Jiang Chen always asks tricky and incomprehensible questions, which makes Luo Yong, a technician, helpless.
What if it hits the earth
In his opinion, this is not a problem at all.
"Nothing can be done. The appetite of the atmosphere is much greater than we imagined." Luo Yong shrugged and replied, "The wavelength of the laser is quite short, and the particles in the air will block it and scatter it around, and eventually it will end up in the ozone layer. Be absorbed. Unlike the beam emitted by the laser pistol, you can think of the power-transmitting laser as a beam with a shorter wavelength than ultraviolet light. This beam is more easily absorbed by the atmosphere, so its environmental impact on the earth is quite weak."
Having said this, Luo Yong paused and said in a half-joking tone.
"Ten thousand steps back, space elevators are usually built on the sea. Even if the light path of the power transmission laser deviates at a small angle, there is a high probability that it will only penetrate into the sea and it is almost impossible to hit the land."
Under the control of a quantum computer, it is almost impossible for the laser beam used to transmit power to deflect from the hexagonal platform of thousands of square meters. According to data provided by Luo Yong, from 2050 to 2150, there were only four failures in the Earth-to-Moon power transmission optical path.
Four failures in one hundred years is a very low probability. Moreover, the economic losses caused by each failure are only the electrical energy lost in the atmosphere and the nuclear fusion cores consumed by ground facilities during large-scale power outages.
After being educated by the technician, Jiang Chen walked around the long-distance power transmission equipment to observe several times, and finally left the warehouse with satisfaction.
In fact, before coming here, he thought that long-distance power transmission in the 22nd century would be the kind of power transmission equipment similar to the Wardenclyffe Tower plan proposed by Tesla. That is, build an electric tower similar to a radio tower, except that the radio it emits is not used to transmit information, but to transmit energy.
As long as you are on the earth, no wires are needed, you only need a thing similar to a "radio", and you can connect to the power grid no matter how far away you are.
However, when he presented the concept, he found that the technician was suppressing a smile as he explained to him that it was impossible. Moreover, in the timeline of the apocalypse, there is also a person named Truss, but it is not the Modern Consortium that provides funds for Wardenclyffe Tower.
"Limited by the current technological level, Tesla calculated his wireless power transmission system based on coil coupling. In his algorithm, the ground, water, air and ionosphere do not absorb electromagnetic waves, so of course the power transmission efficiency will be higher than The resistance of the wire is much higher. In reality, however, this is impossible."
"To be honest, Tesla is an unreliable genius. Of course, I am not denying his contribution to alternating current and radio, his Nobel Prize, and his many contributions. It's just that the ideas he proposed are not Too few concepts are too... well, science fiction. Including his super weapon 'death ray', it was finally proved to be just a charged particle beam. It was not lost because of some 'jealous talent'. However, this is why he is so popular among the people. One of the reasons for admiration. After all, people generally prefer people who can brag compared to old academics. Just like conspiracy theories, they will always have more market than news."
But in other words, if his invention is really that magical, the Modern Consortium will not give up investing in him.
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After leaving the warehouse, Jiang Chen did not return directly to the villa. Instead, accompanied by the guards, he walked around the Sixth Street several times.
It’s almost the end of October, and you can already feel a bit of the dryness and coldness of late autumn in the air.
Winter in the wasteland is much longer and colder than in this world.
Even in the south, it will almost snow in Wanghai City in a month.
Since the city center was captured and the alien nests and zombie mothers were cleared, Wanghai City no longer has threats from aliens and zombies. Although the walls surrounding the inner and outer circles of the Sixth Street are still preserved, compared with its original significance, the current walls only exist as a spiritual symbol.
The survivors have built houses outside the wall, and those half-collapsed buildings have also been used, and after some repairs, they have become the residence of a survivor family or group.
Almost all survivors in the entire Suzhou and Hangzhou provinces have moved to the Sixth District, or the survivor settlement in Jia City, which is also under NAC management. Not counting Hongcheng, Yizhou and other colonies, the total population of NAC has exceeded 300,000. Walking on the streets of the sixth district, it is much more crowded than a year ago.
On the road leading to the market, you can often see vehicles carrying grain passing by. Businessmen from far away will choose to do their last job before winter, bringing the Chinese cabbage from the Garden of Eden to the Fuzhou area further south, and then spend the winter comfortably in the local survivor settlement with Yajing. After spring comes, we will return to the Sixth District with local specialties.
Because of the existence of NAC, Wanghai City has become a trade hub connecting the north and the south.
I just don’t know why, but according to what Chu Nan said, there are many fewer businessmen from the north than in previous years. The military government sent a group of stalkers to explore the Shangjing City area, but the scouts who went to explore have not returned yet.
But there are only a few possible reasons.
If it wasn't the weather, it was because they encountered some difficult alien species, or the gangs that emerged somewhere blocked the trade routes.
Walking from the industrial area to the market, Jiang Chen was surprised to find that every time he came back, the place would have a new look. In my impression, the robot ramen restaurant on the corner was gone, replaced by a bar with flashing neon lights. The small stalls with shacks also disappeared completely, and were replaced by shops as decent as those in the inner circle.
The abundance of materials has led to economic prosperity.
According to Lin Ling, a second Garden of Eden is under construction. With the successful experience of the previous Eden Garden, the construction speed of this new Eden Garden is much faster than the previous one. After the second Garden of Eden is completed, NAC will be able to be self-sufficient in food without considering exports.
By then, Jiang Chen will almost be able to get rid of the hard-working title of "grain porter".
After all, he is now the chairman of a world-class company and a warlord of a separatist party. Every month he has to go to a secret warehouse to carry hundreds of tons of grain, which is really inconsistent with his status.
It is enough to add some vegetables from the seabed to the refrigerator in his villa every week to show his demeanor as a "good family man".
No matter in terms of taste or texture, the vegetables produced by Xinhainong are very popular among the ladies.
Every time at the dinner table, Jiang Chen felt sincerely happy when he saw Sun Jiao and Lin Ling devouring their food, and Xiaorou and Yao Yao taking small bites.
And after all the crises in Wanghai City are resolved, this is one of the main motivations for him to always take a few days a week to return to the apocalypse... (.)