Time entered 20X8.
This year, a total of four "artificial suns" were put into use, each with a power of 15,000 megawatts.
In addition to the two "artificial suns" that had been put into use earlier, each with a power of 10,000 megawatts.
On the land of Z country, the number of "artificial suns" had increased to six, with a total power generation of 80,000 megawatts, accounting for about 55% of the country's total power generation capacity.
In addition, there was also the third-generation nuclear fission power generation, which accounted for 15%.
And 17% of hydroelectric, wind, solar, and geothermal power generation.
The total proportion of clean energy had increased to 87%.
Only 13% of traditional thermal power was left … The reason why it was not completely eliminated was due to the needs of certain industrial production.
Correspondingly, the price of electricity in the country had dropped a lot. The price of electricity for ordinary residents was 0.25 yuan per kilowatt hour, and the cheaper electricity for industrial use was 0.2 yuan, 0.15 yuan per kilowatt hour … 0.15 yuan was the lowest price.
The price of electricity for urban indoor agriculture was now 0.2 yuan/kWh … The government was supporting this industry to save traditional agricultural land.
If one were to go to the northwest to manage the desert, the price of electricity would only be 0.15 yuan/kWh. This was to encourage individuals or enterprises to contribute to environmental protection.
But even so …
After April of 20X8, almost all the capitals that flocked to the Northwest Desert chose to withdraw. They could no longer hold on.
There was no future.
There was indeed no future for him.
Rather than investing billions or even tens of billions in the desert, it would be better to invest in a plot of land around the first-tier and second-tier cities in the east … After indoor agriculture was widely promoted, a large amount of agricultural land was freed up. The policies were getting better, and a large number of houses could be built there.
In recent years, the country has been crazily encouraging childbirth. Many places not only give money, but also introduce a policy of "give a house for every second child". It's really free! You just have to pay for the renovation.
In order to increase the population, many places really went all out.
The effect was also very obvious. The population, which had been growing at a negative rate, had finally reached a balance. The upper echelons were also relieved.
Population growth was equivalent to economic growth. The root cause of economic stagnation in many countries was the lack of population! Once the population stopped growing, the economy would come to a standstill.
If there was a negative growth in the population, the economy would also regress and shrink … Because the number of consumers was small, no matter how fast the technology developed, no matter how high the level of productivity was, if no one was willing to spend, it would just be a decoration.
Therefore, population would definitely be the most important problem that all countries would face when they reached a certain stage of development.
Without a sufficient population, there was no point in talking about anything!
"Giving the house away for free" was just the beginning, not the end.
In the future, there might even be "18 years of free education", "free medical care", "free cars", "free money" … until you want to have children!
Speaking of which, was this really possible?
Was he talking in his sleep?
But Chen Jin dared to pat his chest and guarantee: Everything is possible in the future.
Since the beginning of 20X2 six years ago, the number of deaths in Z country had begun to exceed the number of births. In the beginning, it was only a few hundred thousand. In the past two years, it had increased by millions … This was a net decrease in population!
If this trend continued, the total population of Z country was estimated to be only half of its peak in 50 years, leaving only 600 to 700 million people.
Indeed, the people at the bottom were just lambs and leeks. There were many ways to harvest and use them. Ordinary people didn't have the ability to decide their own fate. They could only go with the flow and obey all kinds of arrangements. They were used to resigning themselves to adversity.
It was only when it came to reproduction that they could make their own decisions.
To live or not to live?
One or two?
The decision was entirely in his own hands.
Therefore, when there were fewer lambs and leeks, who would panic the most?
Therefore, this world would always be in a dynamic balance. Your generation belonged to the "grass," but after a few more generations, every child would really be the future of the country.
But there was a rule in population: Once it went down, it could not go back.
Countries that fell into population stagnation or negative growth could not pull back the population growth rate … This was almost irreversible.
For the time being, no country had successfully walked out of this predicament … No matter how good the reproductive benefits you provided, I will enjoy my own life.
And after a few decades, with the speed of technological development on Earth, there would be no technical problems when it came to entering the era of interstellar colonization.
The problem was that your population would naturally be halved. There would be more living space. On average, each person would have two suites. Earth would be more than enough to live in. What was the point of interstellar colonization?
Except for a small number of adventurers, who would be willing to settle and live on a desolate and strange foreign planet?
People would at most go to the moon for a tour and stay in a space hotel for a few days.
Most of them would not consider immigration … What place would be more comfortable than Earth?
Therefore, if the population problem was not solved, there would be no point in advancing technology.
But Chen Jin had the key to solving this problem in his hands!
And it was not difficult to solve it. He could do two things at the same time.
One was to introduce life-prolonging medicine, which would increase the average life expectancy to more than 200 years … This would greatly reduce the mortality rate.
The second was to introduce in vitro baby cultivation technology, which would simulate the environment of a mother's womb in the nutrition cabin, provide nutrients, and allow the baby to be "born" from the nutrition cabin … This would eliminate women's fear of childbirth and avoid damage to the body. Moreover, after the egg cells were stored in the cold storage, one could have children at any time they wanted.
Even if one had passed menopause.
This could ensure the birth rate.
Once these two technologies were promoted, the so-called "irreversible" population problem would be easily solved.
Negative population growth would be curbed, the economy would grow again, and it was necessary for technology to continue to advance.
Chen Jin's act of investing huge amounts of money into the desert would no longer be seen as "a sincere act of love for the environment" or "indeed for the future of mankind."
"Now, the area of desert controlled by Xing Hai Technologies has increased to 500,000 square kilometers.
The entire Taklamakan Desert, the Dhurbantunggut Desert, and other deserts in the Western Province have all been taken over by Xing Hai Technologies.
After about 20 years of transformation, these deserts should turn green and become oases that can accommodate the population.
By then, we will move dozens of Xing Hai Technologies' research centers and hundreds of laboratories there! We will transfer more than 200,000 technical talents.
We will build 10 science and technology cities. Each city can accommodate about 100,000 high-quality people, which will add up to more than 1 million people.
In addition, we will build 20 immigrant cities. Each city can accommodate a population of 500,000, which will be a total of 10 million immigrants.
We will also build a super-large spaceport and a large electromagnetic orbital launch station in the Tian Shan Mountains …
In the northwest desert, we will build a science and technology center and a private space activity center.
We will engage in real estate and attract people to buy houses there.
Of course, it doesn't matter if you are not interested in the houses there. But if you want to enjoy the 'life-prolonging medicine' service, you can only come to the northwest desert and receive treatment at Xing Hai Hospital … If you want to extend your life, you have to come here. If you are a local immigrant, you will have priority in treatment and the cost will be halved.
We will turn this desert into the only 'life-prolonging recharge station.' Would you like to come?
Later, we will develop space tourism and space medical services … and even from this desert to the sea of stars. "
Therefore, the views of outsiders on Xing Hai Technologies were all misconceptions!
They could only see one or two small steps in front of them and make assumptions.
And Chen Jin had already seen ten steps in the future.
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