Just after Jiang Chen announced that Future Group had mastered controllable nuclear fusion technology, the Internet exploded. After Everyone Daily published this news and reposted it on their official Weibo, the Weibo section of Everyone Daily was flooded with comments.
"Nuclear fusion? How is this possible! "
"Do you know what the central temperature of the nuclear fusion reaction is? If you don't know, I'll tell you! More than 20 million degrees Celsius! There is no material in the world that can withstand this high temperature! I don't know if there is one in the solar system, but at least not on Earth! "
"Upstairs, I don't read much, but I still know a thing or two. Since the temperature is too high, can't you turn down the fire? I think our country's researchers can start from this perspective. If Xin can do it, it shouldn't be too difficult for us to do it too. "
"… Do you think the reactor is your gas stove?"
"Haha, the experts are among the people."
In addition to these useless replies, many famous influencers also left their own words and expressed their views on Celestial Trade's continuous breakthrough of the two technical problems of long-distance wireless power transmission and controllable nuclear fusion.
"I hope another 10,000 SCI theses can be exchanged for controllable nuclear fusion. When we are still studying how to carve on bronze, our compatriots across the ocean are already picking up hammers and starting to forge iron? I don't mean anything else, I just feel the changes of the times. " A well-known news commentator, after reading the report on Everyone Daily, made this comment on Weibo.
"Because of the breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology, the domestic electricity price of Xin dropped from 0.12 Xin New Dollar to 0.02 Xin New Dollar? I don't know why Everyone Daily didn't report this, but I saw it in Future 1.0's international news. It seems that the title of Country of Hope has to be moved from the Pacific Ocean. I heard that housing prices in Xin are not very expensive? Celestial Trade recently announced a Mars colonization plan? Those who really can't afford a house can consider it. Anyway, you don't have to learn foreign languages here, haha. "A Godly Land game streamer nicknamed Shadow Devil bragged to his viewers in the live broadcast room.
Not only Hua was shocked by the rapid technological progress of Future Group, but the UA on the other side of the ocean was also shocked.
On a science talk show broadcast by CBS in the evening, they invited Professor Omar Hareken from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a leading figure in the American nuclear physics community. He explained the difficulty of controllable nuclear fusion to the audience in layman's terms.
"As early as the 1950s, we boldly made a prediction that we would be able to use nuclear fusion to generate electricity in 30 years. But to this day, "30 years" is still an optimistic estimate of controllable nuclear fusion technology. As many people know, there is no material in the world that can withstand a high temperature of 20 million degrees. Even if there is, there is absolutely no way for us to use it. "In the interview, Professor Harriken introduced the difficulties of nuclear fusion technology at the request of the host.
"Just a few years ago, we were actually infinitely close to controllable nuclear fusion technology.
"The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory uses 192 lasers to heat and compress a fuel pellet in inertial confinement fusion until the nuclear fusion reaction occurs. We already have the prototype of a small nuclear fusion power plant. This plant is now in Livermore, California. It is like a ball wrapped in metal, but the reactant is smaller than a fingernail. "
Professor Omar Hareken's expression was quite melancholic.
They originally thought that in nuclear fusion technology, the only worthy competitors were Russia and Hua, which was trying to catch up. However, they didn't expect that a private company that suddenly emerged in recent years – Future Group, would take the lead.
After the host Anderson listened, he nodded with a serious expression, and then asked, "So how far do you think the UA is from mastering nuclear fusion technology?"
"It could be tomorrow, or it could be thirty years later." Professor Hareken shook his head with a smile. "Science, unless you cross the door, you will never know how many steps you are away from the door."
Just as the public was discussing the construction of a nuclear fusion power station by Celestial Trade, the senior officials of various governments did not stop their actions.
The UA took the lead in raising the budget of the three domestic nuclear research institutes and announced that their domestic research institute had made a "major breakthrough" in the nuclear fusion project. At the same time, Kerry, who was visiting Europe, was negotiating with France to establish a submarine transmission cable from the West Coast to Paris.
On the other hand, the Capitol did not forget to launch a diplomatic offensive to obstruct the submarine cable construction agreement that Celestial Trade had signed with Australia and Nippon.
Obviously, the Hill government had already noticed that the submarine cable laid by Celestial Trade would have an immeasurable impact on the UA's diplomatic strategy.
Regardless of whether nuclear fusion technology was developed or whether they had the ability to mine helium-3 that was only available on the Moon, the Hill government had begun to establish a submarine cable connecting the UA and European power grids.
Russia was unable to increase the budget for nuclear fusion projects because of the long-deteriorating domestic economic situation. Moreover, considering that even if they developed their own controllable nuclear fusion technology, they did not have the ability to build a colony on the Moon to extract helium-3 from the soil, it was highly likely that they would have to purchase it from Celestial Trade.
Russia sent a high-level diplomat with the president of its own Unified Power Company to Xin to discuss the construction of a submarine cable from Ange Island to Vladivostok. Because this submarine cable was in the same direction as the submarine cable to Nippon, construction could start at the same time.
This time, Jiang Chen did not go in person, but the other party took the initiative to come to him. Jiang Chen was naturally the host of the negotiation.
After some discussion, Russia accepted 70% of the construction and maintenance costs of the submarine cable, and Celestial Trade would also hire Russian companies to complete the construction of the submarine transmission cable.
As for Hua, its attitude toward Celestial Trade's breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology was somewhat ambiguous.
As the world's factory, Hua's annual electricity generation was also the world's first. The magnificent Three Gorges Project was a miracle of hydropower engineering in human history. Its power generation was equivalent to five Daya Bay nuclear power plants, but the cost was far lower than the expensive nuclear power.
The industrial and civil electricity prices in Hua were at a relatively low level. This was why when Jiang Chen established the Global Power Grid Plan, he did not list Hua as the first target. Because for the wealthy Hua market, his cheap electricity was not so attractive. Moreover, it was difficult for domestic companies to integrate into the State Grid and compete fairly with state-owned enterprises, let alone foreign companies.
Technology? Financial subsidies could do the same.
Was it needed? Of course, it was needed, but it was not urgent.
As for whether Hua increased the research budget for nuclear fusion power generation technology after they heard that their brother country had made a breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology, or whether they established a new aerospace strategy, they did not make much noise.
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