Chapter 484 Greasy and Sweet...
Took a day tour from South Cairo.
The next day, Dr. Lena and others followed the inspection teams from various regions to West Cairo.
The North African Agricultural Expo is held in West Cairo.
Unlike the solemn Central Cairo and the prosperous South Cairo, West Cairo seems like a secluded village with the urban area surrounded by forests and grasslands.
The seawater canals brought in from the seawater canal provide a large amount of water resources for the plants here.
In order to avoid serious salinization of the land after seawater irrigation, the seawater agricultural land here is flooded with water every once in a while to wash the surface back and forth and remove the excess salt and alkali in the soil.
If seawater is not used for flushing, once the salinity of the land exceeds the standard, even salt- and alkali-tolerant crops will not be able to grow.
Entering the venue of the Agricultural Expo.
Everyone saw a holographic simulated promotional image of a farm, which introduced how to clean saline-alkali land and control soil salinity.
"Huh? Are these date palms?" Heath looked at the low date palm grove not far away.
When he got closer, he found that it was not just about dates. The dozen or so members of the Saudi Kingdom's expedition team were only discussing in a low voice.
The date palm tree in front of you has the full name of salt-alkali tolerant sugar-oil-fiber composite palm.
The name is very long and the function is relatively complex.
To be more specific, it is a palm tree of the Arecaceae family that can be irrigated with seawater. The flesh has a very high sugar content, the core also has a very high oil content, and the fiber of the leaves can be used for textiles.
"Are you interested in this genetically modified palm tree? Here is a brief introduction to the variety." The tour guide said as he distributed a large stack of introductions to the guests present.
Lena and Heath also took a copy of the introduction.
After flipping through the pages for a few minutes, Heath raised his glasses and said, "Terrible technology."
"It's really scary." Dr. Lena agreed.
This genetically modified palm tree only takes 17 to 18 months to cultivate and mature. It can grow up to 3.2 meters tall and a single tree can produce about 200 kilograms of fruit per year, including 120 kilograms of pulp (containing 24 kilograms of sugar) and 80 kilograms of cores (containing 40 kilograms of oil).
In addition, by collecting leaves, you can obtain 150 to 200 kilograms of palm fiber and about 200 kilograms of waste residue (which can be used as organic fertilizer and biomass fuel).
On average, four genetically modified palm trees of this type can be planted per acre.
The tour guide picked a handful of red fruits from the palm fruits. These palm fruits were slightly larger than quail eggs.
"You can try it. Our company has planted 500,000 mu of super palm trees in the sub-alpine region of the Red Sea Province."
Heath didn't care that this was a genetically modified crop and took a bite directly. The flesh was very sweet and had a slightly crunchy texture.
The eyes of those people from the Saudi Kingdom lit up, and they wished they could uproot the palm trees in front of them immediately.
The commentator's next words made the Saudi Arabian delegation's eyes widen.
"We have various customized varieties of palm oil that can be used to produce vegetable oils such as olive oil, soybean oil, peanut oil, and even biodiesel."
"Biodiesel?" The head of the Saudi Arabian delegation changed his expression and asked, "Is the oil production the same?"
The narrator nodded.
Now the people of the Saudi Kingdom can no longer sit still.
After all, the Saudi Kingdom's economy is now highly dependent on oil and natural gas. Without the income from oil and natural gas, the Saudi Kingdom will definitely be doomed.
One acre of super palm tree can produce 160 kilograms of biodiesel. Sapiens can plant hundreds of millions of acres of super palm trees in the Sahara Desert and then just sit back and harvest the fruits.
Don’t think that Sapiens wouldn’t do the same.
Now, Sapiens is purchasing large quantities of oil and natural gas from Persia, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Al Thani Kingdom. This is not because Sapiens does not have oil and natural gas resources, but to maintain a trade balance.
In fact, the oil fields owned by Sapiens around the world are quite a lot.
What's more, now the company is promoting nuclear power and new energy in an all-round way. The biggest use of oil and natural gas is actually in the chemical industry, followed by the fuel industry.
This is also the reason why the West Asian forces cannot stand up to the Homo Sapiens Company at all.
Now people in the Saudi Kingdom are feeling even worse.
In fact, this is also a warning to all parties in West Asia, so that they'd better think clearly about who is the boss now.
It was as if he was reminding these forces: If you continue to flirt with the Europa League and America, I will make sure you won't even be able to eat any sand in a minute.
The members of the Saudi Kingdom expedition team were silent as a mouse, nodding and bowing to the tour guide like chicks pecking at rice.
Lena, Heath and others who didn't quite understand this secret confrontation ignored the intrigues between the commentator and the Saudi Kingdom.
Heath looked at some of the situations of Super Palm and guessed what would happen next:
"It looks like the Sapiens Company will further develop the sub-plateau areas in the interior of North Africa."
"Oh? Why not a plain?" Dr. Lena asked curiously.
Brian interjected: "The plains must be a grain-growing area such as rice and wheat."
Dr. Lena came back to her senses and nodded: "That's true."
After all, staple food is the core industry of the Homo sapiens company, and other crops are certainly not as important as food. Therefore, plains that are easy to irrigate must be given priority for planting food crops.
Haitian Agriculture's intention in developing super palm is to expand the agricultural planting area and advance into the sub-plateau in the Sahara Desert.
The Sahara Desert has a flat terrain, with generally no tall mountains or plateaus. The 200-500-meter high sub-plateaus are a good place to grow super palms.
This sub-plateau is found everywhere .
For example, the Sinai Peninsula and the southwest region of the Suez region, the northwest of Meroe, and the south and west of Numidia.
These areas are typical sub-plateaus.
It would obviously be very difficult to build these sub-plateaus into standard paddy fields.
The difficulty of transforming it into a super palm plantation will be much lower. The worst that can be done is to build a few more water pumping pipes.
Just when Dr. Lena and others were thinking about it.
People from the Al-Sani Kingdom and Persia also came to this exhibition area.
They also had ideas for Super Palm.
However, the Al Thani Kingdom and the Persians, like the Saudi Kingdom, are very wary of the entry of the Homo sapiens company.
After all, there are too many lessons from the past, and it is difficult not to be on guard.
In this agricultural expo, in addition to the new variety of super palm, there are also genetically modified .
If it weren't for the fact that Sapiens Corporation was so fond of stirring up trouble, the Saudi Kingdom and other forces would have cooperated with Sapiens Corporation long ago.
at the same time.
As the relevant content of the climate forum and agricultural expo was posted on the Internet, all parties also took action.
On the one hand, they asked the meteorological research team to study the impact of the Sahara Desert greening project of the Sapiens Company on the overall impact of the earth's climate as soon as possible.
On the other hand, they have also started to act rogue, no longer talking about being a green and environmentally friendly power, but instead restarting a large number of previously sealed thermal power plants.
Apparently these guys are planning to increase greenhouse gas emissions to offset the carbon sequestration projects of the Sapiens Company.
In the face of tremendous survival pressure, human bottom line is very flexible.
