“In fact, after discussing the high-altitude precipitation in the northwest, I think the use of seawater desalination technology to supply urban water can be slowed down, or the scale of construction does not need to be too large in the initial stage.
If the high-altitude water vapor in the northwest really drops on a large scale, the climate in the north will be completely changed, and the rainfall in the north may not be much different from that in the south in the future.
As long as industrial wastewater is properly treated and water sources are prevented from being polluted, most areas in the north will still have relatively sufficient water resources in the future, and their reliance on desalinated seawater may not be that great. " Zhao Yi said.
Although Zhao Yi himself hopes to be able to do this business and earns not much money per ton of water, he cannot handle the large volume. Not to mention the problem of increased water consumption in the future as the population increases, even now, the annual water consumption of about 300 billion tons is not small amount.
It’s just that he understands better that if the amount of water in the north increases, the cost of seawater desalination will still be slightly higher compared to drawing water from fresh water sources. The increase in the cost of water for residents and industries will have a certain impact on people’s livelihood and economic development.
"Your suggestion is correct, but we don't know when the climate in the northwest will fundamentally change. We are not sure yet how much water resources will be provided to the north in the future.
Therefore, I think it is still necessary to continue the seawater desalination project, but it does not need to be completely replaced in the early stage. Desalinated seawater and terrestrial fresh water can be used in combination.
This can not only solve the current water shortage problem in the northern region, but also allow us to see how it will change in the future and avoid the waste of resources caused by the rapid development of the country.
But you still have to do this. Over the years, your Yaoguang Environmental Management Company has participated in many urban tap water and urban sewage and garbage treatment businesses, and has strong strength in this area. "The leader said.
What he said is based on facts. At least for the city's tap water supply business in which Yaoguang Environmental Management Company is involved, the quality of tap water is better than that of other water companies. This is an indisputable fact.
If it were not for the possibility of pollution in the city's water supply pipes, the tap water provided by Yaoguang Environmental Management Company is considered to be drinkable directly, and the tap water tastes very good.
As for the sewage treatment and garbage disposal business, basically all cities in the country are now contracted by Yaoguang Environmental Management Company, because other companies are much less capable in this regard.
Before Yaoguang Environmental Management Company got involved in this area of business, urban sewage might have been briefly treated, but most of the urban waste was directly buried, causing secondary pollution.
The urban sewage treated by Fluolight Environmental Management Company can definitely be drunk directly if there is no psychological burden. Although it may not have the good taste of tap water, it definitely meets the health standards.
Moreover, their sewage treatment costs are relatively low. Instead of the previous physical osmosis treatment technology, they use more efficient biofilm treatment technology, which has low treatment costs and good treatment effects.
As for solid waste treatment, the treatment plant of Yaoguang Environmental Management Company basically realizes automatic classification of garbage. It can not only sort out more harmful garbage in advance, but also recycle useful garbage.
In the past, whether it was urban water plants, sewage treatment plants or garbage treatment plants, they basically operated at a loss. Without government subsidies, it would be difficult to operate.
Now the Fluolight Environmental Management Company handles these matters, and most of the business is in a profitable state. Although the profit may not be much, it is much better than before, and more importantly, the processing effect is also leading in the world.
Under this circumstance, there is no reason not to hand over these businesses to Yaoguang Environmental Management Company, so their urban water supply business already accounts for about 80% of my country's market share, and it continues to rise, and may reach 100% in the future. .
As for the sewage treatment and garbage treatment business, it has basically reached more than 95% of the market share, not to mention 100%, and has become a veritable domestic sewage and garbage treatment giant.
To be honest, with their technological advantages, they can definitely carry out international business in this area, but their focus is not on this aspect, and their profits are not particularly large, so they have no idea of continuing to develop into the international market.
Now their main work is still on greening. On the one hand, they need to maintain and consolidate the previous land transformation results. On the other hand, they are busy with the Loess Plateau transformation plan and related government cooperation business.
So when the leader entrusted this business to him, he didn't have any surprises, and he did his part. When the leader said this, he just nodded and expressed his willingness to take on the task.
As for the specific implementation plan, I will not say it on this occasion. When the time comes, let Yaoguang Environmental Management Company negotiate with the cities that need desalinated seawater supply. It cannot be determined in a short time.
After talking about this matter, the leader returned to the northwest environmental transformation. He said: "Let's talk openly and honestly about what you think about the northwest transformation plan just discussed at the expert seminar."
Hearing what the leader said, he couldn't continue to beat around the bush. To be honest, he really wanted to carry out this plan, otherwise he wouldn't have asked so carefully.
The leader also saw his performance at the expert seminar, so he decided that he had his own ideas about this. As for why he didn't agree immediately, it was probably a matter of interests.
As he said before, this is a project with an investment scale of more than 2 trillion yuan. No one dares to guarantee it without determining the profit distribution.
This time the leader didn't want to continue playing Tai Chi with him, and deliberately used frank words, hoping that he could express his thoughts.
As for whether the government will agree to it, that will be a matter later. After comprehensive consideration, the government may not agree to all of them, but at least it will take into account his actual interests and agree selectively.
“To be honest, I am indeed very interested in the Northwest Environmental Renovation Plan. Whether it is in the interests of the country or my personal interests, I hope to do a good job in this plan.
However, you, the leader, also know that the scale of investment is really too large. Although I cannot afford it, it is still quite difficult and may affect my other plans.
So I need to consider the benefits that will come from doing this. However, the time is still short and I haven’t thought about it as a whole. It doesn’t make much sense to say it rashly now. On the contrary, it may offend people due to subsequent changes. " Zhao Yi said.
The leader heard what he said and nodded in agreement. What he said was basically true. In such a short period of time, with so many interests involved, it was indeed difficult to think clearly for a while.
However, the leader still said: "This is an informal conversation we just want to discuss the ideas of both parties. It will not become the final basis for formal negotiations, so you can speak boldly and don't have so many scruples."
Hearing what the leader said, Zhao Yi stopped being coy and said directly: "My main interests in the Northwest are the places currently being developed.
However, these places have almost been developed. Although they require a lot of maintenance costs every year, they are nothing compared to the overall reconstruction plan of the Northwest.
Therefore, relying on these existing interests to motivate me to invest a large amount of capital and energy is not very convincing. Therefore, benefits must be obtained from other places to make up for the losses.
I also know that it is impossible for the government to rent good land to me now, which is why I only rented desert wasteland for development before.
Because this is a win-win situation, the country can not only reap the benefits of environmental transformation, but I personally can also gain economic returns from these lands. It can also promote local economic development and the overall economic development of the country.
Therefore, the current solution is probably to start with land lease. In other words, the desert land that can bring me benefits is currently undeveloped.
There won't be too many disputes over this kind of land, which saves a lot of trouble for the overall development of desert land, and the government won't suffer much loss, it's just turning waste into treasure.
There are two types of land. One is the desert land that I have developed now. The previous lease term was 100 years. I hope to sign a preferential follow-up lease extension contract in advance and renew the lease for 100 years unconditionally.
The other is desert land that has not yet been developed and transformed. I hope to be able to lease it unconditionally for 200 years and have the first right to renew the lease. If the lease is not renewed, the property losses on the land need to be compensated. "
Such conditions may seem very overbearing to Zhao Yi, but in fact, based on the input-output ratio, such conditions are not excessive at all. Even according to normal operations, he himself would still suffer a loss.
If the environment of Lop Nur really needs to be transformed, the downwind area will basically be in Gansu, and the desertified land area in Gansu is 190,000 square kilometers (inferred based on existing data).
Although this land seems to be a lot, based on an investment of 2 trillion yuan, the price per square meter has reached 10 yuan, which is almost the same as the price of urban construction land purchased by Chinese housing companies.
Moreover, if these lands are to be usable, they still need to continue to invest money. They cannot be used immediately. To be honest, if he can really transform these desert lands into fertile farmland, it would be a good deal for the government to give them to him for free. of trading.
He also knew this. These desert lands alone could not make up for his own losses, so he thought of renewing the lease of the transformed land for 100 years in advance for free to make up for the losses in this regard.
When the leader heard Zhao Yi's conditions, he didn't have much reaction, because the government would basically deal with the problem from this perspective. Compared with others, there was no loss in giving him these useless desert lands.
Not only will there be no loss, but it will also lead him to invest more money to develop these lands, which will inevitably require labor to work, bringing more employment opportunities to the local area, and these jobs will be permanent.
Not to mention other benefits, anyway, compared to the benefits given away, the benefits the government gets from it are definitely much more than Zhao Yi.
Originally, Gansu was relatively remote, and the geographical location for industrial development was not very good. We could only arrange some necessary local industrial industries, and rely on agriculture and the service industry for the rest.
Leaving aside the service industry, if these desertified lands can be successfully transformed, then the development of the primary industry will definitely be much better than it is now, which will be very beneficial to Gansu's economic development.
Moreover, after the environment is improved, the living environment of local residents will also be greatly improved. Whether it is air quality or water source quality and adequacy, it will be much better, at least much more livable than now.
Moreover, the leader does not quite believe that once Zhao develops these lands, he will just plant some ordinary crops, because according to his past analysis, the output value per mu of the land developed by him is much higher than that of other people and institutions.
As for whether the land area controlled by Zhao Yi is too large, the government is not too worried. First, these lands are not permanently owned, and the land still belongs to the country in name.
Second, the land cannot be taken away. It is an immovable asset. Now that he has a very large economic influence in the country, he can use this land to tie his hands and feet, and also tie other interests in his hands to the country. A very good deal.
As for whether he will settle abroad or transfer his assets overseas on a large scale, it is even simpler. At that time, these lands can be directly nationalized. There are relevant provisions in the documents of the previously signed agreement.
Therefore, fundamentally speaking, the leasing of these lands is a win-win matter, and both the government and the private sector are optimistic and supportive of this.
Although some people occasionally question this, because the operations of his companies in these places have created a lot of benefits, but this is only true for a few individuals and does not affect the overall situation.
Because everyone knows very well that if these places cannot be effectively managed, not only will they not create any economic value, but they will also pose a greater threat to the residents living in these areas, and there will also be a huge threat to the land in surrounding areas.
Just because someone gets good governance and gets huge benefits, we can't think that he has taken advantage of it. If it weren't for him and anyone else, the government would agree, but they don't have the ability to do these things.
What's more, a considerable part of these huge economic benefits flows into the hands of the government in the form of taxes, and part of it is shared by local residents in the form of wages.
Take the Mu Us Ranch for example. The tax revenue they generate has accounted for the majority of the fiscal revenue of the governments of Shaanxi, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia. The tax revenue generated by the Tengger Ranch for Inner Mongolia and Gansu is also not low.
These are normal people's way of thinking. Zhao Yi's ambition is even greater. He not only wants to change the climate of the northwest, he even has his idea reached the Tarim Basin, hoping to change the environment of the Taklimakan Desert and turn it into a fertile forest. .
If it is simply to desalinate seawater and transport it to Lop Nur, it will be difficult to change the environment of the Tarim Basin, so the leaders will never have this idea.
However, if Zhao Yi's second plan is followed, most of the high-altitude water vapor in Xinjiang can be retained in the Tarim Basin, and there is a high probability of achieving this goal.
In addition, he has excellent biotechnology, which can cover the desert in the Tarim Basin with green in a short period of time, reducing the evaporation of surface water. After a few years of conservation, these desert lands will become fertile. land.
The Tarim Basin covers an area of 400,000 square kilometers, of which the Taklimakan Desert covers an area of 330,000 square kilometers. To be honest, this area is too big for Zhao Yi.
With such a large land area, it is more than enough no matter what it is used for. One-third will be used to plant trees to form a forest, and the remaining two-thirds can definitely be reclaimed to plant crops.
So I heard that the leader affirmed this benefit distribution plan. After all, there are precedents for these, and the effect is very obvious. There is no reason for the government to disagree.
Zhao Yi took over and said: "Leader, have you ever thought about turning the Tarim Basin into the granary of our country?"
After hearing this, I looked at him specifically to make sure he was not joking, and said seriously: "Although this idea is good, the possibility of it being realized is almost zero.
If you want to turn the Tarim Basin into a granary, you need to replenish at least the amount of water that exceeds the amount of evaporated water, and the annual evaporation in this place reaches 3000 millimeters, which is 3 meters.
The entire Tarim Basin covers an area of 400,000 square kilometers. According to the rainwater demand standards of grasslands, an additional 300 millimeters of water is needed, so the total water demand reaches 1.3 trillion cubic meters.
If the transformation plan of water transmission from east to west is adopted, it will be impossible to complete such a large amount of water transportation work, at least in the foreseeable next 100 years. "
Although this algorithm is a bit rough, the difference is not too big. Zhao Yi agreed. From a normal perspective, this task is impossible to complete.
It's just that he didn't intend to adopt conventional methods. The previous two trillion yuan was a very large investment for him. If he could use a cheaper cost method, of course he would adopt a cheaper plan.
“To be honest, when I had this idea, I thought it was fanciful, but since everyone is willing to invest 2 trillion yuan to transform the northwest, why not set a bigger goal.
At the expert seminar just now, it was basically confirmed that the water vapor at high altitude in Xinjiang exceeds 1.6 trillion tons all year round. Not to mention all the water vapor falling down, only about 80%, which is 1.28 trillion tons, needs to be dropped.
Although it is lower than the data you just roughly calculated, we also know that when the Tarim Basin is covered with green plants, the annual evaporation will not be that much, and it will basically be enough. " Zhao Yi said.
When the leader heard his words, he was not surprised that his calculations were correct, but that he had seriously thought about this problem. If he could really do this, it would indeed be possible to achieve the goal of transforming the Tarim Basin.
"Are you serious? Do you have a way to do this?" the leader asked.
"Actually, I have seriously thought about this issue. If I can do this, I am very willing to do it. As for the method, it only exists in my mind at the moment. I am not sure whether it will work or not.
After I go back and carry out relevant research, I will be able to give a definite answer. " Zhao Yi said.
Hearing what he said, the leader suddenly stood up and said: "Although I don't know what impact the transformation of the Tarim Basin will have on our country's climate, I think the impact will not be too bad, and it may bring more benefits.
If you can really do this, although I can't give an exact promise right away, I can at least be sure that the entire Taklimakan Desert will be leased to you free of charge. We can guarantee this. "
The Taklimakan Desert covers an area of 330,000 square kilometers, which is not very large. His hometown, Jiangxi, only covers an area of about 160,000 square kilometers, which is almost twice the size of Jiangxi Province. (End of chapter)