Chapter 441 The Huge Problem at the Last Moment

Nearly four months have passed in the blink of an eye.

The end of December 2025 is approaching January.

For Jinmen City, the weather is already very cold during this period, and the temperature can reach below zero from time to time.

However, compared to this coldness, the temperature represented by the Golden Crow Project also makes every member still maintain an overflowing enthusiasm, especially since the success of their Golden Crow Project is right in front of them.

"The second batch of generators has arrived and has been installed."

In Lin Xiao's office, Lin Xiao and Li Gang were talking.

Hearing the news, Lin Xiao nodded and said, "The second batch will be equivalent to fifteen more units."

"That means we have thirty units in total."

"Thirty units!"

"Tsk, tsk, thirty!"

When they heard about thirty stations, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

Thirty 1,000-megawatt generators are equivalent to thirty thousand megawatts or thirty million kilowatts!

If all the generators are running at full load, they can generate 720 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a day, which is 720 million kilowatt-hours of electricity!

Song Tao couldn't help but say: "I remember that the total installed capacity of the Three Gorges Dam is only 22.5 million kilowatts, right?"

"Yes, and when the Three Gorges Dam is in operation, it may not be able to fully utilize the 22.5 million kilowatts."

Everyone present nodded and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

Hidden beneath each of these numbers are the huge advantages of controllable nuclear fusion.

The Three Gorges Dam cost more than 200 billion yuan to build successfully, but how much money did they invest in the Jinwu Project?

Oh, strictly speaking, they didn’t invest any money in the Golden Crow Project. They relied entirely on the money earned from other sources to support it.

Of course, in fact, the accounts cannot be calculated like this. It must be calculated from the time when China began to invest in controllable nuclear fusion research. And if calculated this way, they can be regarded as having invested a total of hundreds of billions, which may be similar to the Three Gorges Dam. Probably more.

But even if it is several times more, it is still acceptable.

After all, "Don't forget, we want to provide electric energy for the entire Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei economic circle."

At this time, Lin Xiao smiled and said.

Everyone else nodded.

Li Gang said: "Last year, the total electricity consumption in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei was as high as 700 billion kilowatt-hours. That means we must generate 2 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity every day, which means that the total installed capacity must reach at least 85 million kilowatts. installed capacity, and all of them must be fully utilized.”

"It always feels a bit unrealistic."

Lin Xiao spread his hands and said, "Does it feel like the data was just fabricated?"

"really."

Lin Xiao laughed: "Anyway, in our world, this is the way it is."

"Of course, what is certain for the time being is that after ours is completed, more fusion reactors will definitely continue to be built above, and by then, the power consumption will definitely increase further. By then, it will definitely not be the one we have here. The reactor is here to sustain it.”

"Um."

Everyone present nodded. It is true. After the Jinwu reactor is built, electricity consumption will definitely increase significantly. This is destined to the business operation model. When businessmen see production costs drop, profits will increase. After the improvement, the first thing that comes to mind is naturally to increase production efficiency and speed, and make better use of reduced costs to earn more profits.

“However, by then, I’m afraid a lot of people will lose their jobs as a result.”

Li Gang suddenly sighed, and then turned his attention to the electric heater in front of them.

Others also turned to look at the electric heater they were using, and then nodded, agreeing with Li Gang's statement.

The weather is very cold, so this is the type of electric heater they use in their office.

They don't have any heating here, because according to Lin Xiao, after they successfully ignite the fire, they can use the hot water boiled in the turbine generator to provide heat, so there is no need to ask the heating company to Come and pull the heating pipe.

Of course, the heating company may not be willing to install heating pipes for them, and may even curse them in their hearts to freeze to death.

After all, once the Jinwu Project is successful, except for the old houses, they will still be able to use the heaters installed before, while the new houses will be heated by electric heating. This is because after the success of the Jinwu Project, the price of electricity will drop. It will make the price of electric heating very cheap. In addition, the carbon dioxide released by the combustion of heating is obviously not as clean as nuclear fusion power generation.

Therefore, for heating companies, the threat of the Jinwu Project can be said to be quite huge. As long as the Jinwu Project succeeds and controllable nuclear fusion brings cheap clean energy, all companies like heating companies that rely on combustion and emit carbon dioxide will All heating methods will be gradually replaced.

Therefore, for those who are engaged in the heating industry, they are facing the crisis of unemployment.

Of course, this situation is inevitable. Whenever a new technology is born, the historical trend will set off a storm, and in this storm, it is obviously destined that there will be some people who cannot adapt to this storm. , and things that are submerged in the tide of history.

Things like heating companies are obviously destined to be unable to adapt to the huge trend set off by controllable nuclear fusion, so their gradual disappearance is also destined.

Of course, it’s not just heating companies that will disappear. Under the impact of controllable nuclear fusion, a large number of industries will disappear, such as all industries that need to rely on old energy to survive. For example, considering that future electricity bills will be cheaper, Pure electric vehicles will also usher in another vigorous development stage, and the country will further promote the development of pure electric vehicles.

In the end, the originally huge oil industry will fall apart. Although oil will still be preserved in the world as a commodity, it will no longer have the ability to shake the foundation of the world economy as it does now.

Of course, the world's total GDP will not decrease because of the disappearance of these industries, but will shift to healthier areas, that is, industries with more high added value.

More and more people will see the benefits of low energy costs and begin to engage in industrial production that originally required high electricity costs to operate. And because of the low cost, except for a few monopolized industries, most commodity prices will be reduced, which will further stimulate consumption, so the final GDP will not decrease, or even increase, and it will be healthier.

After all, for the current oil industry giants, they can be called the silverfish of the earth. They rely on their privileges on the earth to suck the blood of the earth to make huge profits, and have given birth to a large number of devices. In the black space of rent-seeking, places with oil resources seek profits by selling mining rights, and there is room for manipulation such as interpersonal relationships and bribery, which breeds more darkness.

There is no such space for controllable nuclear fusion to be operated.

After all, controllable nuclear fusion does not require the establishment of mining rights, and the fuel only requires deuterium and tritium extracted from seawater, so naturally there is no room for rent-seeking. For this kind of industry, with domestic According to the national conditions, it is inevitable that the state can only hold a controlling stake and control all the upstream, midstream and downstream links. This avoids the renting and selling of "licenses" by those in power, and thus avoids the existence of bribery and other behaviors.

So why it is said that the more developed the technology, the more civilized the society will be? It is because the development of technology has made up for some loopholes left by underdeveloped societies, just like a game version update, some BUGs will be solved.

From this aspect, you can imagine that if science and technology develops to the point where human organs can be directly cultivated outside the body, it is equivalent to the field of organ transplantation. Human beings no longer need organs transplanted from the human body. They only need to In a culture dish, a patient's cells can be cultivated into the organs he needs, and then they can be directly transplanted into them, and it can also avoid problems caused by rejection.

And in this case, wouldn't those organ smuggling organizations be unemployed?

After all, organ smuggling organizations mainly serve the rich, and for the rich, since there is a better and legal organ option, there is no need to choose this kind of transplant and have to drink it every day. Drugs that prevent rejection also require organs that carry illegal risks. Even if the cost of cultivating such organs is expensive, it is obviously acceptable to the vast majority of wealthy people.

In this way, when organ smuggling cannot make enough profits, smugglers will naturally be unwilling to continue taking risks in this industry. For these smugglers, changing careers is the best way out.

This is also a social loophole that is filled in the process of scientific and technological progress.

Therefore, when technology develops to its extreme, society will definitely be bathed in the sunshine of perfect harmony. Unless some individuals who are naturally fond of crime will continue to bring disharmony to society, the entire society will be free of crime. It can be said.

However, such a society obviously still needs countless years of development. For now, it is best to let the emergence of controllable nuclear fusion temporarily make their society a little more perfect and allow the entire world to reduce some wars due to resource seizure. Okay.

"Okay, survival of the fittest, survival of the fittest, and elimination of the unfit. This is the way of nature and the way of our society."

Lin Xiao said: "So we have nothing to say about this matter."

"Um."

Everyone else nodded, that's how society is, survival of the fittest.

Just like the ancestors of modern people are basically aristocrats, it is because for ancient aristocrats, their descendants are more likely to face the advantages and disadvantages of the environment than the poor.

Even if poor people in ancient times could give birth to children, they faced a very high probability of premature death, as well as frequent wars, famines and other events. The probability of continuing the family lineage was very low.

And this situation has become even more extreme in modern times. The poor do not even plan to have children. Naturally, they are destined to lose the possibility of continuing the family line. Then when modern times become ancient times, history will repeat itself. , of course, to put it at best, it means that many young lives have been lost that died young.

…

And while a few of them were chatting, there was a knock on the door.

A man hurriedly ran in and said to Lin Xiao: "Commander Lin, there is a problem with the conch device! You need to go and take a look!"

Lin Xiao and the others were all stunned. Seeing this man in such a hurry, could it be that something big had happened?

Lin Xiao stood up immediately and said, "Let's go now. Tell me what happened on the way."

The importance of the conch-type device is completely self-evident. Even if there is a problem with the magnetic fluid generator, it does not matter. After all, there are many magnetic fluid generators, and it is not a big problem if one or two are broken, but the conch-type device can There is only one!

Therefore, if a problem occurs anywhere, it may bring extremely fatal problems to the final runtime situation, or even major safety hazards.

Never think that controllable nuclear fusion is safe. After all, what you need to know is that all safety is based on what humans can control. The so-called safety has become nonsense.

What's more, this is an artificial sun.

You can guess what would happen if you threw a person into the sun.

Not to mention that the temperature of the artificial sun they have built is higher than the core of the sun.

If there is a leak, or even a more serious explosion, once the 100 million-degree plasma leaks out, the entire Golden Crow Project Research Institute building will probably be evaporated in an instant, let alone people, even if it is fusion Tungsten plates will not work either. After all, the fusion tungsten plates are only designed to face controlled plasma flows, not uncontrollable plasma flows of hundreds of millions of degrees.

Of course, this is not unbearable at all. After all, the scope of influence can only cover the entire institute, so it is not a big problem.

The most serious thing is the large number of high-energy neutrons produced. These neutrons will rush around at sub-light speed, and will eventually cause extremely serious radiation hazards to people nearby.

Just think about the impact that the nuclear leak on a certain island had on the surrounding area.

And when the time comes, all members of their Golden Crow Project will need to bear full responsibility for this.

So Lin Xiao attaches great importance to it.

Of course, it's not just Lin Xiao who pays attention to it, Li Gang and the others also attach great importance to it.

After all, if they really want to be held accountable, Lin Xiao may be able to avoid some jail terms based on his past merits, but that may not be the case for them.

Of course, discussing the issue of responsibility at this time seems a bit narrow. For them, the first thing that comes to mind at this moment is obviously not the issue of responsibility, but the attitude of responsibility towards the people that the researchers of the Golden Crow Project should assume. .

This is also what they think together.

Li Gang and others also said: "We will go too."

"yes!"

When the staff member saw so many big guys coming, he naturally did not dare to neglect, and said immediately, and then quickly turned back.

Lin Xiao and the others quickly followed and left here.

Lin Xiao's office was not far from the site, so they quickly arrived at the construction site of the conch device.

I saw a huge metal building standing in the center of the construction site.

The main part of the Oriental Hyperring device is 11 meters high, 8 meters in diameter, and weighs 400 tons, while the conch-type device used in the Jinwu fusion reactor is many times larger.

The reason has been mentioned before. The Oriental Hyperloop is just an experimental device, and the Jinwu Fusion Reactor supplies all the power needs of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Economic Circle, so it is naturally much larger in size.

At this moment, the construction site that was supposed to continue had stopped, and everyone looked at one of the places with embarrassed expressions.

"Are you saying that there was a problem when the construction workers installed the superconducting coil? They misread several staggered positions, which resulted in a large discrepancy between the final actual distance and the planned distance?"

At this time, Li Gang asked the staff member who brought them here, his brows furrowed deeply.

"Yes."

The staff member showed helplessness on his face and nodded.

"Oh my God." Li Gang held his forehead, as if he could see the collapse in his heart.

Others around him also had the same expression.

Obviously, this mistake is too huge.

The superconducting coils they installed are the coils that provide the magnetic field.

Since the conch device is not as regular as the tokamak device, the arrangement of the superconducting coils is relatively regular. For the conch device, the superconducting coil is relatively complex, so in the construction process , it must also be built in strict accordance with the design drawings to ensure that the distance between each wire and the reaction chamber needs to be the same as the design.

But now they have a more serious problem, that is, two intersecting lines shaped like "X" are set as line A and line B, and the position of line A in space should be below, and Now in the actual decoration, the position of line B is built inside, which causes the distance between the superconducting wire of line A and the reaction chamber to be different from the plan.

As a result, the magnetic field generated by line A cannot achieve the expected effect, which will result in them not being able to control the internal plasma flow as expected during actual operation.

By then, if it has been running for a long time, it is very likely that leaks or even explosions will occur. Of course, it is also more likely that they will discover that something is wrong in advance and terminate the operation as soon as possible. However, even so, leaks and explosions may occur. The possibility is not zero.

Thinking of this, they all broke into a cold sweat.

Fortunately, it was discovered in advance now, otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous.

Song Tao even cursed angrily: "What the hell, how did Ding Zhaoan do that shit? How can such a problem occur when building something based on the design drawings?"

Ding Zhaoan is the main person in charge of the construction of the conch device this time.

At the same time, Ding Zhaoan is also a member of the Institute of Plasma. He has been responsible for the update and construction of the Eastern Hyperloop several times before. He can be said to be a very experienced old man, so he took on this work. Song Tao and the others also I trusted Ding Zhaoan very much, but unexpectedly, this happened.

After scolding, Song Tao said again: "Go and call Ding Zhaoan over."

"yes."

The staff member quickly said that he was also from the Plasma Institute. When he saw the director looking so angry, he couldn't help but pray for Ding Zhaoan, hoping that he would not be scolded too badly later.

Soon, Ding Zhaoan came over. Song Tao first scolded him with a few words, but Ding Zhaoan also knew that the problem was big, so he lowered his head and did not dare to say a word.

Until the end, Li Gang probably couldn't stand it anymore, so he grabbed Song Tao and said, "Okay, okay, stop scolding me now, Zhao'an, please tell me why you have this problem first. This problem is not Should this happen to you?”

Ding Zhaoan sighed and said: "This... is indeed my problem. I made the mistake of empiricism..."

With Ding Zhaoan's explanation, they finally understood why such a problem occurred. It turned out that it was because Ding Zhaoan had been exposed to tokamak devices in the past, and this was the first time he had come into contact with this conch-type device, so he was building superconducting lines. At that time, in the process of directing others, he directed somewhat based on his feelings, that is, he did not look at the design drawings, but relied on his past experience in building tokamak devices.

Of course, according to his own statement, he felt that what he commanded must also be what was designed on the design drawing.

So in the end, it was pretended to be wrong.

Of course, only the project quantities in the recent period were wrongly installed. In the previous work, he always directed according to the design drawings. If he hadn't suddenly looked at the design drawings just now, otherwise he would have made another mistake again and again. .

At this point, everyone present sighed, and Li Gang pointed at Ding Zhaoan and said: "You, you... ugh."

Finally, Li Gang let out a long sigh, then looked at Lin Xiao, who had been silent, and said, "Um, Chief Lin, I'm sorry, this is a problem with our plasma institute."

Lin Xiao did not speak, but continued to look at the entire device.

To others, it looked like he was speechless for a moment because he was too angry and disappointed.

"Then... what should we do now?" Song Tao said, "The only option is to reinstall?"

Although the problem only occurred in the recent project, the impact is on the entire project. If it is reinstalled, at least two months of effort will be in vain.

According to the plan, there is still one and a half months until the Spring Festival, which is when it is time to light the fire. Obviously, they are not very happy about such unexpected things. Moreover, if the fire is lit on the day of the Spring Festival, there is also a kind of commemoration. The meaning is in it.

Thinking of this, they couldn't help but feel even more angry.

However, at this moment, a voice sounded that made them all feel hopeful again.

"No, it can still be saved."

Lin Xiao, who had been staring at the device, suddenly turned his head and said to them.

"What Chief Master Lin means!"

Li Gang and the others became excited and looked at Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao smiled: "There is not always only one solution, so this question still has a solution."