The design of the undersea farm is not particularly complicated. With the industrial level of New Zealand and the two modern industrial-grade 3D printers, production can be completed in the industrial park on Anga Island.
Although the design plan provided by the Beluga Research Station is a small undersea farm, the design principles are actually the same. Through quantum computer deduction, it is not difficult to change it into a large undersea farm.
After Jiang Chen sent the data to the researchers at Shelter 27, within two days, they sent back the design plan for the large-scale undersea farm.
The entire design plan is divided into two parts, above water and underwater.
The above-water part is an offshore platform for divers to live, submersibles to dock, and transport ships to unload cargo. This has no special technical content.
The core of the entire design plan is exactly the underwater part!
The exterior structure is entirely made of graphene material, surrounded by a circular wall made of hardened graphene partitions. The top is a graphene material airbag, and the middle is filled with gas. From a distance, it looks like a flat and wide "yurt" ".
This "yurt"-like building is the planting unit of the seabed farm, with a radius of about 45 meters and an area of about 10 acres. Connecting pipes are provided on the walls to connect the various planting units to each other.
In addition to connecting pipes, the walls are also equipped with molecular exchange membranes that can separate dissolved carbon dioxide from seawater species and discharge oxygen generated by plant metabolism.
All plant planting is completed in this "yurt". These planting units are like biospheres. Sensors are installed inside to provide real-time data, such as temperature, pH value, air temperature, and carbon dioxide, to the monitoring terminal on the offshore platform. concentration, etc.
As for the light required for plant growth, it is provided by LED light sources. Since the wavelength of the LED light source can be effectively controlled, the lettuce produced on the seabed farm can be made crisper and softer as needed, and can even taste more delicious than crops grown on land!
With the information compiled in Shelter 27, Jiang Chen returned to the present world without stopping, and immediately transferred the information to the database of the Future People Group. Then he found Xia Shiyu and told her his plan to build an undersea farm.
After listening to Jiang Chen's plan with a confused expression, Xia Shiyu repeated the sentence dumbfounded.
"Undersea farm?"
It's like the two people were discussing the acquisition of Australian farms a few days ago. They haven't seen each other for two days, and the chairman opened the door and told her that we will not acquire Australian farms, and we will cultivate the land ourselves.
Where to plant
seabed!
What is this and what
"Wait a minute, let me sort it out first." Xia Shiyu rubbed her brows, processing what Jiang Chen just said in her mind, and then asked, "What new thing has the Future Group's laboratory developed?" Are you pregnant? Undersea farm? How to farm under the sea? Are you growing kelp?"
Hearing Xia Shiyu's question, Jiang Chen couldn't help but raise his forehead.
This time he slowed down his speaking speed, pulled out the holographic concept map from the database, and told Xia Shiyu again.
After listening to Jiang Chen's explanation, Xia Shiyu finally understood, and her eyes gradually brightened.
Although she doesn’t know much about agriculture, as the CEO of a multinational group, she has a very keen sense of the market! In the first moment, she understood the market value of this undersea farm!
In this way, Futureman Group's plan to enter the grain market was finalized.
The registered subsidiary is named Xinguo Marine Agriculture Co., Ltd., referred to as "Xinhai Agriculture", and is wholly owned by Future Man Group.
After the establishment of Xin Hai Nong, the Presidential Office of the New Kingdom immediately approved a document, demarcating 400,000 acres of sea area north of Anga Island as a seabed planting area, and contracted Xin Hai Nong at a price of US$100 per acre. Since it is New Zealand's agricultural land, Futureren Group does not need to pay land tax for this 400,000-acre sea area. It only needs to pay a one-time payment of US$40 million to use it permanently.
The water depth of this contracted sea area is between meters, the seabed terrain is relatively gentle, the submarine volcanic activity and ocean current movement are relatively stable, and there are no large fish activities. It is simply a treasure land tailor-made for Jiang Chen!
Moreover, according to the conclusions obtained from the seabed geological survey conducted by Future Mining, the sediment in this sea area contains a high abundance of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, and is eutrophic sediment. After simple treatment, it can be used as fertilizer for farm crops.
After the establishment of Xinguo Marine Agriculture Company, it immediately attracted countless attention at home and abroad. Some are surprised, some are skeptical, and some are in disbelief, but most of them are still curious! Especially those maritime countries with small territories and extremely dependent on imported food are full of interest in the concept of seabed planting proposed by this new marine farmer!
After all, these countries often have territorial waters. If this vast territorial sea can be turned into cultivated land, the people of these islands who eat high-priced imported food will simply laugh out of their dreams!
Of course, given that Xinhai Nong has no plans to build a farm abroad for the time being, even if they wake up from their dreams, this undersea farm has nothing to do with them.
In fact, undersea planting is not a flashy gimmick. As early as 15 years ago, the Italian Ocean Reef Group proposed the concept of undersea planting and named the project "Nemo Garden", which was carried out on the seabed through balloons. Planting operations.
The constant temperature maintained underwater by the water body is very conducive to plant growth, which is a huge advantage that most land farms do not have. Although crops will be impacted by huge water currents underwater, it is better than being bitten by insects on the ground, and there is also a lot of bad weather on land.
The other thing is carbon dioxide.
Someone once confirmed through systematic simulations of ocean circulation and carbon dioxide dissolution in seawater that about 40% of the carbon dioxide produced by fossil fuels will be absorbed by the ocean. Therefore, the ocean can be regarded as the largest carbon dioxide pool on the earth. Therefore, the high concentration of carbon dioxide under the sea acts like a steroid on plants, causing them to grow rapidly.
It is no exaggeration to say that the maturity cycle of crops in this kind of undersea farm can be shortened by up to 50% compared to traditional methods!
However, until now, the "Nemo's Garden" project has been in the experimental stage. The new sea farmer suddenly jumped out and said that he had mastered the technology of large-scale planting of land crops under the sea, which was undoubtedly a bit incredible to others.
Many media even hesitated after learning the news and actually placed the report on the entertainment panel.
But it’s no wonder. After all, the concept proposed by Xinhainong is too advanced, and the public’s attention to agriculture is not as high as that of other fields. Although these newspapers and media also believe in the technological strength of Futureman Group, they still can’t help but make fun of it. .
After all, haven’t you come up with the finished product yet
Jiang Chen didn't care at all about these reports.
Anyway, I will slap you in the face when the time comes, so why do you care about what you media are beeping about now? (~^~)