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Chapter 20 The Fourth Agricultural Revolution

Because I had only watched the sixth episode before traveling through time, I had no precise idea of ​​the future progress of the Trisolaris universe.

But she knew that the cause of the Great Depression in the original work was environmental deterioration. The desertification of the earth led to a significant reduction in cultivated land area, which in turn led to a famine more terrifying than that of the 1920s.

To be precise, it was the space military industry that first caused the collapse of the economy and the environment, turning the entire earth into a barren desert.

This large-scale desertification problem lasted for a century, and it was not until the late Deterrence Era that it was slowly controlled by humans.

The problem of environmental pollution is more serious in this world than in the original work. Except for Verne Island, almost every major city in the world has severe smog.

Therefore, there is a high probability that the world will usher in a great trough, and the consequences may be even more serious than in the original work.

"Let me think about how to solve the big trough." Sai muttered silently while looking at the complicated government affairs on the computer.

Suddenly her eyes lit up, because Sai saw a game-breaking word on the screen, which was "The First Generation Spaceship Fully Closed Ecological Cycle System Research Project"

The originally unformed ideas in my mind were quickly intertwined and formed a systematic method to solve the big trough.

The causes of the Great Depression involve all aspects, such as overproduction, the collapse of the economic system, and even philosophical issues and changes in human values.

But the most fundamental thing is that the area of ​​cultivated land and crop yields have been greatly reduced, which means there is not enough food for people to eat.

So in just half a century, the earth's population dropped from more than 8 billion to 3.5 billion. You can imagine how terrible this thing is.

Since the essence is that there is not enough food for people, if you can solve the problem of eating by yourself, it does not mean that you can minimize the harm of the big trough.

At least in the future, humans will not have to worry about not having enough food, and if there is no large-scale famine, the Great Depression will not be so terrifying.

As for the solution, it is also very simple. As mentioned in the original book, it is to use modern technology to build "farmland" in the new era and no longer rely on the weather.

For example, use the abundant energy from controllable nuclear fusion to develop genetically modified crops, and build a closed ecological cycle system that is independent of the earth's ecosystem.

Because neither the agricultural base where genetically modified crops are planted nor the closed ecological cycle system is affected by the external environment, humans will not be short of food even if the earth becomes desertified.

The two can even be used together to develop genetically modified crop production bases and fully closed ecological circulation systems to replace modern traditional agriculture.

On the one hand, this can fundamentally solve the problem of famine, and on the other hand, we can also study how to create a stable ecological cycle system.

In this way, not only the problems of food and excess productivity are solved, but also the ecological cycle system needed by the star-class battleships is established, and the benefits are endless.

"Mr. Kanter." Thinking of this, Say called Kanter in.

"Hello Ms. Say, may I help you where?"

"The wall-facing plan I want to announce has nothing to do with the fluid-free engine. That is not my wall-facing plan."

"Okay Ms. Say, what is your plan?" Kanter responded.

"My plan is to start the fourth agricultural revolution and use artificial intelligence, ecological recycling technology, controllable nuclear fusion and genetic modification to develop a new generation of agricultural production models."

After hearing this, Kanter showed a puzzled expression and said: "Did I hear correctly? Are you referring to the agricultural revolution like the Green Revolution?"

"Yes, because agriculture is the foundation of mankind and is closely related to the development of human civilization. As long as people still need to eat, it is impossible to get rid of agricultural production."

"You must know the importance of agriculture to mankind. For example, the first two agricultural revolutions have had a profound impact on human civilization."

“In the second agricultural revolution, the improvement in British agricultural production efficiency reduced the demand for labor and contributed to the labor force required for industrialization, thus promoting the Industrial Revolution.”

"In the later American Green Revolution, new technologies began to affect agriculture, such as mechanization, higher crop yields, large-scale use of chemical fertilizers, controllable water supplies, and new farming methods."

"This agricultural revolution significantly improved the world's agricultural output and production efficiency, and also laid the foundation for the United States to start the third industrial revolution and establish hegemony."

"Until the New Cold War before the Trisomy Crisis, the United States also enjoyed the cheap food production system brought about by the Green Revolution and used food to control the world."

"The essence of these three agricultural revolutions is to improve agricultural production efficiency through technology, thereby liberating the labor force, increasing crop yields, and promoting industrialization and urbanization."

"So when facing the three-body crisis, we need the fourth industrial revolution to improve technology, and the fourth industrial revolution needs the support of the fourth agricultural revolution."

"So the ultimate goal of the plan is to establish a cheap food production system so that all mankind can eat, thereby triggering the fourth industrial revolution."

Sai explained excitedly.

"I have to say that you look more professional than other wall-facers, because you are really confusing, such as suddenly jumping from a medium-free engine to agricultural production."

"But you should know the international community's reaction to this plan."

Say naturally knows what Kanter means, because this will cause a huge wave of unemployment and completely destroy the existing agricultural production system.

"Mr. Kanter, your concern is indeed a problem. Revolution will always have a huge impact on society, no matter what form it takes."

"But this plan is to establish a new agricultural production system, so it requires the construction of a large number of new agricultural bases, closed ecological cycle systems and supporting infrastructure facilities around the world."

“So who’s going to be responsible for building these things?”

Before Kanter could speak, Say continued: "When artificial intelligence is locked by the Trisolarans, there is only one answer, and that is a huge number of construction workers."

"As the most glorious project of human civilization, this project will employ hundreds of millions of workers, and there will be a surge in infrastructure jobs around the world."

"And the most wonderful thing is that construction workers do not need to have high academic qualifications. Those unemployed farmers who have improved agricultural production efficiency will be perfectly complemented in this project."

"As for the construction issue, don't worry. Now the problem of overcapacity of industrial productivity and economic transformation in big countries has yet to be solved. They will rush to help me with infrastructure construction."

"So in rounding off they are not unemployed. They were just farmers before and are now workers. This problem will not come to light for at least ten years."

"Then after your fourth agricultural revolution is successful, where will the billions of farmers around the world go to work?" Kanter asked cautiously.

"During the Trisolaris crisis, countries will always be short of labor. Let these people repair space elevators and other infrastructure. We will discuss this issue when the time comes." Sai waved his hand.
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