During this period, another major incident happened in China. Many places started to oppose the construction of factories. The scale of the protests is much bigger than the one Feng Yu and the rest set up.
This time, more than a million people participated in the protest. It is because of a chemical called paraxylene.
This is a widely used chemical and can be extracted from petroleum and coal tar. Its toxicity is slightly higher than ethanol. If a human ingests a certain amount of it, it will be excreted through the body's excrement, such as urine, breathing, etc.
This product's toxicity rating is the same as ether internationally.
The cause of this protest is a state-owned oil company in Hua Xia wants to build a factory to produce paraxylene. This is because paraxylene is a widely used chemical, and the demand for it will increase in the future.
In the past, our country had to import it from other countries, and it costs a lot. Since we have the production technology, it is more cost-effective to produce it ourselves.
But some people heard that paraxylene is very harmful to the human body. Then, all the places where the factories are going to be built were surrounded by protests.
They claimed that the factories are not allowed to be built there because paraxylene is highly toxic.
This is the doing of people with ulterior motives. Who is the one benefiting from this? Those big countries that produce paraxylene.
For example, the US, Korea, Singapore, etc.
Why do those countries dare to build factories in their own countries and mass produce paraxylene? It is obvious that this is controllable.
To put it bluntly, a lot of people were fooled, especially some of the local people, who followed the crowd's lead. They would rather believe in such a harmful theory than not.
Also, who is the first person in China to say paraxylene is very toxic? The US Ambassador to China is a banana man.
Don't be fooled by his Chinese face. He had never treated himself as a Chinese. He only thinks of himself as an American!
What they wanted the most was for China's industrialization process to be obstructed, and then China would slowly become an agricultural country again, and everything would be held back by them.
Everyone knows that the value of industry is much higher than agriculture.
They want to use this environmental protection concept to restrict Hua Xia's industrial development and widen the gap between them.
The former Soviet Union can see how powerful industrial countries are.
Even if the former Soviet Union's economy had collapsed, no one dares to provoke them. Because of their strong industrial strength, they are not afraid of any countries and are not afraid of any wars!
No one wanted war, but if you wanted peace, you had to have the strength to not be bullied by others!
Once Hua Xia stopped its industrialization, it would once again become a factory of developed countries like other underdeveloped countries. Those heavily polluting enterprises would once again return to Hua Xia.
Therefore, continuous development and improvement of their own technology could continuously reduce the pollution.
Take a car for example. In the past, the fuel consumption of a hundred kilometers would be dozens of liters, but what about now? How much progress had been made? How much had the exhaust emissions been reduced?
If there is no development, will cars disappear? It would definitely be those cars with high fuel consumption, and the pollution would be even more serious.
To put it simply, Hua Xia first used thermal power to generate electricity. After that, there were hydroelectric power, wind power, and so on. Finally, there was nuclear power, which had the best economic and environmental benefits.
Wasn't the country gradually shutting down coal-fired power plants? Replace them with hydropower, wind power and nuclear power.
One was to save resources, and the other was to be more environmentally friendly and economical.
There were also people who said that saving resources was actually a paradox. Because the more we try to save resources, the more resources we will consume.
For example, scientific research consumes a lot of resources. When the research is successful and turned into a product, more resources will be consumed.
Let's take cars as an example. Although the emissions in the past were 10 times higher than now, the number of cars was only a few tenths of the current number.
But people's lives are inseparable from cars. Who would want to go back to the era without cars? Would they ride bicycles to and from work, or take ox-carts or carriages?
Although the consumption of resources is higher now, the environmental pollution is much lower than before. Those chimneys no longer emit thick black smoke, and the polluted water no longer kills the fishes and prawns in the river.
Development was the fundamental solution to pollution. The continuous improvement of technology, the continuous reduction of pollution, and the continuous treatment of pollution, the environment would become better and better.
People used to say that the world's population will increase. But when the economy reaches a certain level, especially in developed countries, the population will be negative.
Even Hua Xia, a country with a huge population, had a negative population growth before Feng Yu's rebirth. The country had even proposed a two-child policy to stimulate the fertility of the population.
Energy consumption is high, but the stimulation of technological progress, will continue to discover all kinds of clean new energy. With careful planning, the country will be able to develop sustainably.
From Feng Yu's experience in his previous life, he knew China will become better. More polluting companies will be moved out of China, and the environment will be improved.
Also, Feng Yu had never heard of paraxylene pollution in his previous life. This is a rumor!
Poor people who didn't know the truth, people who didn't know what paraxylene was thought that it was highly toxic in their hearts! Some people even went to Baidu to change the definition of paraxylene, thinking it is wrong.
To put it simply, they were being used, and they didn't even know it.
Actually, the most fundamental problem is that Hua Xia is not developed enough, and the education level is not high enough. Many people are not good at distinguishing between facts and are easily fooled.
Feng Yu picked up the phone and called Zhang Ruiqiang. "Old Zhang, I heard the paraxylene issue is causing an uproar?"
Zhang Ruiqiang sighed. "Sigh. That's right. Many people in Hua Qing University did experiments, and some students and teachers even volunteered to use their data. The people do not believe it, and they are willing to believe those rumors. "
"Old Zhang, you are right. They are willing to believe those rumors. So, at this time, they need someone they can trust to stand up and let them believe in the country. "
"I know paraxylene is important to the country's development. It is a raw material in high demand in the future, and we cannot be controlled by others."
"So, we, Taihua Holdings, can help. If the higher-ups agree, we, Taihua Holdings, can invest in this factory. With our reputation in environmental protection, we should be able to let the people believe that our products will not pollute the environment!"
Zhang Ruiqiang was overjoyed. "Feng Yu, you are willing to invest? Great. That's great. I will report this to the higher-ups. Tomorrow, no, tonight, I will give you an answer. You've been a great help! "
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