Chapter 994: The Value of Wind Power

Lao Jieke's words made the people in the Live Broadcast Room burst out cursing.

The tourists who came to see the construction on site were also furious.

An old man, his face red and neck thick with anger, pointed at his nose.

"Are you here to pick a fight?"

Lao Jieke put away his shocked expression, feeling uneasy inside.

But he still forced himself to speak.

"Yeah, I'm here to pick a fight."

"Everyone in the Live Broadcast Room knows."

The old man snorted.

"Since you're broadcasting live, you mustn't spout nonsense."

"Why build wind power?"

"Just for environmental protection."

"And what do you know? It also affects shipping lanes."

"Here the wind is strong and the waves rough; it's totally unsuitable for navigation."

"Besides, ships run aground here every year."

"And the coral you mentioned."

"Although we built wind power, affecting part of the environment, we also created many foundations for coral to live on; we didn't harm their lives, and because of the wind farm's construction, this place became unsuitable for navigation, making their lives even better."

"Besides, I tell you we have not only wind power but also tidal and wave power."

"Do you know how much electricity it can generate? This typhoon-power generator can produce a hundred million kilowatt-hours a year."

"The whole power plant, plus tidal and wave power, is expected to generate about ten billion kilowatt-hours per year."

"We will build six such power plants."

"Total generation will exceed fifty billion kilowatt-hours."

"That can meet Qiongzhou's basic electricity demand."

"Young man, you haven't seen much of the world; I don't blame you, but since you're talking nonsense, the old man will set you straight."

"I hope you behave yourself."

Live Broadcast Room.

"Holy shit, that's awesome?"

"Isn't Qiongzhou's annual electricity usage only how much? This is already fifty billion?"

"I'm from Qiongzhou; we used to consume about thirty-plus billion kilowatt-hours a year."

"In recent years, demand has been surging; now we need about seventy billion a year."

"This is also the current limit of Qiongzhou's power generation."

"This year's new energy plan is mainly because our electricity is running short."

"Adding fifty billion now, I feel it will only last two or three years."

"Qiongzhou's investment enthusiasm is high now, with GDP growing at 20% or even 30% per year."

"The achievements of the past few years surpass those of the previous several decades."

"Qiongzhou's economy is now among the hottest regions in Daxia and the world."

"Wow………"

"This is astonishing; why have I never heard of it before?"

"Because our news doesn't report it; according to their reports, Daxia people still live in dire straits, they can't even afford food, they live in slums, and they need our economic support just to eat enough."

"Yeah, in recent years our media there either bashes Daxia or just bashes Daxia."

"After Kickstep merged with Daxia's network, things improved a bit, but not much; Kickstep is entirely an international company that has to kowtow to those people."

"Everyone can download our short videos or other apps; since Qiongzhou directly connected to the international internet, many of our apps have launched international versions."

"Yes, welcome to use our app."

………

The floor unknowingly tilted onto the app.

Lao Jieke looked as if it wasn't his fault.

"Sigh, it seems our place suffers huge losses every year due to strong winds."

"Could we build more wind power?"

"Right, that's absolutely not allowed, because it would harm birds."

Afterwards he looked at the old man still puffing with anger.

"Old man, Qiongzhou has so many seabirds; how do you guarantee these wind turbines won't harm them?"

This time the old man was truly triggered into his knowledge blind spot.

"How could they hurt birds when they turn so slowly?"

Lao Jieke seemed to have seized an opportunity for revenge.

"Of course they do; every year, hundreds of thousands of birds are harmed by wind power."

This time the old man truly couldn't rebut, only able to stare.

The young man beside the old man stepped forward.

"Sir, here the wind is fierce and the waves high; few birds live here."

"Moreover, this isn't a bird migration route, so the harm is minimal."

"As for the local birds."

They have strong adaptability.

They might even come here on purpose to roost, to escape predators.

Moreover, wind farms will also take preventive measures, such as reducing rotation speed and spraying conspicuous colors on the blades when large bird flocks are detected.

Look, the conspicuous red on these blades is meant as a warning.

Compared to fossil fuel power generation, wind power's advantage is very prominent.

They can directly improve the environment and reduce pollution.

When the environment improves, it naturally improves the birds' living conditions.

Compared to the harm, they may actually save more birds.

According to research, for every thousand units of clean energy, bird deaths can be reduced by 0.4.

According to Qiongzhou's clean energy capacity this time, which is 50 billion units, divided by 1000 gives 50 million, multiplied by 0.4 gives 20 million.

And according to Yingjiang's data, your wind power is ten times that of Qiongzhou, and it harms between 200,000 and 300,000 birds per year.

Thus, calculated this way, Qiongzhou's wind power likely causes about 30,000 bird injuries per year.

We won't even talk about saving 20 million; let's just give a discount, a 10% discount.

That is 2 million birds, while the harm caused is only about 30,000!

Is this saving or harming?

Sir, you should be able to figure it out, right?

Lao Jieke stared, stunned, but inside he was overjoyed; his retort was splendid.

He had no choice but to apologize embarrassedly.

Oh, my mistake, I was ignorant and just followed others.

Young man, you said it wonderfully: one side is saving, the other is harming; we cannot only see the harm and ignore the benefits clean energy brings to the world.

Qiongzhou did it right; I've learned a lesson.

Brothers, our attempt to pick a fight failed again.

However, don't be too disappointed; today we also found a fault with a taxi.

So, we can also consider the task completed.

Now I'll take everyone to see just how big the world's largest wind turbine is.

The young man beside him, hearing this, no longer dislikes Lao Jieke as much.

The old man also raised his eyebrows and exhaled, in high spirits, and no longer quarreled with Lao Jieke.

The young man spoke up.

The wind turbines here are our latest technology and also the most advanced generators in the world.

You might not believe it, but this is a fact.