silent farm

Chapter 292 Chapter [-]【Four】Start to care about energy today
Listen to what Li Sheng said.

Fernando chuckled and said, "Just now I also talked about oil and cars with a Qatari prince."

Li Sheng looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

"I think that the maturity of electric vehicle technology will definitely reduce the status of oil. However, he believes that oil will remain the most important energy source for at least 30 years. And the value of oil will become higher and higher." Fernando said with a smile. "While I stand by my point of view, I have to agree with him."

He shook his head and continued with a smile: "It has to be said that the countries along the Persian Gulf are blessed by God. Now the world's crude oil production has basically passed its peak, but most experts believe that the peak of oil demand, at least in It will be 20 years later. If that happens, the price of crude oil will definitely continue to rise. These countries can spend at least another 30 years on oil.”

Li Sheng hasn't paid much attention to the world's energy issues, but after hearing what he said, he thought for a while and said: "It is true. Although some countries are now researching electric vehicles. But when high-energy batteries come out and the cost is reduced to There is still a long way to go before electricity can replace oil before it reaches an acceptable level."

"Even with that kind of technology, the way of life of the entire human society will change a lot. At least gas stations need to be turned into charging stations. This requires fast charging technology. In addition, if electricity really becomes a car power, so will electricity production. A lot of pressure," Fernando said with a smile. "Before I thought about whether to invest in the research of an electric vehicle, but now that I think about it, the prospect of electric vehicles should be decades away."

When Li Sheng thought about it, he couldn't help laughing.A small car needs about [-] kilowatt-hours of electricity to run [-] kilometers.If Huaxia's cars are mainly powered by electric power, billions of kilowatt-hours of electricity will be needed every day just to supply these cars. That is to say, the annual power generation of the Three Gorges Power Station can only supply the electricity needed by cars across the country for a few days.I don't know how many power stations will be built.In addition, to supply such a large amount of electricity, what kind of transformation the power grid needs to carry out is really a difficult problem.

He said with a smile: "It is said that an electric car that can drive 600 kilometers now has a battery weight of [-] kilograms. If it is a lithium battery, I don't know if there is so much lithium in the world."

"So, they think they can still rely on being successful for 30 years." Fernando said with a smile. "I'm thinking now about investing in a more efficient gasoline engine. Maybe that would be a good research project. Are you interested?"

Li Sheng shook his head and said, "No. In this direction, automakers don't know how many years of research and how much investment they have made, but they have not made much progress. Our investment is no different from throwing money into the sea."

Fernando had to agree with his statement: "What you said is very reasonable. Speaking of which, didn't the United States come up with a technology for artificially producing crude oil?"

"The one that uses cow dung to produce crude oil?" Li Sheng also read that message.It is indeed a very constructive idea to use high pressure to accelerate the transformation of organic matter into hydrocarbons.If it can be mass-produced, it can solve or alleviate the problem of the oil crisis before electric vehicles can really become popular.Of course, this production technique also has drawbacks.For example, production efficiency is relatively low.

Fernando nodded and said, "Now we control quite a few cattle farms, and there will definitely be more in the future. Maybe we can turn the cow dung from those cattle farms into valuables."

Li Sheng's heart skipped a beat when he heard his thought.He pondered for a moment and asked, "How much oil is exported in the world now?"

"Last year's statistics seem to be 24 billion tons. The industry believes that the export volume has reached its peak three years ago, and it is likely to continue to decline in the future. The demand for oil will increase. Therefore, they are quite optimistic about oil prices." Fernando said laughingly. "Maybe we can also operate crude oil futures."

Li Sheng smiled, and had no excuse to continue, but said: "So, the investment in crude oil is very promising now?"

"Are you interested in the technology of turning cow dung into oil? Do you want the company to set up a special research department?"

Li Sheng said noncommittally: "I have no opinion, but maybe you need to convince other people."

Fernando thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "First of all, Ali will not agree. And I heard that the rate of return of that project is not very high." If they can research it, of course those countries that are short of oil can also research it.So in the end, there may not really be much money to be made.

Not long after, Ali also found the two of them sitting on one side, so he came over and said, "What are you talking about?"

Fernando stood up with a smile and said, "Talk about some ideas about crude oil."

"Futures?" Ali didn't think about it. Now crude oil futures are indeed trending higher.Many people are bullish on rising oil prices.

Fernando looked at Li Sheng with a smile and said, "Yes, I think the price of oil may eventually reach two hundred dollars a barrel."

"Haha, I hope so." Ali is of course happy to see the rise in oil prices.

He led the two of them to communicate with the prince and other people in the field, and sure enough, they were all talking about crude oil.It seems that they have reached a consensus that the price of crude oil will increase.

It has to be said that for businessmen like them, such a gathering is a great business opportunity.These princes more or less know some of their domestic crude oil production prospects. If they can get a little information out of their mouths, it may earn them hundreds of millions of dollars.

Li Sheng didn't participate too much in their conversation, but just listened quietly while eating, and occasionally made a non-nutritive echo.

The temperature difference between day and night in the Persian Gulf is quite large, and their banquet did not last until late at night, and they ended after ten o'clock.

Considering that Li Sheng came from thousands of kilometers away and there was a time difference of several hours, Ali and Fernando did not disturb him to rest.

But Li Sheng didn't rest immediately.He was thinking about crude oil.

There is also oil in space.It's just that he has no way to survey and doesn't know how the reserves are.

In a small basin in the temperate zone in the space, there is an oil lake with an area of ​​about 400 square kilometers. The depth of the lake is very large, with a depth of 20 meters.If that's all oil, what's in this lake is [-] billion tons of oil.But the oil lake is actually only an oil layer less than half a meter above the surface, and the bottom is all water.The oil in that lake seems to have been coming out, and there is a small stream flowing out.

Crude oil flowed out of that small stream into the lake. After walking for several kilometers, it poured into many other streams, and finally fell into a waterfall tens of meters high.Came to a small lake of hundreds of square meters, this lake has been burning, even the news from the upstream and downstream has been burning.The fire upstream has spread down the waterfall, while the downstream has flowed for several kilometers.

Judging from the hundreds of meters of oil-stained blank areas on both sides of the river of fire, it is unknown how long the river of fire has been burning.

He felt that the amount of crude oil there was not large, and it was difficult to mine in space, so he never paid much attention to it.But now I think it might be worth a try.It might be a hassle, but it's worth the trouble if you can successfully extract the oil.

Of course, he didn't have too high expectations.After all, it is impossible for him to guard it every day, nor is it possible for other people to enter the space to work.

If the oil layer is buried shallowly, he may try to explore the groundwater to see how much oil there is underground.If the quantity is large, maybe millions of tons of crude oil can be produced every year without manual operation.

I just heard from Fernando that he doesn't know much about the world's demand for crude oil production.I still thought about this question after taking a shower, so I checked the information at night.

He found that the world's demand for crude oil has really far exceeded the export capacity.Among them, the largest demand growth is still in the Asia-Pacific region.Take Huaxia as an example. Last year, Huaxia's demand for crude oil was close to 60 million tons, but its domestic production was less than [-] million tons.This output means that China's dependence on oil imports is close to [-]%.This is only maintained by the vigorous development of new energy in China.

And there is a data showing that if a country relies on 60 million tons of crude oil imports, it has to consider using diplomatic, economic and military means to ensure energy security.If it exceeds [-]%, the uncertainty of energy security will increase.

Li Sheng felt that that might be the root cause of why the United States used force against the Middle East.The United States' dependence on crude oil imports has already exceeded 60%.

In other words, if he can really find new sources of oil from the space, the market will have nothing to worry about.Moreover, although the price of a barrel of crude oil is suppressed by the United States and other oil-demanding countries, it is still as high as 80 US dollars per barrel.Of course, production costs are also increasing.That is mainly because some large oil fields in the Middle East have been exploited for a long time, and production costs need to be increased to ensure production.In addition, the settlement currency, the U.S. dollar, is also depreciating.

But even at $80 a barrel, the price of that ton of crude oil is equivalent to more than $700.If the farm can get a few million tons of production, that's billions of dollars.For him, it doesn't matter whether he earns billions of dollars a year or not. Now he can't spend all the money he earns, and no matter how much he earns, it's just a number.But if there is oil, it will help some of his plans.If there is oil, at least it will become more possible to build a port in Obidos.Even plans to build roads to the mouth of the Amazon are easier to get approved.

In fact, after calculation, the crude oil stored in the lake in the space should also have tens of millions of tons.In other words, that lake actually has 80 billion dollars floating on the water waiting for him to fish it.

He doesn't know how much crude oil can be gushed out of that lake every year, but he can get that oil out without spending any cost.All he needs to do is open a counterpart.If he drained all the water in that lake, it would be equivalent to reducing the pressure of more than 20 atmospheres, and then drilled another hole. I don’t know if the oil underneath can be sprayed by itself.

Li Sheng's thinking became more and more optimistic.

If you can really find a gushing oil well in the space, you will definitely be able to make a lot of money.

However, even if there is indeed oil production, there are many things he needs to consider.Petroleum is not something he can sell just because he has it.That thing is a strategic material in any country, and it is a bit difficult to produce it. If the quantity is too large, sales are also very problematic.

But when he thought of this, he couldn't help laughing at himself for thinking too much.It is unclear how much crude oil the lake can produce.It's a little too early to think about that now.

He checked the information for a while, and then fell asleep when his hair dried naturally.

(End of this chapter)