Chapter 28 The End of the Kingdom of Clouds Chapter
When solar power generation is fully rolled out in desert areas, wireless magnetic field resonance electric piles will be used to transport this power at very low cost.
The result of this is that electricity prices will drop significantly, perhaps only about one-fifth.
Just enough to cover the economic costs of vertical farming.
The current international design of vertical farms is no different from fashionable modern skyscrapers, with a height of about 30 to 40 stories.
It is possible to plant and raise various crops and livestock on each level.
For example, fish and other aquatic products can be raised in tanks, while using modern technology to minimize waste and energy use and promote recycling.
To this end, the farms will be equipped with glass walls, large solar panels, high-tech irrigation systems and incinerators that will burn waste to produce energy.
The farm will also be equipped with various monitoring systems to ensure energy and water are working in the right places and temperatures are properly controlled.
Water must be carefully distributed during irrigation, and excess water will be collected and recycled. Through evaporation, dew can also be collected.
Wastewater and sewage can be purified with algae and plants and turned into drinking water; they can also be directly filtered into sterile water that can be used for irrigation.
This irrigation water flows from cities into rivers all the time, with millions of cubic meters of water being discharged every day.
In vertical farms, methane gas will also be captured and will not be released into the atmosphere. All excess energy will be sold back to the local energy grid.
[Chaoqun Group] or Wu Siyuan has mastered all aspects of these technologies involved, and even most of the technologies are ahead of the most advanced technologies that Wu Siyuan lives in in the modern society.
For example, in sewage treatment, [Chaoqun Group]'s [graphene membrane technology] can effectively separate sewage and produce recyclable pure water.
As for solar power generation panels, the solar power generation technology mastered by Wu Siyuan can achieve an efficiency of 32%!
If photothermal power generation technology is added, this efficiency will be further improved.
These are what Wu Siyuan obtained from the world of "The Martian".
The use of these technologies can greatly reduce the economic costs of vertical farms. Coupled with falling electricity prices, vertical farms can be completely profitable.
This provides the basic conditions for large-scale development.
At present, the domestic cultivated land area has reached 2 billion acres (the saline-alkali land development technology provided by [Chaoqun Group] has increased the arable area by about 200 million acres, which is operated by various agricultural reclamation companies), but this can only ensure the safety of staple food.
Cash crops such as soybeans are imported in large quantities into the country all year round.
Almost all imported soybeans are used for crushing and processing, about 20% of the processed products are soybean oil, 80% of the processed products are soybean meal, and soybean meal becomes the main part of animal feed.
It's quite important.
Because domestic cultivated land was limited in the past, we could only import large quantities.
Such a huge amount will inevitably be targeted by international grain companies, and they will use price increases to reap profits.
China has always been very passive.
Actually this is pretty good.
Domestic food production is independently controllable.
Countries that cannot achieve independent control will become more passive.
Because food companies use food as weapons, they are not only targeting the money in the pockets of these countries, but also other interests.
But if Wu Siyuan can promote vertical farming in the country, even if the profit is small, domestic food independence and control will be truly and comprehensively achieved, and excess food can be exported.
The good days of the four major international grain merchants are numbered.
This will also bring him a lot of influence.
Wu Siyuan thought silently in his heart.
Suddenly, he heard Doraemon and Nobita calling him, "Fat Tiger, Fat Tiger, where are you?"
Wu Siyuan looked up and saw Doraemon, Nobita, Shizuka, Xiaofu, and the tree boy not far away from him.
When they saw Wu Siyuan, they all had knowing smiles on their faces.
Wu Siyuan was silent for a moment and then smiled.
Beside them, the aircraft of the people in the sky were flying around, and all kinds of materials were sucked into them. They were busy moving.
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Some years later.
None of the Sky Federation personnel who went to Plant Planet returned.
A Boeing passenger plane had another accident in the sky.
Just when the members on the plane thought they were certain to die, and were even preparing to write a suicide note, the plane crashed into the clouds where the people in the sky once lived, and successfully made an emergency landing.
Although the Boeing aircraft looked terrible on the outside, there were no casualties among all crew members and customers.
But at this moment, their attention was no longer on this aspect, but they were stunned by the residence of the heavenly beings.
"Oh, my god!"
Words like this come out from the mouths of these people who have narrowly escaped death from time to time.
In fact, after the heavenly beings left with all kinds of animals and plants that had become extinct on the earth, many of the equipment in the cloud habitat were still running.
These include solar panels, wireless ultra-long-distance charging piles, and holographic projections, which intelligently avoid life-body operating procedures.
Solar panels provide energy for all equipment, allowing them to continue to operate spontaneously for so many years without human maintenance and without being discovered by humans on the ground.
If the Boeing aircraft developed by Tianzhu people had not had an accident, under normal circumstances, this Boeing aircraft would not have passed through the [Holographic Projection Barrier] and discovered this [Heaven]!
After the news spread, the whole world was in an uproar and the whole world was excited.
After close consultations, the major powers decided to form a joint scientific expedition team to study the Kingdom of Heaven. Through global searches, they found multiple cloud settlements that had been hidden by holographic projections and intelligent programs.
From time to time, some information is disclosed, which triggers heated discussions around the world.
Experts in various fields say that the discovery of "Kingdom of Heaven" will greatly change mankind's existing understanding.
Those stories that are regarded as myths and fairy tales in various countries are probably not stories, but historical facts.
Of course, these can only be regarded as side details.
The most important thing is the improvement in scientific and technological strength brought about by scientific research teams from various countries through research on all aspects of [Heaven].
Research on [cloud settlement] has led to the development of products such as [cloud condensation gas], [cloud reduction gas], and [nuclear fusion battery].
Research on "celestial aircraft" has led to the development of anti-gravity aircraft such as the "Bamboo Dragonfly" and "Flying Carpet" (occasionally appearing in "Nobita's Arabian Nights").
Research on [Holographic Projection Technology] has led to the development of products such as [Magic Barrier].
Research on [intelligent programs] has led to the development of [robots] with strong artificial intelligence, and then various types of robots have been derived.
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The scientific and technological strength of ground people has entered the fast lane of development.
In the past hundred years, the speed of technological iteration has exceeded the development of the previous thousands of years.
By the 22nd century, various technologies have been popularized throughout society, and domestic robots have also entered thousands of households.
Specialized domestic robot production and training schools have emerged.
That day, an unlucky civet cat robot appeared on the assembly line...