The eruption column of the Yellowstone volcano was hundreds of kilometers high at this time, which was truly unprecedented in human history.
The 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption had a column of only 24.4 kilometers and covered 11 states in the United States with volcanic ash.
Now this situation will definitely cover most of North America, and probably only a small area along the southern coast of the United States can escape this disaster.
"Boss, the sudden eruption of the Yellowstone volcano is probably related to the previous series of earthquakes. The North American continental plate was hit by the Pacific plate, which affected us here, causing the Yellowstone volcano to erupt."
Han Guoqiang on the side looked at the eruption scene transmitted back in real time and couldn't help but explain.
Du Qiu actually understood that the last straw might be the nuclear bomb detonated at the 91st Aerospace Wing base in Keta, Peking University.
The explosion of a nuclear bomb underground is equivalent to an earthquake in itself. It is not far from the Yellowstone Volcano in Huaioming Prefecture.
Coupled with the earliest underground nuclear explosion at Area 51 in Dazhou, Du Qiu lamented the entanglement between himself and the United States.
Fortunately, the rescue team has just been recruited. Although the training has not been completed, there are experienced hands and robot team members, so they should be able to perform such rescue missions.
"Sister Yuan, the new team members who are being trained have been reorganized with the old team members, and they have immediately devoted themselves to the rescue of the American people. Before leaving, let Liu Sichen report it to the governments of the north and the south."
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."
Yuan Minhua left in a hurry. The old team members are still busy in Central America. They must be transferred back first for reorganization and redistribution of tasks with the old team members leading the new team members.
"Dean Han, the eruption of the Yellowstone volcano may be a way to accelerate the arrival of the Great Ice Age."
Han Guoqiang said: "Yes, this eruption of Yellowstone Volcano is definitely larger than the simulation by the US Geological Survey in 2014, which was calculated based on an eruption volume of 330 cubic kilometers.
In the current situation, I am afraid that the explosion level has really reached 8, which is an eruption volume of more than 1,000 cubic kilometers.
In the next one or two years, volcanic ash will move with the atmospheric circulation and may cover the global atmosphere. Global temperatures may drop by 10-15 degrees, and it will snow in low latitude areas in winter."
Du Qiu looked serious and said: "Then we need to implement the salvage plan we made before, which was originally to deal with a possible nuclear winter.
Now it is just used to deal with the volcanic ash erupted by the Yellowstone volcano. Your Institute of Geology will combine the current situation of the Blue Star earthquake to investigate the active volcanoes in various places. We can no longer ignore these hidden dangers."
"Okay, boss, the Institute of Geology must complete the simulation as soon as possible to find out the potential eruption of the volcano."
After Han Guoqiang left, Du Qiu fell into deep thought.
Xinghai's voice suddenly sounded, "Sir, the top government officials in the northern part of the United States have taken refuge in the underground command center, and the southern part has also entered an underground nuclear protection bunker.
Do we need to make corresponding modifications to our previously implemented plan to dismantle the United States?"
After the Yellowstone volcano erupts, as time goes by, most areas in the United States should be uninhabitable, and many people will flee the United States.
These senior government officials hid underground, hoping to wait until the disaster was over before emerging again to take control of the country.
How could Du Qiu let this happen?
"Implementing alternatives, I think with examples like ours, those big conglomerates will no longer be committed to rebuilding the United States."
"Okay, the alternative plan is implemented."
Du Qiu thought about what he had just thought about, and then said: "In the first period of the Great Ice Age, humans were actually able to survive by using the previous material reserves.
However, the mass death and extinction of animals and plants is the real threat to human survival.
Xinghai, we need to have a plan to solve the food needs of the humans stranded on the Blue Star at this stage."
Xinghai replied: "Last year's global grain production was 3.2 billion tons, of which 500 million tons were produced by the Grain Group under our Magic Technology.
The Five Grains Group has built a large number of high-rise farms throughout Africa, producing not only 500 million tons of grains, but also 5 million tons of cotton.
There are also 15 million tons of apples, 5 million tons of grapes, 5 million tons of pears, etc. All in all, the crop output of the Five Grain Group, in addition to grains, accounts for about a quarter of the global total output."
Du Qiu touched his newly shaved head and smacked his lips. In order to produce grain, fruits, vegetables and meat within the base, he had come up with a high-rise farm plan.
Later, with the energy solution, this plan was constructed on a large scale in the Common Market of East and West Africa, and even in the western region of Tang State, a large number of constructions were carried out.
Unknowingly, Wugu Group, a subsidiary of Magic Technology, has grown into one of the giants in the world's grain market, occupying a quarter of the market share.
However, now that Blue Star is gradually entering the Great Ice Age, this output is not enough.
Food is the most important thing for people. As long as they can eat, humans can survive, and they can survive even in slightly harsh environments.
Have you ever seen Eskimos living in the Arctic?
Xinghai's voice continued, "With the current production capacity of the Grain Group, the current output can actually be doubled. However, in order to maintain a certain profit margin and not to be unanimously hostile to other grain giants, the output is limited.
However, if we enter an ice age and need to supply the world’s population, we will need to at least double our production capacity.”
Du Qiu asked: "What do you mean, do you mean that we continue to build high-rise farms on a large scale?"
"Oh, there is another option. We can build space farms so that we can get direct sunlight, which not only saves energy, but also allows crops to get real sunlight."
Du Qiu asked with great interest: "From what you said, it seems that there is a design drawing?"
Xinghai said: "Yes, this was designed by a researcher named Li Weinong from the Agricultural Research Institute."
"Oh, he submitted the design? Why didn't the Agricultural Research Institute submit it?"
Xinghai replied: "He hasn't reported it yet. After all, this is an idea of his. He originally made some designs, but he is not a physicist, an astronomer, or an architect, so this design is still very rough.
, stay on one idea.
I thought it was interesting, so I took it and made a comprehensive improvement. The current design is like this."
As he spoke, Xinghai projected the design of the space farm.
It is like a cylindrical high-rise building, with layers like scales, rotating in the orbit of the sun to ensure that the sun fully shines on these farms.
The length of such a cylindrical building can reach hundreds of kilometers, and of course can be longer.
Just one estimate can cover half of the output of today's Wugu Group's high-rise buildings.
"Xinghai, why didn't you join the gravity field device?"
After looking at it for a long time, Du Qiu finally discovered something different from the space city.
"According to the previous research on crop growth conducted by the Agricultural Research Institute in the weightless environment of space, in the weightless environment, the size of the crops is larger than that of gravity, and of course the maturity period is shorter than when there is gravity."
Du Qiu suddenly smiled and said: "Okay, there is such a good thing. Liang Bingshu of the Agricultural Research Institute is incompetent. Why doesn't he report to carry out such agricultural production?"
Xinghai said: "Maybe they want to do more experiments to see how much crops will change in a weightless environment. They want to master the habits of all crops before promoting planting."
"Xinghai, you actually speak good words for others. Also, you actually improved the design of Li Weinong's idea just because you liked it. Not bad, not bad."
Du Qiu understood that this was a sign that he had further matured the emotional module he added to Xinghai, and it had begun to have its own preferences.
Xinghai's voice was a little embarrassed, "I just think it's very interesting to do this kind of improved design. After the thing is completed, it seems that some of my basic algorithms have been improved."
Du Qiu was stunned, there was such a thing.
Could it be that artificial intelligence with emotions is like humans, who feel refreshed during happy events and work more efficiently?