Chapter 61 The Only Plan
This document is not predicting a disaster, but suggesting how to resolve it.
The first thing to solve is to prevent the sharp rise in global temperatures, causing the Arctic ice sheet to melt, thereby causing the ocean current system surrounding the world to disappear. That is to say, the focus is not to cool down the world, but how to prevent the Arctic ice sheet from melting within the next two years.
Relatively speaking, it is easier to do this. [bsp; Perhaps, doing this cannot completely eliminate natural disasters, such as the Sahara Desert in North Africa, Central Asia, the southern Indian Peninsula, the Mexican Plateau, and the central and western regions of the United States, causing devastating damage to the local ecosystem, but it can prevent the spread of the disaster and fundamentally ensure the key factor in maintaining the normal operation of the earth's biosphere, that is, the ocean current system remains normal.
You should know that ocean currents not only determine the marine environment, but also the land environment.
For example, at the same latitude, the average temperature in northern Norway and Russia is several degrees higher than that in Hudson Bay in Canada and Alaska in the United States, mainly because the North Atlantic warm currents send heat. For example, Namibia in Southwest Africa is close to the Atlantic Ocean, but is the driest place in the world, mainly because the Atlantic Ocean currents cause local high pressure in the area, resulting in cumulonimbus clouds that cannot be reached. For example, the Northeast China and Japan are much warmer than in the United States, which is not unrelated to the flowing dark tides.
If ocean currents disappear, the earth's ecosystem will inevitably change its appearance.
In fact, the ocean currents surrounding the earth are the most important heat transfer channels, that is, the heat near the equator is transported to the poles. The movement of ocean currents directly affects the climatic environment, such as the water vapor transport channel in the atmosphere, and rainfall is the main pillar for maintaining various ecosystems.
Scientists’ predictions of the Little Ice Age are based on the conclusions drawn from the disappearance of ocean currents.
So, how can we ensure that the current does not disappear?
There is only one way, that is, to prevent the Arctic ice sheet from melting and prevent a large amount of ice water from injecting into the North Atlantic Ocean.
To achieve this goal, it is necessary to cool down the Northern Hemisphere, to be precise, the Arctic and the North Atlantic Ocean, to ensure that when winter comes, the scale of the Arctic ice sheet reaches the normal level of previous years, or even exceeds the normal level, and freeze more low-temperature seawater.
According to scientists' estimates, the total capacity of the ice sheet must be 15% higher than that of the winter of 2034 to ensure that the Arctic ice sheet does not completely melt in the summer of 2036.
Obviously, it is impossible to rely solely on human power.
To put it bluntly, even if there are enough refrigeration equipment and all electricity is used for refrigeration, it is impossible to freeze normally in the Arctic.
Of course, this is a very ridiculous assumption.
The energy obtained by humans is not created, but obtained by transformation. For example, electricity is transformed from other energy. In this closed system of the earth, everything humans do is to transfer energy from one place to another or transform it into other forms. In other words, even if humans have the ability to freeze the Arctic region, they will release energy of the same scale to other regions, which will also lead to global warming.
To address this problem, scientists have proposed a real solution: reduce the energy obtained by the earth.
All the energy on the earth comes from the sun, so the sun must be prevented from sending energy to the earth, that is, preventing the sun's light from reaching the earth. To be precise, it is to reflect the sun's light that reaches the earth back, reduce the total amount of light energy absorbed by the earth, and thus reduce the temperature.
This is equivalent to wrapping the earth with a layer of "thermal insulation coat".
Obviously, human ability is impossible. The method mentioned by scientists is relatively simple: use human power to trigger the natural power of the earth to achieve its goal.
The most direct way is to trigger a super-large volcanic eruption.
In order to minimize the impact of volcanic eruptions on the global ecological environment, they should be as close to the Arctic as possible, preferably on the North Atlantic Ocean.
Obviously, Iceland is the ideal choice.
Iceland itself is a volcanic island with dozens of active volcanoes. To be precise, Iceland itself is on a huge crater. If it can trigger a large-scale volcanic eruption in Iceland, release dust into the atmosphere, it can block 70% of the sunlight and reflect forty percent of the sunlight, reducing the heat of light radiation in the northern hemisphere by 30%, and reducing the temperature in the northern hemisphere by three to five degrees Celsius.
This alone can ensure that the Arctic freezes normally in winter.
Of course, how to cause a volcanic eruption, scientists also proposed that a thousand hydrogen bombs with an equivalent amount of one million tons be buried under Iceland. Detonating these hydrogen bombs at the same time can explode the crater, erupt from lava, and send the entire Iceland into the stratosphere.
There is no doubt that this is within the scope of human ability.
Here, scientists mentioned a key factor: time.
At the latest in early January 2036, action must be taken, otherwise it will not be possible for the Arctic to be completely frozen in the next four months. In summer, even if dust blocks the sun, the temperature in the Arctic will rise above the freezing point and the sea will not be frozen.
In order to ensure freezing in the Arctic region, after the volcano erupts, freezing agent must be sprinkled into the Arctic Ocean.
You should know that according to the melting rate of the Arctic ice sheet, the Arctic ice sheet is likely to disappear completely before winter comes, and it will not be frozen in winter like in normal years.
However, if you do so, the consequences will be very serious.
The reason is very simple. The dust of volcanic eruptions takes years or even decades to settle naturally. During this period, it is impossible for the northern hemisphere to get sufficient sunlight. Not to mention how much damage the vegetation in the northern hemisphere will be, just continuous cooling can cause serious natural disasters.
If the Arctic ice sheet continues to expand, global sea levels will drop, which means that it will enter the Little Ice Age ahead of schedule.
To this end, in the second year after the volcanic eruption, that is, in 2037, it is necessary to try to remove dust from the atmosphere and avoid continuous cooling. According to scientists' predictions, this arduous project must be completed by the summer of 2038 at the latest, otherwise all efforts made before will be in vain.
To put it bluntly, if the temperature still does not rise in the summer of 2038, the capacity of the Arctic ice sheet will exceed its limit in the summer of 2039, and will be injected into the North Atlantic Ocean after melting, resulting in the disappearance of global ocean currents, which will have more serious consequences than doing nothing.
So, is human beings capable of completing this extremely difficult project in one and a half years?
In this regard, scientists have also proposed a feasible action plan, namely, to create a large number of high-altitude balloons and aircraft that can reach the stratosphere, and to remove dust in the stratosphere through electrostatic adsorption. In addition, chemicals that help rainfall can be projected to the stratosphere to eliminate dust in the stratosphere by projecting chemicals that help rainfall into the stratosphere. If necessary, some giant light reflection films can even be emitted to the near-Earth orbit, so that the dust in the stratosphere enters the troposphere by light pressure, and then return to the ground through rainfall in the troposphere.
Although these methods are feasible, the project volume is absolutely amazing.
If electrostatic adsorption is adopted, at least 10 million large balloons or 200,000 large aircraft with a flight speed of 800 kilometers per hour are needed to reduce the dust content in the stratosphere to a level that does not affect the temperature within one and a half years.
This is an unfinished project for any country.
You should know that even in a state of full-scale war, China, the United States, Russia and the European Union can only produce up to 100,000 aircraft within a year, and they are all ordinary aircraft. If you follow the standards proposed by scientists, large aircraft that can fly in the stratosphere for a long time will be reduced by at least four-fifths.
More importantly, this will definitely disrupt the economic order of all countries.
No politician in any country would take such crazy action without conclusive evidence, i.e., the scientists' disaster predictions.
In this way, proving scientists' disaster predictions have become the top priority.
Of course, for Mu Haoyang, this is not a problem, because he does not doubt the scientists' disaster predictions at all, and Teng Yaohui and Li Pingkoo did not doubt it either.
So, the next question is, is there any better alternatives than this?
The answer is no, this is the simplest, most direct, least expensive and most likely solution that scientists can think of.
Although some scientists have proposed alternative solutions, they are basically not feasible or cannot be implemented in time.
For example, several nuclear energy scientists proposed to build enough controllable fusion nuclear reactors and refrigeration equipment to freeze the Arctic Ocean in an artificial way. Because controllable fusion nuclear power plants use atomic energy, and the heat energy generated by refrigeration equipment will enter the North Atlantic through deep seawater, which is equivalent to enhancing the North Atlantic warm current, so it is possible to reduce disaster risks and prevent the Arctic ice sheet from melting. The problem is that controllable fusion technology is just in its inception and commercial applications are also in the testing stage. It is impossible to create enough reactors within one year.
For example, several aerospace scientists have proposed that deploying sunlight reflective films over the northern hemisphere to block about 30% of the sunlight can protect the Arctic ice sheet. The problem is that this project is more difficult, and spacecraft will not be launched into low-Earth orbit until the end of June 2037.
Obviously, the method mentioned in the file is the only option.
The problem is that this is by no means something China can do. Not to mention, Iceland is a country with a population of more than one million. How to resettle these people will be the biggest problem of the project. China cannot solve this problem alone and must obtain support from the United States and the European Union.
When Teng Yaohui came back, Mu Haoyang also finished reading it.
Obviously, Teng Yaohui did not go to the bathroom, but gave Mu Haoyang time to think alone.
"How about it?"
Mu Haoyang closed the document and breathed a lot, saying: "If this plan is feasible, I have to first figure out the situation of the nuclear arsenal."
"So, do you think this is the only solution?"
Mu Haoyang nodded and said nothing.
"Okay, I'll arrange a special plane for you. After you figure out the situation of the nuclear arsenal, you can go directly to Shanghai. There is no need to rush to show off with the US military representative, but you have to take the initiative to raise it."
"Are there any other orders?"
Teng Yaohui shook his head and said, "No matter what, the United States must be convinced by the end of the year."
Chapter completed!