Homo sapiens.

Whether to choose to compromise for the convenience of the current life, or choose to use strong medicine for the continuation of the race in the future.

Li Qingye chose to continue the race.

Don't think that the Homo sapiens company has cloning technology, so it can ignore the problem of genetic damage.

In fact, cloning requires human cells as mothers.

Just like Li Qingye's own cells, why did he freeze his own cells before the transformation?It is because once the gene is changed, it means that it is difficult to restore it.

However, the damage to human genes is almost impossible to repair. Either the side effects are huge, and the gain outweighs the gain; or it directly causes the death of the experimental subject; or it causes irreversible mental problems (brain cells are changed).

Therefore, healthy maternal cells are an essential raw material for cloning technology. Without good raw materials, the quality of clones will only get worse.

To some extent, the clone will definitely be worse than the main body. This is a difficult problem that cannot be overcome by current cloning technology, and even Li Qingye has no solution.

If cloned cells are used for cloning, after about 5 to 6 generations of mice, severe gene damage and genetic diseases will appear.

Humans are also mammals, so they are naturally not immune to clonal disease.

In addition, don't think that the current artificial insemination technology is very good, because the sperm of artificial insemination need to be stored in a long-term freezer, and the current freezer storage will also cause irreversible genetic damage to the sperm.

This is an inherent problem of frozen cell technology, because genetic damage will inevitably occur at the moment of freezing and thawing cells, as well as during long-term storage.

Using this kind of frozen sperm for artificial insemination, the offspring bred have congenital genetic problems.

Even for Homo sapiens with relatively advanced technology, the side effects of artificial insemination are unavoidable.

At present, the only solution is to donate and implant on the spot, which can effectively avoid the genetic damage caused by frozen storage.

Various factors are now having side effects on the continuation of human beings.

In fact, there is no way to do this, mainly because it only took more than 200 years for human civilization to move from the agricultural age to the industrial age and then to the information age.

More than 200 years is a long time for human beings, but it is just a drop in the ocean for the entire natural environment.

In a short period of time, human beings have invented too many new things, but these new things have not been washed by time, so that neither human beings nor nature have a matching ecological mechanism to deal with them.

When woody plants appeared on the earth, there were no microorganisms that could decompose lignin on the earth, so a large amount of lignin was deposited in the strata, forming the coal that is today.

And plastic is actually the same, but plastic is more terrible than lignin.

The current behavior of Homo sapiens is artificially patching the entire ecology.

Chapter 373 Who Benefited Who Was Most Suspected

Intensive investigations, as well as research on Tokyo fungi, are proceeding in an orderly manner.

The friction between America and Homo sapiens in the Pacific Ocean, the Ceylon Ocean, and Oceania is also in continuous confrontation.

until a week later.

That is, February 2.

The Tokyo Grand Hotel was booked out for the day.

Edward and Victor, who flew over from North America, and Wu Wei and Ao Wei, who came from Southeast Asia, each led a negotiating team to hold talks at the Tokyo Grand Hotel.

Other powers also had special representatives to attend the hearing.

Wu Wei threw a document in front of Victor, with a gloomy sneer on his face: "Please explain what's going on?"

Victor did not answer, but opened the document, which was the research and evaluation of the Tokyo fungus by Homo sapiens' Institute of Biology.

"This kind of fungus will only reproduce in large numbers when the temperature is between 22 and 37 degrees Celsius and the air humidity is greater than about 50%. At the same time, in this environment, its corrosion rate on plastics can reach the fastest, and it will take only 8 months. Breaks down polyethylene plastics like plastic bags and plastic film..."

Wu Wei stared at Victor: "Where is the place on earth that can maintain such environmental conditions for a long time?"

Everyone present reacted immediately.

The daily temperature is between 22 and 37 degrees Celsius, and the air humidity is greater than about 50%, which is most suitable for tropical regions on the earth.

To be precise, the Redwood Federation in Southeast Asia, South America, and the Central Basin in Africa are the most suitable.

"The temperature and air humidity in the middle and high latitudes are only suitable for the reproduction of fungi in Tokyo in summer. The speed at which plastics in these areas are decomposed is several times slower than that in the tropics, with dozens of times."

Wu Wei's angry voice was like a roaring typhoon: "Haha, it is self-evident that whoever gains will lose. I have every reason to suspect that some forces specially created This fungus."

When Wu Wei spoke, his eyes were fixed on Victor.

Victor was also thinking secretly in his heart: 'Wang Defa!Could it be that the council did it? '

The envoys of other great powers present also had different thoughts in their hearts at this time.

For example, Andre of Lucia, he looked at Wu Wei, Victor and others, and secretly laughed in his heart, Lucia made a lot of money this time.

The reason why Andre thinks that Lucia has made a lot of money.

The reason is that Lucia's geographical location is at mid-to-high latitudes, and most of the entire territory is in the temperate, sub-frigid, and frigid zones, with only a small part of the subtropical zone.

Under such climatic conditions, the Tokyo fungus only has two or three months of breeding season a year, which means that the plastic in Lucia will be decomposed three to four times as long as in the tropics.

Taking polyethylene as the fastest and easiest to decompose as an example, a polyethylene plastic bag can be decomposed in only 8 months in Southeast Asia, but in Lucia, it takes about 24 to 32 months.

What's more, the fact that plastics are easily decomposed does not mean that the plastics industry will decline.

Andre easily thought, once plastic is easily decomposed, does that mean that plastic becomes environmentally friendly?This is good for the plastics industry!

Good for the plastics industry, that is good for the oil industry.

Lucia is an oil exporter, which is good for Lucia!

Moreover, plastic is easy to decompose, which means that the cost performance of plastic furniture has dropped, which will benefit wood, bamboo, ceramics, glass, aluminum alloy and stainless steel.

Lucia is a well-known timber exporter in the world, which is also beneficial to Lucia's timber industry.

Good guy!The more Andre thought about it, the more guilty he felt, and he felt that Lucia had gained a lot.

And Victor thinks about the same.

But he wasn't just thinking about America's environmental advantages, and the oil and gas industry, but also about cars and electronics.

Now the Tokyo fungus can cause accelerated aging of plastic parts in cars and electronic products, and it seems to have a great impact on cars and electronic products in the whole world.

But look at the problem in two.

Accelerated aging of parts, can it accelerate scrapping?Accelerated obsolescence, is it necessary to buy new products?This means that the previously saturated electronic product and automobile markets will usher in a large wave of new demand.

What is America's problem now?

It's not that printing too much money, the market itself is close to saturation, and the external market is also shrinking.

Well now, Tokyo Fungus has helped them create a large amount of new demand, which is conducive to the maintenance of production in the North American automobile and semiconductor industries and the revival of the North American industry.

Increasing the production scale of related industries requires a large number of industrial workers, which in turn can reduce the unemployment rate and restore the economic cycle.

America is like Emperor Qin Shihuang sitting in the electric chair - win numb.

You said that the Tokyo fungus will reduce the service life of cables and medical supplies?That's even better, replace it with new materials directly, or bury it underground, this is all demand and money!

Why was it difficult for plastics to be eliminated in all walks of life before.

The reason is that the relevant interests of the plastics industry are too great, and a single region pushes hard, and it is easy to cause its own industrial chain to be defeated by other regions.

It's all right now, let's change it together.

If you don't change, Tokyo Fungus will teach you how to be a human being.

And the messenger from the Far East was actually muttering in his heart.

The southern region will definitely complete the transformation of the cable in about 3 to 5 years. Fortunately, they carried out the transformation of the cable into the ground before.

According to Homo sapiens' research report on Tokyo fungus, the fungus decomposes underground plastics slowly, especially for buried cables, which may take decades to be completely corroded.

And the use of potassium permanganate and copper hydroxide can effectively inhibit the reproduction of Tokyo fungus.

Big deal, regularly spray copper hydroxide and potassium permanganate solution to the underground pipe gallery.

As for the high-voltage cables erected on iron towers, you can spray specific barrier paint first, and then try to find anti-fungal additives or new plastics, and then gradually transform these cables.

Moreover, in this fungal crisis, the scrapping of electrical appliances, automobiles, and textiles will definitely be accelerated. At that time, the new demand in the Far East and the world will definitely increase greatly, which will greatly benefit the foreign trade industry in the Far East.

If there is new demand, there will be a market, and if there is a market, a large number of industries can be maintained.

As for the problem of reduced service life of plastics, it can actually be overcome. As long as the benefits are sufficient, there are plenty of alternative products.

Plastic bag?On cloth bags, bamboo baskets, and paper bags.

plastic bottle?Cans, glass bottles, enamel.

Syringes, IV lines, and pouches?Glass, airtight disinfection box.

Chemical fiber?On cotton, linen.

toothbrush?On pig hair.

Anyway, as long as there are enough benefits, the application of plastic in various scenarios can be replaced by other materials.

Many people think that humans cannot live without plastic.

That would underestimate human beings.

In the era when plastics were not used on a large scale, human beings did not live well.

This time, it was only forced by the fungus, and the vested interests of the entire plastics industry could not hold back. Naturally, there was no way to stop the global wave of plastic substitution.

In fact, the impact of fungi is beneficial to disposable plastic products in the plastics industry.

As long as they are sealed and sterilized, and used immediately after opening, disposable plastic bags and the like will be used in large quantities.

Now there is no need to develop those degradable plastics, Tokyo Fungi can do it in one step.

All in all, the impact of the Tokyo fungus has both advantages and disadvantages.

……

Of course, at this time in the lobby of the Tokyo Grand Hotel, Homo sapiens, as the "biggest" loser, will naturally not let it go.

All parties present now understand.

On the bright side, Homo sapiens must be the one that has lost the most.

Cables, electrical appliances, computer phones, cars, airplanes, and communication equipment all over Southeast Asia need to be completely replaced. Although Homo sapiens has a lot of money, it can't support the huge number.

Therefore, Wu Wei asked Dongying to compensate Homo sapiens.

As the hardest participant, Yosuke Suzuki, the person in charge of Dongying, looked at Victor and Edward nervously and hopefully, hoping that his father would give him shelter.

Victor would naturally not allow his dog to be bullied by Homo sapiens, he shook his head and said:

"Mr. Wu Wu, it is impossible for Dongying to pay 5 trillion gold dollars. After all, this incident was an accident."

Wu Wei was not polite: "Hehe, are you going to help Dongying pay 5 trillion yuan in compensation? They are your dogs, and it is normal for the owner to bear joint and several liabilities."

Suzuki Yosuke's face turned red when he heard the words, feeling extremely humiliated and angry, but his strength is inferior to others, so he is not qualified to speak.

Although Victor didn't feel insulted, in order to save some face for Dongying, he still explained with a straight face:

"EGL is an ally of America. Please, Mr. Wu Wei, please refrain from publishing topics unrelated to the meeting."

"Then ask Japan to pay 5 trillion yuan in compensation."

Victor directly refused: "This is impossible. How does your company plan to explain the fact that you entered a large number of islands in the Pacific Ocean without reason?"

"If you think you can protect Dongying, then just give it a try. The serious damage to our company this time is all caused by Dongying."

British Baker hurriedly came out to smooth things over: "The compensation of 5 trillion yuan is really too much, how about 500 billion yuan?"

This guy knows how to bargain, and directly cut 99%.

Wu Wei slapped the table forcefully: "It's only 5 trillion yuan, not a penny less."

Suppressing his anger, Victor and Edward made eye contact for a few seconds, and Victor immediately said, "1000 billion compensation, this is the bottom line of Japan."

"We Homo sapiens have suffered such a serious loss, should we compensate 1000 billion? Do you send beggars? At least 4 trillion."

The two sides fought verbally for more than two hours, during which there were three intermissions.

After some extreme tugging, an agreement was finally reached.

Yosuke Suzuki of Dongying made soy sauce all the time, watching America sacrifice the interests of Dongying to appease the anger of Homo sapiens.

According to the agreement, Dongying compensated Homo sapiens 6000 billion gold dollars, and admitted that the Tokyo fungus was developed by their researchers, and asked them to apologize to the world, and all relevant researchers, including Yoshida Shosuke, were handed over to Homo sapiens. .

Considering that Dongying does not have 6000 billion gold dollars at this time, land will be used instead of compensation.

Originally, Homo sapiens wanted Dongying’s Ogasawara Islands and South Bird Island in the central Pacific Ocean.