Chapter 557: The Lifeline of World Energy
After taking a sip of hot tea, Che Shaozhong continued:
"I hope to promote our cooperation with other countries on controlled nuclear fusion projects as soon as possible."
Hearing what Che Shaozhong said, Xu You and Lin Shi were a little surprised.
Because at this time, the Dongri-2 experiment had just been successful and it still had a long way to go before commercial use.
It is obviously not the right time to start promoting project cooperation with other countries now.
But Xu You knew that Che Shaozhong was not a rash person and he must have his own reasons for doing this.
As Xu You thought deeply, he soon understood Che Shaozhong's intention.
"Teacher Che, are you trying to use this opportunity to weaken Mi Yuan's position in the world so that they don't have enough money to reproduce the Apollo project?"
Hearing Xu You's words, Che Shaozhong smiled with satisfaction.
"As expected of you, Mr. Xu, you understood my idea right away. That's right, I just want to take this opportunity to defeat Mi Yuan and make their plan of using Mi Yuan to take over the whole world fail. It's definitely too early to talk about cooperation now, but my fundamental purpose is not cooperation, but to let people all over the world know this news."
Only then did Lin Shi understand Che Shaozhong's inner thoughts, and her understanding of the national strategic level was refreshed.
Xu You nodded slightly, expressing his agreement with Che Shaozhong's idea.
"Of course, I can't rashly make such a suggestion without knowing anything about Dongri-2. As long as the commercial controlled nuclear fusion project is promising, it is not completely unconvincing to study cooperation at this time."
Che Shaozhong believes that other countries must have already begun to consider matters related to controlled nuclear fusion.
Compared with conventional energy sources such as coal, oil, and natural gas, the cost of generating electricity from controlled nuclear fusion is much lower and will never be exhausted.
Given that conventional energy will eventually run out, it is imperative to determine the next major energy option as soon as possible.
After understanding Che Shaozhong's true thoughts, Xu You continued to discuss some national-level cooperation issues with Che Shaozhong.
"If we want to cooperate with other countries on controlled nuclear fusion projects, there are two main directions. The first is not to build factories in other countries, but to provide electricity to these countries through power transmission. With room-temperature superconducting technology, there will be no energy loss in the power supply process, and only some line costs will be needed."
"The second direction is to build factories in these countries where the electricity supply is not directly provided by us. In this case, more technical support from us will be required and the cost will be higher."
Both methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. After discussion between Xu You and Che Shaozhong, they felt that these two directions could be implemented at the same time.
Countries that are relatively close to us, or some landlocked countries, can adopt the first method and be supplied with electricity directly by us.
For some countries that are far away, if they are coastal areas, they can build their own factories.
"But no matter which direction we go, we must retain our technology and have control over the equipment. Once other countries master these technologies or have complete control over nuclear fusion power plants, there will be some potential risks," said Che Shaozhong.
Che Shaozhong's worries were not unreasonable, and Xu You had no objection to this.
After nearly a morning of conversation, Che Shaozhong finally understood all the information he wanted to know.
"The information provided by Professor Xu is enough for me to submit my proposal. The next research work will require more attention from Professor Xu and Professor Lin."
"You're welcome, Teacher Che. This is what we should do." Xu You said.
Before leaving, Che Shaozhong suddenly remembered something.
"By the way, Mr. Xu, you haven't seen your mother much recently, right?"
Speaking of Wu Jing, Xu You hasn't had much contact with her recently.
"We met once before the moon landing project began, and we haven't seen each other much since. What's up, Mr. Che? Do you have any news about my mother?"
"Teacher Wu is currently conducting research on an important project, and you should be able to participate in it later. I won't tell you too many details, you will naturally know them later."
Seeing that Che Shaozhong didn't say too many details, Xu You didn't ask any more questions.
Now Xu You needs to devote his main energy to the controlled nuclear fusion project, and he really doesn't have much energy to study other projects.
"Also, the tea you prepared this time is really delicious, unlike last time." Che Shaozhong said with a smile.
Speaking of this matter, Xu You couldn't help but smile with shame.
Before, Xu You didn’t know how to entertain guests. He just bought some tea casually, which was not of high quality.
It was not until later that Xu You realized that when certain distinguished guests arrived, it was necessary to prepare some good tea.
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After this, Che Shaozhong quickly drafted his own proposal and submitted his opinion to his superiors.
At this critical moment, Che Shaozhong's proposal is very important and can effectively curb the international status of the United States.
Also, because Che Shaozhong was very well prepared and mentioned many details he got from Xu You in his proposal, the proposal was quickly passed.
Not long after, some mainstream media in the country revealed some news that we were preparing to promote the controlled nuclear fusion project.
After receiving this news, leaders of many countries attached great importance to it and even contacted us directly to study the possibility of cooperation on controlled nuclear fusion projects in the future.
Once this news spread, the impact it caused was undoubtedly huge.
Even if these collaborations are still in the works, once both parties have the willingness to cooperate, there is a greater possibility that the collaboration will be finalized.
If the rabbit really controls the lifeline of the world's energy, then Sam will undoubtedly lose its position as the world's hegemon.
Just as Che Shaozhong expected, when the news spread, Mi Yuan suffered a major setback.
On Thursday local time, after the US dollar index opened, the US dollar fell across the board against other major currencies, directly hitting the lowest point in a month.
In just one day, the USD index fell by 5%, creating the largest drop in the history of the USD.
Such news undoubtedly shocked the whole world.
You know, before this, the US dollar had never experienced such a painful decline.
This result proves that the whole world has begun to lose confidence in Sam.
