Chapter 116: Chapter 117: Solar System Civilization Ecological Circle
Zhang Yuan was pondering a question, if anti-gravity technology truly erged, could human civilization break free from the predictions of New Civilization History? In previous calculations, it seed this aspect had not been considered.
John was still enthusiastically imrsed in his own thoughts, “I’m wondering if black holes are a Bose-Einstein condensate at the quantum phase transition critical point? Only then would they have so strange properties… just like Bohr said, when matter falls into a black hole, it can only approach the singularity infinitely close but can’t actually reach the singularity.”
“There’s a slight possibility…”
The two discussed spiritedly for a long ti before the room slowly quieted down.
John, stubborn and pessimistic, insisted that humans could not achieve true anti-gravity technology, believing all technological advances were rely fleeting.
“Whatever you say…” Zhang Yuan replied irritably.
Debates are endless, and disputes of words are unsolvable. After all, everyone has their own opinion, and the future humans will provide the answer.
After finishing reading the news about technology, Zhang Yuan casually picked a few reports for a detailed read.
The Deep Space Foundation published an annual special report, deeply investigating the technological advances and cultural changes of the entire civilization that year, providing more accurate historical samples for the scientists of the Earth Era.
Reading that report was indeed much quicker than randomly searching for news.
Upon hearing that the Deep Space Foundation still existed, Zhang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. He still had a strong affinity for this enduring organization.
Over 183 years, humans had spread across the Solar System. With technological innovation and the continual increase in productivity, the cost of aerospace had significantly decreased.
Space exploration had beco a very popular activity, with explorers shifting their focus from Mount Everest and Antarctica to the distant universe.
Including distant Pluto and Sedna, traces of human exploration activities could be found.
Yes, private spaceships had finally beco a real reality!
“Ah, the wealthy can already buy spaceships, Ye Kaifu’s dream has been realized… what was it… the Giant Rock Turtle?”
Of course, buying spaceships required money.
Zhang Yuan keenly felt the change in the environnt. In their era, the 23rd century, it was quite difficult for ordinary people to travel to space, requiring a lot of money. In this era, space tourism had beco a common occurrence. Clearly, the world’s productivity had undergone another qualitative change.
Furthermore, because of technological advancents and the pursuit of wealth, the overall human fear of the universe had also significantly reduced.
The interstellar era had truly begun, just like the Age of Great Navigation from the late 15th to early 16th century, the wealth hidden in the universe quickly sparked a frenzied gold rush, rapidly shifting the overall human ideology.
The fear of the universe was rapidly dissipating.
For capital, wealth was more important than life.
The Solar System was so vast, and the duration of the interstellar era was much longer than the Age of Great Navigation.
Zhang Yuan opened a report from thirty years ago.
“Dear colleagues of the Earth Era, hello! I am Zhang Jianjun, the president of the Deep Space Foundation this term. In this report, I will describe in detail the various changes that Earth civilization has undergone in recent years.”
“I am honored to tell you that we have successfully built the first phase of the Solar System civilization ecological circle!”
“The Wood Elent and Saturn have beco our nuclear fuel storage, while rcury, Venus, and the Moon have beco excellent industrial bases…”
Even though it was just a text report, one could still feel the strong pride of the president.
“The severe atmospheric greenhouse effect on Venus and the acidic rain environnt on Saturn’s moon Titan caused significant technical problems; we spent a full hundred years improving the ecological environnt of these planets…”
“I hope these experiences can provide a good model effect for your interstellar colonization…”
Below, there was a large number of papers on planetary transformation projects, including how to improve the atmosphere and geological environnts. These were actual engineering experiences, indeed very precious.
One docuntary described the developnt site on rcury.
rcury, a huge natural mine, composed of 70% tals and 30% silicates. Due to its proximity to the Sun, its surface temperature could reach 430 degrees, aning endless energy sources, eliminating the need for nuclear power plants. Only a few solar panels and thermal differential devices were needed to generate sufficient electricity.
Humans resided on the dark side of rcury, where sunlight could not directly reach.
In this docuntary, a huge space port stood on the dark side of rcury, with various robots and spaceships shuttling back and forth, a bustling scene.
Zhang Yuan felt both happy and sowhat lancholic.
This era, compared to theirs, was more prosperous and more powerful.
It was a complex feeling.
The report continued, “Earth is undoubtedly the core of the entire Solar System ecosystem, as well as the center of talent, trade, and finance. Thanks to the developnt of the Solar System ecological circle, our civilization’s prosperity has significantly risen.”
“Regrettably, our current high-quality industrial population is too small. The low birth rate seriously affects the further developnt of our civilization. The construction speed for the second and third phases is worriso.”
“Simply estimating, we might need a total population of sixty billion to completely et these planets’ transformation needs, yet currently, our total population has only reached sixteen billion and is in a long-term stagnant state, with an increasingly severe aging problem…”
“There are many reasons for the halt in population growth. The main reasons are the increase in lifespan, economic issues, and current ideological problems. The higher the quality of the population, the greater the cost of training, and the greater the burden on families.”
“It must be admitted that many countries, like Xia Country, have already entered an aging state. This is our most worrying issue…”
Below, a series of population reports were attached, including average lifespans in various countries, marriage and divorce rates, population distribution, Engel’s coefficient, Gini index, and more.
Seeing this, Zhang Yuan mulled over the data for a while.
After several generations’ accumulation, the Gini index, the gap between rich and poor, was slowly increasing.
However, for the people of Xia Country, that was not the focus; as long as they could go to space and were willing to endure hardship, they could still easily attain considerable wealth, which was enough.
But many facts, as ntioned by the Foundation’s president, were that the stagnation in population growth was natural and difficult to reverse.
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