Technological power starts with upgrading lenses

The technical seminar meeting of the National Science Council of Country M is still going on. As they discuss the actual research plan and start to involve some division of 'interests', the atmosphere in the meeting becomes more and more intense.

But compared to the outside world, which has become more and more agitated with the fermentation of information, they can still sit down and discuss these technical issues...

In fact, he is quite sensible and calm.

[It’s time to wake up, the center of the world has returned to the East at this moment! 】

[Where will Country M go? 】

[How long will it take for us to buy a ticket to the new world? 】

【……】

After the first wave of news spread, the media in country M quickly began to process the information for the second wave.

"...We have specially contacted Dr. Borol Vasilyevich from the Physical Society of Country M."

"Hello Dr. Vasilyevich, the question that everyone is most concerned about right now is, if the successful ignition of Jinwu-1 announced by China is true, what does it mean for China after it has mastered controllable nuclear fusion?"

In the NBC News live broadcast room, the host was asking the question that all viewers were most concerned about with a solemn look.

"What does it mean?"

Vasilyevich thought for a moment before replying: "It means that China will have inexhaustible energy in the future, which means that the fourth industrial revolution, or the fourth technological revolution, will start from With the official establishment of China, their material life will develop by leaps and bounds.”

"Can you give some more concrete examples that are easy for everyone to understand?"

"Example? The most direct result of controllable nuclear fusion is the leapfrog improvement of power resources."

"They will become the country with the cheapest electricity in the world. People no longer have to worry about the cost of air conditioning in summer and heating in winter. It is even possible for ordinary residents to use electricity for free. At the same time, the cost of transportation will also be further reduced. "

"And this is actually only the beginning, the most direct, and the easiest for people to feel."

"As there are more and more nuclear fusion power stations and energy becomes cheaper and cheaper, their industrial manufacturing potential will be completely unleashed, and the manufacturing costs of all industrial products will become negligible."

"But I think compared to their already strong industrial manufacturing capabilities, the biggest improvement may be in agriculture..."

"The reduction in electricity costs can lead to the rapid popularization of agricultural technologies such as crop lighting, irrigation, and greenhouse control."

“Have you all heard of three-dimensional farms?”

"Imagine the scene of Wanzhang Farm rising from the ground...the original agricultural land of 10,000 square kilometers can now be directly converted into 100,000, or even 1 million, 10 million, it all depends on what they want, or can Build the house several stories.”

"Land area will no longer be a problem that limits agricultural development, and the food problem will be solved at the same time. Perhaps in the future, the food produced by one of their agricultural provinces will be able to meet the needs of the world, whether it is tropical fruits or people living in extremely cold areas. Arctic cod, probably all from the same building!”

"If they find it troublesome and don't want to build a house, they can also consider using nuclear fusion heat to desalinate seawater, and then use cheap electricity to bring fresh water to the desert to transform the desert and turn it into fertile land out of thin air..."

Vasilyevich kept using his imagination, and became more and more excited as he spoke, and could not stop at all.

On the contrary, the host's face became paler and paler as he listened.

It wasn't until Vasilyevich had been talking nonstop for five or six minutes that he couldn't help but interrupt: "What does this mean to us?"

Vasilyevich was stunned for a moment, and his originally excited emotions were immediately poured cold water on...

After a moment, he said with a heavy heart: "For us, it means the complete collapse of the M-yuan oil system and the financial system. At the same time, our products will completely lose their competitiveness in global trade..."

"Country M will rapidly decline and will no longer be prosperous and great. Not only us, but the whole world will become highly dependent on China..."

"Isn't there any way to restrict them?"

After Vasilyevich thought for a moment, he said slowly: "It's not that there is nothing..."

“After energy is no longer an issue, resources become the only thing that limits them.”

"Although China has a vast territory and rich resources, the amount and type of their natural resources are also limited, especially the various metal ores that are most needed for industrial manufacturing. If they cannot exchange their products for various resources around the world, no matter how much energy they have, , in fact, there is no place to use it..."

"..."

While NBC News was still broadcasting live, Wall Street, which had just opened for trading, had already begun its first day of collapse.

All stocks, regardless of sector, collapsed across the board!

What most investors want to do most at this time is to sell all their assets into cash as soon as possible, and then use the money to invest in China.

Even if it is converted into RMB, it is safer than leaving it in the stock market...

In M Guobai Palace, the fierce debate also never stopped.

During their discussion, words such as 'war', 'assassination' and 'beheading' were even mentioned several times.

The entire M country was burned into the abyss of panic and despair by the fire of Jinwu No. 1.

And this panic and despair quickly spread to the entire Western world,

Probably what they are looking forward to most now is that Hua just made a little joke with them...

However, in the third world, the situation is completely different.

As we all know, China is the big brother of the third world, and most of this group has long been clearly positioned in the East.

After hearing the news, the younger brothers immediately called the big brother and sent warm congratulations.

Then they proposed to come over for a visit and exchange to discuss the feasibility of building a nuclear fusion power station in their country...

And China's answer to this is roughly:

Thank you, but Jinwu No. 1 is just a test reactor. Next, we need to build the test reactor into a demonstration reactor to further verify its commercial feasibility. If the operation is good and stable, we will consider large-scale construction of nuclear fusion power stations.

Don't worry, we will definitely try our best to bring everyone on board, and we will create brilliance together! ——

Yanjing, National Energy Administration.

The day after the successful experiment in Luzhou, Kang Chi received an invitation to attend an important meeting on the future development of China's nuclear power.

In addition to the Energy Bureau and the three major nuclear power groups, relevant departments such as the Economic Reform Commission and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology also sent representatives to attend the meeting.

The first topic of the meeting was about transforming the Jinwu No. 1 of the Luzhou Plasma Research Institute into a nuclear fusion demonstration reactor that can actually generate electricity. This step can be said to have basically no technical difficulty and only requires a little time.

The second topic was to discuss the issue of profit distribution.

Strictly speaking, Kang Chi did not belong to a national scientific research institution, and had never received a salary from the state, so the technology he brought out actually belonged to Longteng Technology Group.

Kang Chi also knew that energy companies were all Y companies. Unlike state-owned enterprises, Y companies were absolutely not allowed to have private capital.

Unless the three major nuclear power companies were downgraded to state-owned enterprises...

Fortunately, Kang Chi did not ask for technology in exchange for shares, but proposed the most direct and very easy-to-accept model of "selling core equipment" + "5% profit patent commission".

In this way, things became much simpler and did not violate the principles of all parties.

However, when they were discussing how many fusion power stations should be built in the next five years to completely eliminate thermal power generation, Kang Chi suddenly raised an objection.

"...According to the technical standards of Jinwu No. 1, the optimal range for each reaction to generate energy is 1200 megajoules. Without considering cogeneration, if we simply calculate the power generation efficiency at 40%, we can generate about 23 million kWh of electricity every day."

"And our average daily electricity consumption in the country is 28 billion kWh. If we rely entirely on nuclear fusion to generate electricity, it means that we have to build 1217 Jinwu No. 1s."

"And in order to deal with the radiated neutrons produced by deuterium-tritium nuclear fusion, Jinwu No. 1 is subject to very large technical limitations, both in the material of the liquid metal on the first wall and in the structure of the device. At the same time, the price of tritium is too expensive. In order to obtain tritium stably, we have to build a nuclear fission reactor specifically made to collect tritium elements."

"To be honest, this is still a long way from the controlled nuclear fusion I imagined..."

After hearing Kang Chi's words, everyone was suddenly puzzled and couldn't help whispering.

The leader of the Energy Bureau couldn't help asking, "Academician Kang, what do you mean by this?"

"I suggest that the first generation of controlled nuclear fusion should only be used as a transition and should be promoted normally. There is no need to rush to use a very large force to fully roll out the replacement."

Kang Chi analyzed in a deep voice: "Haven't we proposed to establish a permanent scientific research base on the moon? I believe that soon we will have the ability to mine helium-3 on the moon."

"When helium-3 and deuterium in seawater undergo fusion reaction, only helium-4 and protons will be generated. Not only are they non-radioactive, but high-energy protons can be controlled by electric and magnetic fields. Therefore, we can use the kinetic energy of protons to interact with electromagnetic fields to directly generate net electricity..."

"The efficiency of this power generation method is theoretically 20% higher than the 40% of boiling water. % or even 40%. "

"If helium 3 is used as the fuel for nuclear fusion, Jinwu No. 1 can be further upgraded to Jinwu No. 2, which is the second-generation nuclear fusion technology. Not only can the power generation efficiency be greatly improved, but it is also pure and pollution-free. "

"There are millions of tons of helium 3 on the moon, enough for us to use for tens of thousands of years, and there is an inexhaustible supply of deuterium in our oceans. Using these two things as fusion fuel is the ultimate answer to energy acquisition methods... I think it is a nuclear fusion technology that is truly worth rolling out and vigorously promoting. "

"If we rush to roll out the first-generation technology now, and then Jinwu No. 1 will be upgraded to the second-generation technology in a few years, and it will have to be changed again and again, which is too wasteful and troublesome..."

"..."

After listening to Kang Chi's analysis, everyone present was almost petrified...

Good guy!

The first generation of technology has just come out and hasn't even started to be deployed, but our Academician Kang is already considering the trouble and waste of resources that may result from upgrading the technology too quickly...

If this were to get out and be heard by other countries, wouldn't they be so angry that they would chop people with kitchen knives on the spot?

"Ahem... Well, helium 3 is indeed a good thing." The leader of the Energy Bureau smiled stiffly, "But our moon base plan has to wait until 2050, and the plan is only for science and technology. It is estimated that things like base testing and mining will have to be postponed for more than ten years. Calculating this, the first-generation technology still has an application period of about thirty years..."

Kang Chi smiled and shook his head: "Didn't we say that controllable nuclear fusion will be available at least in 2050?"

"..."

The leader of the Energy Bureau was stunned again, and then blurted out: "Are you ready to engage in aerospace?"

"Aerospace is definitely going to be pursued...but it's not so soon. At least we have to wait until the several projects on hand are completed, probably...at the end of this year, or take a break and wait until next year."

The leader immediately smiled and nodded: "I understand... All the people at the space agency will probably be too excited to sleep tonight!"

So after Kang Chi revealed that he would soon get involved in the aerospace field, the leaders directly followed his advice and were not in a hurry to vigorously promote first-generation nuclear fusion technology for the time being.

Their initial plan is to build only 20 first-generation nuclear fusion power stations in the next few years. Each power station will have an average of 10 units. The planned annual power generation is about 1.679 trillion, accounting for about 16% of the country's electricity consumption.

This 16% is mainly used to eliminate some old and inefficient thermal power stations while meeting the increasing demand for electricity.

As for clean energy sources such as hydropower, wind power, and solar power, they will work until the day they are scrapped. At the same time, to a certain extent, this is also a buffer period for the upgrading and transformation of these energy industries...

——

When Kang Chi came to Yanjing this time, in addition to participating in this important meeting on the future development direction of China's nuclear power, there was also a major event waiting for him.

In other words, this conference, which was supposed to be held a few days ago according to the original plan, was postponed for a few days because of the ignition of Kang Chi and Jinwu No. 1.

Early the next morning, Kang Chi put on a straight formal suit with the help of his life assistant.

Looking at himself in the mirror, Kang Chi couldn't help but sigh: "To be honest, although this dress is very uncomfortable to wear, it is really handsome..."

"Mr. Kang, please stop joking with us. Don't you know that you look handsome no matter what you wear?"

Kang Chi quickly retracted the thirty-meter machete.

OK,

These people's desire to survive and their ability to flatter are all at their best...

The venue of the conference is the Yanjing General Assembly Hall.

When Kang Chi and Chen Hai followed the etiquette lady into the venue, the venue was already packed with people.

After Kang Chi entered the venue, almost everyone who saw him stood up immediately, smiled and nodded to him. Some people who had met before went directly to congratulate him.

This row of noodles,

It’s completely full!

In addition to congratulating him on the successful ignition of Jinwu-1, everyone also congratulated him on the highlight of today...