Deep Space Fleet

A month passed quickly. Preliminary progress has been made in the scientific investigation of the Taipu civilization.

"Is this civilization still using fossil fuels?" A Survey on the Popularization of Fossil Fuels "," A Survey on the Possibility of Global Warming ... "

On this day, Zhang Yuan was sorting out this information in the captain's room, and there were all kinds of messy reports. He also heard folk tourism calls, including the topic of his own bionics transformation, which was revisited.

If you use robot VR technology for travel, the effect will be much worse. It will take at least five or ten years to use the virtual world technology for re-engraving. Where is it so fast? Humans' weak bodies cannot adapt to three times the gravity, and no matter how to strengthen exercise, the only way to experience it first hand is through bionics transformation.

Of course, with regard to the voice of the people, no matter how fast it can't be realized immediately, if you want to reform yourself, you must pass some legal procedures.

Li Cheng of the Secretariat replied: "Some of the fossil fuels are used, and the planet's fossil resources are very rich. According to our geologist's estimate, it is at least 20 times more than Earth! Because the planet's mass is so big ... Another part is renewable biofuels. "

哦 "Oh? Biofuel?" Zhang Yuan wondered.

"Yes, this civilization generally grows an annual herb called" Alk ", which can easily and efficiently extract industrial alcohol and methane. Most of the fuel for empty boat engines is provided by this plant. Only a small amount Military weapons need high-calorie fuels before they can use oil. "

"It's a really nice plant. It's an unexpected delight."

的 Many chemical raw materials in Kunlun Mountains are also provided by plants, so biologists in Kunlun Mountains are thinking that if this plant is really excellent, they can try to introduce it into the entire industrial system.

Zhang Yuan pondered for a while, frowning and asked, "Did Taipu civilization consider renewable energy so early? They are so visionary? But when the oil crisis really happened, human beings vigorously developed controlled nuclear fusion. , Most of the oil was simply burned. Is there a deeper reason, such as ... "

"Not at all, mainly for economic reasons." Dr. Li Cheng said with a smile: "Because for this civilization, although oil is too difficult to dig, under high gravity environment, shallow oil is very scarce and needs More pressure can be exploited. Oil extraction depends on artificially added energy such as pumping pumps and gas lifts. It is more difficult under high gravity. "

"High-quality oil is on the deeper surface, leading to high extraction costs."

This is also true. Under the high gravity environment, the deeper the surface, the stones are harder, and it is more difficult to extract oil.

Rhenium is like the earth's shale oil, with reserves of about 11 trillion to 13 trillion tons, far exceeding the oil reserves, but the development is extremely difficult, and only a small part can be used.

Dr. Li Cheng continued: "The planet is very sparsely populated, its surface area is four or five times that of the earth, and the birth rate of the population is not high, only less than four billion. So these farmers choose to plant this on a large scale in the plains. First-class plants are economical and affordable. "

"That's it." Zhang Yuan heard here and asked, "Then do you think that this excellent energy plant was intentionally left by the instigator's civilization? Such a thing as oil will be used up even if the quantity is large. , But renewable energy is completely different and can last long. "

Searching for traces of the enlightened civilization has always been the focus of this scientific investigation. People have been looking for the so-called evidence. It is impossible to make any winds and chances coincidentally. They are all thought to be left by the enlightened civilization. That would be too funny.

Facing Zhang Yuan's question, Li Cheng replied: "It depends on the time point of" 150,000 years ago ", whether this kind of plant named" Arke "happened like the" World Tree "of the Riley civilization. Large-scale genetic mutations. If any, it can basically be concluded that it is the behavior of the enlightened civilization. "

"... This civilization analyzes from an innate perspective. It is indeed very difficult to enter space. If controlled nuclear fusion cannot be achieved, even if there is no energy crisis now, there will be."

"The emergence of this plant now will undoubtedly greatly ease the energy crisis and can provide more development time."

Zhang Yuan nodded: "However, this seems to be inconsistent with the idea of ​​the Enlightened civilization. If this civilization gradually stops progressing in the next few thousand years, and it has been using this plant to linger, it will not be the same as the Riley civilization? Perpetual extension What's the point of going down? So I think, for this reason, the probability of deliberately making this plant is not high. "

按照 "According to my personal idea: if a civilization runs out of fossil fuels, but does not ignite the spark of nuclear fusion and leave the planet, then it will die if it dies, there is nothing to regret."

Li Cheng replied: "I don't agree with your idea very much. I think we need to consider the technical difficulty of leaving the planet itself. If the gravity of a planet is ten times that of the earth, then the creatures of this planet can leave the planet Is n’t it possible? Even our spacecraft is difficult to take off and land. Then the emergence of an energy source that gives these lives a respite is considered kindness. "

"Our scientists are deducing, according to the technological level of human beings at the end of the 20th century, to continue to develop in this way, whether it is possible to leave the planet with 3 times the gravity and start the great interstellar era."

"Relevant mathematical modeling work is still underway ~ www.readwn.com ~ Some scientists think it can, and others believe that traditional rocket technology is difficult to help the Tap people leave the planet step by step."

如果 "If you really can't, it means that the innate environment of this civilization is defective and needs some help. The visionary enlightened civilization may be trying to do something in this area ..."

"This idea makes sense." Zhang Yuan saw a photo on the screen, and anthropologists were visiting the museum.

文明 This civilization also has its own archeology, and is also studying its own origin. This may be the commonality of scientific and technological thinking. Everything wants to trace its origins, rather than bluntly attribute its existence to the gods.

So the current research direction is divided into two parts, one is archeology, focusing on the history of 150,000 years ago.

The other is to investigate whether the Taipu civilization has scientific and technological defects, environmental defects, and hidden help from the enlightened person.

"There is no particularly good discovery for the time being ... In 150,000 years, a series of complex evolutions have been formed. If we do not rely on the power of the Taipu civilization itself, it will be too slow and too slow for us to do our own scientific research. . "

"Our diplomatic team is considering whether we can directly submit such scientific research requirements to the other party. Or, if we can directly read the other party's archaeological documents ... After all, the other party's information is not completely open to us."

Zhang Yuan nodded and said, "That's no problem ... the content we can trade is in this form, and the corresponding price is clearly marked."