bookbashuk Chapter 384 Nuclear Fusion Data
Chapter 384 Nuclear Fusion Data
While Yan Country was formulating countermeasures, the international energy market had already fallen into chaos. On Wall Street in New York, the stock exchange was bustling with people, and traders were anxiously staring at the constantly jumping numbers, with panic written all over their faces.
"Oh my god, oil prices have risen again!" a young trader exclaimed, beads of sweat oozing from his forehead, "If this continues, the entire market will collapse!"
At this moment, a news flash was broadcast on the big screen: Yan State announced that it would release part of its crude oil reserves to the international market. This news was like a stream of fresh air, instantly calming the restless market a little.
However, when they learned about the crude oil price offered by Yan Country, many leaders of Western countries could not help but become furious.
At an emergency meeting, the commander-in-chief was so angry after listening to the report that his face turned blue: "These Yan people are simply blackmailing us! They are taking advantage of our predicament and making a fortune from our national disaster!"
The Secretary of State, who was sitting next to him, remained calm: "Mr. President, although the actions of Yan Country are indeed unpleasant, we have to admit that their prices are still lower than the current market price. Moreover, considering the current situation, we don't seem to have many choices."
After hearing this, the commander-in-chief sighed heavily, his face full of helplessness and humiliation: "Damn it, we have fallen to the point of relying on Yan Country. This is simply a great shame!"
At the same time, the reactions of European countries are similar. At the European Community headquarters in Brussels, representatives of various countries are having heated discussions.
The Gaul representative angrily slammed the table: "This is simply naked blackmail! Who do the Yan people think they are? How dare they treat us like this!"
Representative Hans seemed more rational: "I understand your anger, but now is not the time to lose your temper. We must admit that without Yan's oil, our industry will face the danger of a complete shutdown."
Representative John frowned and said slowly: "Although I don't want to admit it, the Yan people have indeed gained the upper hand this time. We have no choice but to accept their conditions."
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While Western countries were engaged in heated discussions, giant tankers loaded with Yan country crude oil were already heading to ports around the world. The arrival of each tanker brought a little respite to the local area.
However, as a large amount of funds flowed into Yan, the attitude of the international community towards Yan became more and more complicated. On the one hand, they were angry and dissatisfied with Yan's behavior; on the other hand, they had to admit that without Yan's oil, the situation might be even worse.
In a high-end restaurant in New York, several executives of multinational oil companies are having a secret meeting.
"Damn the Yan people!" a red-faced enemy executive cursed, "How can they still have so much oil at a time like this? I bet they must have received the news in advance!"
John, the executive sitting opposite, shook his head with a hint of helplessness in his tone: "Don't be naive, man. The Yan people have been preparing for this day. Remember their efforts to vigorously develop new energy in recent years? We laughed at their stupidity at the time, but now it seems that we are the stupid ones."
The Gaolu executive raised his glass and said with a wry smile: "The most ironic thing is that we still have to buy oil from them. Every time I see those sky-high bills, I want to tear the Yan people into pieces!"
"But what can we do?" sighed the Dutch executive. "Without oil, our business can't operate. We can only swallow our anger and pay the money obediently."
While they were cursing Yan Guo angrily, Li Yang was standing in front of the office window, looking at the busy port in the distance. A large oil tanker was slowly leaving the port, with the words "Yan Guo Petroleum" prominently written on the hull.
Zhang Guoqiang walked into the office with an undisguised excitement on his face: "Mr. Li, good news! Our oil exports have hit a record high. At current prices, our foreign exchange reserves are growing at an alarming rate."
Li Yang nodded slightly, but his face was not very happy: "This is indeed good news, but we can't be blinded by the immediate benefits. This crisis will end sooner or later, and we must take advantage of this opportunity to further promote our new energy strategy."
Zhang Guoqiang nodded thoughtfully: "You are right, Mr. Li. So, what should we do next?"
Li Yang turned around and said with a firm look: "We must increase investment in new energy technologies. With the funds brought by this crisis, we can further expand the scale of solar energy, wind energy and hydropower. At the same time, we must accelerate the development of nuclear energy."
"Nuclear energy?" Zhang Guoqiang was a little surprised, "But isn't nuclear energy technology still very immature?"
Li Yang smiled and said, "It is precisely because it is immature that we need to increase investment. Believe me, nuclear energy will be an important direction in the future energy field. We must seize the initiative in this field."
While Li Yang and Zhang Guoqiang were discussing future plans, the attitude of the international market towards Yan State became increasingly complicated. On the one hand, countries were angry and dissatisfied with Yan State's actions; on the other hand, they had to admit that without Yan State's oil, the situation might be even worse.
At a closed-door meeting in Washington, the enemy country's commander-in-chief was listening to a special report on Yan Country.
"According to our intelligence," a senior CIA official reported, "Yanguo not only has an advantage in the oil field, but their development in new energy is also astonishing. Their solar and wind energy technologies have reached a very high level."
The commander-in-chief frowned. "How is this possible? How did they make such great progress in just a few years?"
The technology consultant sitting nearby shook his head: "This is indeed unbelievable, but the facts are before our eyes. We must admit that Yan's strategic vision in the energy field is far beyond our imagination."
The commander-in-chief was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "It seems that we must re-evaluate our attitude towards Yan Country. They are no longer that backward agricultural country, but a rising industrial power."
While countries around the world were racking their brains to think about how to deal with the rise of Yan State, Li Yang had already set his sights on the more distant future. He knew that this oil crisis was just the beginning, and the real challenge was still to come.
In a secret laboratory in the capital of Yan State, Li Yang is reviewing a latest research report on a new energy technology - nuclear fusion.
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Li Yang stood in the center of the laboratory, tapping lightly on a piece of document on the table with his fingers, his expression complicated and solemn.
It was a thick document, the paper was slightly yellowed and a little curled at the corners, as if it had been through the test of time.
However, Li Yang knew that this information was not from this era, but was obtained from the system just now.
On the cover of this document, four big words are written in concise and powerful words: "Nuclear Fusion Technology".
Li Yang slowly turned to the first page, his eyes swept across the densely packed words and formulas, and an indescribable excitement surged in his heart.
This was a huge technological system that he had never seen before, and it was the ultimate energy technology that had not been fully realized even in his time.
As a time traveler, he is well aware of the potential and significance of nuclear fusion, which is not only the key to changing the country's energy structure, but also the ultimate weapon to change the destiny of mankind.
The concept of nuclear fusion can be traced back to the early 20th century.
At that time, physicists gradually discovered the powerful energy within the nucleus while exploring the mysteries of the atomic nucleus.
In 1919, Rutherford achieved the first artificial nuclear reaction by blasting nitrogen nuclei, but it was the scientific breakthrough in the 30s that really made humans realize the potential of nuclear fusion.
In 1933, British physicist Frederick Hoyle and his colleagues proposed that the source of energy inside stars is nuclear fusion reactions.
Stars release huge amounts of energy by fusing hydrogen nuclei into helium nuclei, and this energy continuously supports the light and heat of the stars.
This discovery made the scientific community realize that nuclear fusion could be an inexhaustible source of energy.
However, despite the huge potential of nuclear fusion in theory, achieving this process on Earth is almost impossible.
Nuclear fusion reactions require an extremely high temperature and high pressure environment to enable the atomic nuclei to overcome the Coulomb barrier and fuse.
Such conditions exist naturally only in the cores of stars, so reproducing the process on Earth would require the design of extremely complex devices.
In the 20s, as the Cold War intensified, all countries stepped up their research on nuclear technology, and the Soviet Union and the United States launched a fierce competition in the field of nuclear fusion research.
In 1952, the United States successfully tested a hydrogen bomb, a weapon that utilized the principle of nuclear fusion.
Although the explosion of a hydrogen bomb releases huge amounts of energy, it is an uncontrollable nuclear fusion reaction and can only be used as a weapon and not for peaceful purposes.
In order to achieve controlled nuclear fusion, humans began to try various theoretical and experimental methods.
In 1951, Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov proposed the concept of the tokamak device, a device that uses strong magnetic fields to confine high-temperature plasma in an attempt to simulate the conditions of nuclear fusion in the laboratory.
Tokamak has become the mainstream device for nuclear fusion research. Many countries have invested in this field and built experimental devices of various sizes.
However, although scientists from various countries have made considerable progress in nuclear fusion research over the past decades, it is still difficult to truly achieve a stable and controllable nuclear fusion reaction.
Problems such as confinement, stability, and energy loss of high-temperature plasma have always plagued researchers.
In the 60s when Li Yang was alive, nuclear fusion technology was still in the laboratory exploration stage and there was still a long way to go before it could be truly applied on a large scale.
Li Yang raised his eyes from the documents and looked out the window.
The world outside the window is still peaceful. The sunlight shines through the glass window onto the ground, casting faint light and shadows.