themselves.

After all, there are only a few people in the Tianlong group.

Many people may think that artificial intelligence, automation technology, and robotics are now very powerful, and it is completely possible to use artificial intelligence and robots to replace those ordinary consumables, so that there is no need to worry about food supply.

Indeed, the idea is wonderful.

But there is a problem that many people overlook.

That is, computers and robots also need to be made by humans, and they also need to be designed by humans, and they also need human help to maintain.

You say that computers and robots can be produced directly using automated production lines? This reduces the amount of consumables used.

But what about design and maintenance? What about technology research and development?

You can't let AI design, maintain, and develop its own technology, right?

If only AI could do it to this extent.

Congratulations to human civilization, your historical mission has been completed, you can prepare to receive a boxed lunch, and now is the era of intelligent civilization.

Obviously, at this stage, there is no way for artificial intelligence to design, maintain, and engage in technology research and development by itself.

And the number of the Draco group is too small, and the vast majority of these guys are not science and engineering.

Let them play intrigues, financial games, eat, drink and have fun, maybe they are masters, engaged in industrial production and technology research and development, that is really difficult for them.

With the development of modern industry, many industries need too many industrial technicians.

Take the computer industry as an example.

Chip manufacturing equipment, chip manufacturing raw materials, chip design and manufacturing, computer supporting components, assembly, software design, post-maintenance, etc., the entire industrial chain needs at least millions of practitioners.

The total number of Tianlong people is only a few hundred thousand, and with the doglegs, there are only a few million at most.

People can't even fill in this point in a single computer industry, let alone dozens of other large industries and thousands of sub-industries.

In order to maintain a modern industrial chain, at least 300 million high-quality science and engineering personnel are needed to lay the foundation.

It is clear that it is 300 million high-quality science and engineering people, not 300 million migrant workers or 300 million liberal arts people.

Now the free world is patchwork, and the four major forces combined can barely maintain the operation of the entire industrial chain.

But if the population continues to decline, the consequence is the gradual collapse of the industrial chain.

Once the industrial chain collapses, they will have no power to fight against Homo sapiens.

This is the reason why Thomas and others are willing to cut meat to ordinary consumables, for Thomas and others, there is actually no difference between tens of trillions of dollars of dollars and trillions of dollars.

The limit of more than 100 million money is actually a number.

Everyone in the Morgan family, if they simply eat, drink and have fun all day long, they can't spend hundreds of millions a year.

And the whole of America is actually the Council of the City on a Hill.

The money is gone, and you can make it again.

If America collapses, then the Morgan family, the Rockefeller family, the Mellon family and the like will definitely not be able to go on in style.

That's why these vampires are willing to bleed.

Confidential video conferences.

After some bickering, they finally reached an agreement.

In order to jointly build a nuclear power plant, the fourth-generation nuclear fission reactor technology with thorium-based molten salt was first determined as the technical standard for the current new nuclear power plant.

The other is to strengthen cooperation in technology research and development of nuclear fusion power generation.

Besides.

Thomas also proposed the creation of a free world strategic reserve system for agricultural commodities to ensure that the four major powers could cope with large-scale natural disasters that could occur in the future.

If we can, find ways to support the periphery of West Asia, South America, and Africa.

"Supporting the Marginal World?" Caesar thought about it, and there was no objection.

Thomas solemnly reminded: "Everyone, we can't give up those forces in the marginal world, if their manpower, market, and resources are acquired by Homo sapiens, then we will be even more passive. ”

Mast? Feng looked embarrassed: "But we don't have much food in our strategic reserves, and the population of the marginal world is about 2.5 billion, so there are not a few people who need food!" ”

Louis? Comte didn't refuse immediately, but asked, "What is the food gap in the marginal world?" ”

With ABCD's internal intelligence support, Thomas is quite aware of the current international food supply and demand situation:

"There is not much shortage in Latin America, the Aztecs need about 20 million tons of grain, and ABCD's grain in North America can be sold to them in a batch at a low price."

"The food gap in the African region is currently being filled with cheap food from Homo sapiens, and we can only do it in Abd? The Wade region, the Transvaal region, to obtain a part of the market. ”

Thomas paused, took a sip of water, and continued: "Now the key is the West Asia region, we must find a way to squeeze out a batch of about 30 million tons of grain to ensure that this side will not be bought by Homo sapiens." ”

"30 million tons?"

The crowd argued again.

After all, 30 million tons of grain is not a small amount, if it was before, the four major forces would have the means to come up with this amount of grain.

Now they have to be cautious, for fear that if the stock is not enough for internal use, the problem will be serious.

After all, the local is their basic plate, and the importance of the peripheral world is inevitably less than their local area.

After weighing the pros and cons, they barely scraped together 30 million tons of grain, and they must stabilize the whole of West Asia.

Speaking of West Asia, Thomas raised another, more difficult question: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Mediterranean-Dead Sea-Red Sea Canal project, I think it should be suspended. ”

"Pause?" Mast? Feng thought for a while and nodded: "Yes, I agree." ”

There was not much to be said about this proposal.

Because there's no way to keep it now.

The sea level is falling, and now continue to dig the Mediterranean-Dead Sea-Red Sea canal, even if it can be completed in the next few years, once the sea level drops by more than 10 meters, the canal will be scrapped.

In fact, not only this canal, but also the two canals in Central America, as well as the Ottoman strait and the Strait of Gibraltar, are at risk of becoming land.

One thought of the disruption of the canals in Central America.

Everyone whispered and discussed.

With no way to reverse global cooling, the paralysis of these maritime hubs is highly likely to become a reality.

In order to cope with this crisis, they can only find a way to increase some of the railway transportation lines on land, as well as the oil and gas pipeline project in West Asia.

In addition, Lucia's oil and gas pipeline is also planned to be expanded.

Under the double squeeze of Homo sapiens and climate mutations, the major forces finally dare not compete anymore, but find ways to solve these crises.

However, it was while they were discussing how to solve the problem.

Another crisis is also quietly approaching.