Nuclear fusion technology has been rapidly promoted by the authorities. Its direct impact on the world is the fluctuation of fossil energy prices and financial stock market fluctuations. In addition, it is the jealousy of some foreign people.
As a place of occurrence, China is the most directly affected by the application of nuclear fusion technology and cannot be ignored.
As early as more than three years ago, Science Island's star ring experiment was successful, which had some impact at that time.
Officials announced a gradual reduction in production and some coal mines with backward production capacity.
After that, some miners lost their jobs and some coal mining companies experienced reduced profits. After such a long buffering period, the workers who were laid off at that time have all switched to other jobs and have stabilized.
This time, nuclear fusion technology has been promoted and popularized, and its impact is much greater than last time.
Several provinces that mainly use thermal power generation have announced cooperation with China Nuclear Energy Group to plan nuclear fusion power stations. This has shown that thermal power generation is facing large-scale elimination in the next five years.
Thermal power generation is the main body of coal consumption. Once eliminated, the coal scale market will be greatly reduced.
At the same time, officials also issued documents in a low-key manner to speed up the closure of some old coal mines and restore vegetation in the mining areas. Some coal mining companies are seeking to gradually transform and withdraw from the market.
Many miners were laid off, a small wave of unemployment emerged, and the problem began to emerge.
As nuclear fusion technology matures, the coal market will become smaller and smaller in the next 5-10 years, or even withdraw from the mainstream.
This means that within 5-10 years, more and more miners will be laid off. There are more than 5 million miners in China. This is a huge pressure on employment, as well as workers in thermal power plants.
The official has introduced a new infrastructure plan and an environmental protection plan to return mines to grass and forests, seeking to increase jobs, alleviate the employment problems faced, and avoid a large impact on society due to too many unemployed people.
Even though the government has been prepared for it, the official plan is a general direction and cannot take into account every laid-off worker.
While the country was cheering for nuclear fusion power plants, a video went viral on the Internet.
The content of the video is that several laid-off miners caused trouble in the offline store of Army Ant Company, forcing the store to temporarily close and suspend operations.
The matter was exposed on the Internet and caused quite a stir.
"Without a job, it would be too much to trouble the army ants."
"The nuclear fusion technology developed by the Army Ant Group indirectly caused them to lose their jobs. They asked the Army Ant Group for jobs. The Army Ant Group is not short of money. Just give them a job."
"It's funny, your views are being eaten by dogs. There are millions of miners in the country. In a few years, nuclear fusion power stations will become more popular, coal mines will be closed, and thermal power plants will be closed. Will they be laid off and raised by a group of marching ants?"
"If you can get a job from the Army Ant Group by causing trouble, I dare say that within two days, the Army Ant Group will be broken and you can apply for bankruptcy."
"A company, while making profits, must also take on some social responsibilities. The Army Ant Group should continue to increase jobs and at least alleviate some employment problems as much as possible."
"The Marching Ant Group is a high-tech company, and the positions are not suitable for ordinary workers. Now Huaxia Nuclear Energy Group is expanding its recruitment and there are many positions, but those jobs are not suitable for ordinary workers."
"They are also a group of pitiful people. At their age, they are old and young, and they are the only ones supporting the family. If they don't work for a month or two, the family will be ruined."
"The officials have launched some infrastructure planning projects and highly labor-intensive environmental protection plans, which have created many jobs. These people choose to spend their time making trouble instead of looking for jobs. They do not deserve sympathy."
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In response to the miners' riots, there has been considerable controversy on the domestic Internet.
Later, some news came out that after some miners were laid off, they could not find a job for a while, their families had financial difficulties, some were too stressed, and even had the urge to commit suicide.
The problem of unemployment in obsolete industries caused by nuclear fusion technology is unfolding in front of the Chinese people at this moment.
However, from beginning to end, the senior leaders of Marching Ant Group and China Nuclear Energy Group did not respond to these matters on any occasion, choosing to deal with them coldly and try to avoid excessive attention and escalation of conflicts.
At a time when external public opinion is heated, China Nuclear Energy Group and Hebei Province officials held a launching ceremony and jointly announced that the nuclear fusion power station in Hebei Province was successfully ignited and officially put into use.
The nuclear fusion power station where Hebei Province is located will provide power to Anxiong New District, the capital and the Bohai Rim region. Nuclear fusion power stations will continue to be built in the future.
At the same time, Hebei Province officially announced the gradual closure of some coal mines and thermal power plants with low production capacity, and increased investment in environmental governance.
This news caused an uproar at home and abroad.
The wave of public opinion that was already at its peak has been pushed to a new level.
Coal miners and thermal power plant workers face the threat of being laid off again.
Some electricians in thermal power plants can be transferred to some positions in nuclear fusion power plants, but laid-off coal miners are not so lucky. Those who cannot find new jobs can only stay unemployed at home.
Some voices are already discussing that the official pace of developing nuclear fusion technology and phasing out thermal power plants and coal is a bit too hasty.
Transition and replace slowly, with enough buffer time in between. Now focus on the problem all at once. Even if the official has a plan, it is not wise to move too fast.
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"Let's take off." Chen Mo said to the Mo girl beside him.
The lift-off he was talking about was the lift-off of the Goddess.
Zhao Min handles the company's affairs. The exploration of the moon has been going on. The lunar soil bricks have been successfully solved and the materials for the construction of the lunar base have been solved.
The Goddess is loaded with a lunar lander and an exploration robot. They need to send robots to the moon to explore and find a suitable location for building a base.
After the Goddess lifted off with the lunar lander, Zhao Min's holographic video call also came over.
"You haven't had any big trouble recently, right?" Chen Mo spoke first.
He's always following the news.
The impact of nuclear fusion technology is not small. The speed of official promotion is a bit fast, and the general direction is within the scope of the official plan. After all, in the more than three years since the construction of nuclear fusion power stations, the officials have been prepared for today's situation, and there will be no big surprises. The problem.
However, individual cases cannot be completely taken into account, and the company will still be slightly affected to some extent.
From the miners at the beginning to the bustling of their offline stores, to the news that some laid-off workers were about to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge due to the pressure of life and were rescued, no one is sure whether there will be more extreme people.
"There are no big troubles, but small troubles continue. Some people want to provoke conflicts and increase the complexity of the problem." Zhao Min said.
In this world, there is never a shortage of people who make trouble. As long as their bottom line is not touched, Zhao Min is too lazy to pay attention to it now, and it is also very complicated.
There is a resentment in the hearts of laid-off miners. Coupled with the difficulties in life, it is easy to explode as long as someone instigates it.
During this time, there were several disturbances.
Many of the people who made trouble in their company came at the instigation of others.
But if you want to trace it here, it is a bit troublesome. Anyone who is interested at home and abroad will not miss this opportunity. But the other party only made some remarks on the Internet to guide the direction of the speech. Strictly speaking, it did not violate the law, and there was nothing you could do if you found the other party.
As for public opinion matters, the authorities will handle it.
"It's your turn next," Zhao Min said.
When Chen Mo heard Zhao Min's words, he was a little confused: "Am I on the stage? What can I do on the stage? Be a mascot or give them chicken soup?"
Zhao Min smiled when he heard the mascot and chicken soup.
“It’s not about being a mascot or giving us chicken soup, but it’s about solving the root causes of our company’s domestic problems and becoming a giant of the times.”
"That's still a mascot. Tell me, what do you want me to do?"
"Announce the news personally."
(End of chapter)