Chapter 979: 1 Stone Stirs up 0 Waves
Just after Jiang Chen disclosed that the Future Man Group had mastered controllable nuclear fusion technology, the Internet exploded. After Renren Daily published this news and reposted it on its official WeChat account, it was posted below the official WeChat account of Renren Daily
"Nuclear fusion? How is this possible!"
"Editor, do you know what the core temperature of the nuclear fusion reaction is? If you don't know, let me tell you! More than 20 million degrees Celsius! No material in the world can withstand such high temperatures! I don't know if there is one in the solar system, but At least not on Earth!”
"Upstairs, I haven't read much, but I still know a little bit about common sense. Since the temperature is too high, can't we turn down the fire? I think our country's scientific researchers can start from this angle. If you want to come to New Zealand It can be studied, and it is not too difficult for us to study it.”
"...Do you think the reactor is your gas stove?"
"Pfft haha, the masters are among the people."
In addition to these useless replies, many well-known influencers also left their own comments and expressed their opinions on the two major technical problems of Star Ring Trading: long-distance wireless power transmission and controllable nuclear fusion.
"I hope another 10,000 SCI papers can be exchanged for controllable nuclear fusion. While we are still studying how to carve patterns on bronzes, our compatriots across the ocean have already picked up hammers and started forging iron? There is no other meaning, just a feeling for the next era. changes." A well-known news commentator expressed this emotion on his scarf after reading the report of Renren Daily.
"Because of the breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology, the domestic electricity price in New Zealand dropped from 0.12 Singapore dollars to 0.02 Singapore dollars? I don't know why Renren Daily didn't report this. I saw it in the international news of Future People 1.0. It seems that this hope for the country The title has to be moved from the Pacific side. It is said that housing prices in New Zealand are not very expensive? Starring Trading recently announced the Mars colonization plan? Children's shoes who really can't afford a house can consider it. Anyway, you don't need to learn a foreign language here, haha ." A certain god-level mainland game anchor nicknamed Shadow Demon said while bragging to friends in the live broadcast room.
It is not only China that is shocked by the rapid technological progress of the Future Man Group, but also the United States across the ocean.
In a science talk show aired in the evening, CBS has rarely invited a leading figure in the American nuclear physics community, Professor Omar Harrican of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, to speak in plain language to all viewers. Explains the difficulty of line-of-sight controlled nuclear fusion.
"As early as the 1950s, we made bold predictions that we would be able to use nuclear fusion to generate electricity in 30 years. But as of today, the term '30 years from now' is still our understanding of controllable nuclear fusion technology. An optimistic estimate. As many people know, there is no material in the world that can withstand a high temperature of 20 million degrees. Even if it exists, we have absolutely no way to use it." In the interview,
Professor Harry Ken introduced the difficulties of nuclear fusion technology at the request of the host.
"Just a few years ago, we were actually very close to controllable nuclear fusion technology."
"In inertial confinement fusion, our Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory uses 192 lasers to heat and compress a fuel pellet until the nuclear fusion reaction occurs. We already have the prototype of a small nuclear fusion power generation device. This machine The device, now in Livermore, California, is like a ball wrapped in metal, but the reactants inside are smaller than a fingernail."
Speaking of this, Professor Omar Harrican looked quite melancholy.
They originally thought that in terms of nuclear fusion technology, the only competitors worthy of them were Russia and China, which was catching up. However, they did not expect that a private company that had suddenly emerged in recent years, the Future Man Group, would eventually take the lead. .
After listening, host Anderson nodded seriously and then asked, "So how far do you think the United States is from mastering nuclear fusion technology?"
"It could be tomorrow, or it could be thirty years later." Professor Harrican smiled and shook his head, "In science, unless you cross that door, you will never know how many steps you still have to take. Only then can we get that final kick."
While there was a lot of talk among the people about the nuclear fusion power station built by Star Ring Trading, the top leaders of various governments did not stop their actions.
The United States took the lead in raising the budgets of three domestic nuclear research institutes, and announced in a high-profile manner that its domestic research institutes had made "major breakthroughs" in nuclear fusion projects. At the same time, Kerry, who is visiting Europe, is negotiating with France to build an undersea transmission cable from the west coast to Paris.
On the other hand, the White House of the United States has not forgotten to launch a diplomatic offensive to obstruct the submarine cable construction agreement that Starring Trading has signed with Australia and Japan.
Obviously, the Hillary administration has realized that the submarine cables laid by Starlink Trading will have an immeasurable impact on the US diplomatic strategy.
Regardless of whether its own nuclear fusion technology has a shadow or whether it has the ability to mine helium 3 that is only found on the moon, the restless Hillary administration has begun to build an undersea cable connecting the power grids of the United States and Europe.
Russia has been unable to increase its budget for nuclear fusion projects due to the long-deteriorating domestic economic situation. Moreover, considering that even if they develop their own controllable nuclear fusion technology, they do not have the ability to build a colony on the moon to extract helium 3 from the lunar soil, they will most likely still purchase it from the Halo Trade.
Russia simply sent high-level diplomats and brought the president of its Unified Electric Power Company to the new country to find Star Ring Trading to discuss building a submarine cable from Anga Island to Vladivostok. Because this submarine cable runs in the same direction as the submarine cable to Japan, construction can start at the same time.
This time, Jiang Chen didn't go there in person, but the other party took the initiative to come to the door. The home of the negotiations was naturally Jiang Chen's side.
After some discussions, Russia accepted 70% of the construction and maintenance costs of the submarine cable, and Starlink Trading will also hire local Russian companies to complete the construction of this submarine transmission cable.
As for China, its attitude towards the breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology achieved by Star Ring Trade was somewhat ambiguous.
As the world's factory, China's annual power generation capacity ranks first in the world. The magnificent Three Gorges Project is a miracle of hydropower engineering in human history. Its power generation is equivalent to five Daya Bay nuclear power plants, but its cost is far lower than expensive nuclear power.
China's industrial and residential electricity prices are inherently at a relatively low level. This is why Jiang Chen did not list China as the first round of laying targets when he established the global power grid plan, because his cheap electricity is not so attractive to the wealthy Chinese market. Moreover, it is still difficult for domestic companies to merge into the State Grid and compete fairly with state-owned enterprises, let alone join the grid for foreign companies.
science and technology? Financial subsidies can do the same.
need? Of course it's needed, but it's not urgent.
As for whether China has increased its research budget for nuclear fusion power generation technology after hearing that its brother country has made breakthroughs in nuclear fusion technology, and whether it has established a new aerospace strategy, adhering to the tradition of making a fortune in silence, they have not Didn't make much publicity. (To be continued.) Activate new URL