The bell of 2049 is ringing quietly, but the eyes of the world are focused on Africa, North Africa to be precise!
With the development of mankind, in most countries, the population is growing, and it is growing without limit. The earth's carrying capacity is 7 billion people, but now the world has exceeded this number. In fact, the health carrying capacity of the earth is only limited to 4 billion!
Now, in fact, only China is maintaining healthy population growth. Of course, a population of 1.2 billion is still a bit huge. But compared to India, a country with only one-third of China's land area but a population of nearly 1.3 billion, China is already extremely healthy.
But in today's society, the development of a country relies heavily on population, so some countries have to increase their population significantly, such as Japan and South Korea.
In order to feed so many people on the earth, the earth is already overwhelmed, environmental problems are becoming increasingly severe, and marine resources have been depleted. In order to fish, fishing nets have to be dived to a depth of 1.5 kilometers to 2 kilometers.
The environment is becoming increasingly harsh, and accordingly, there are many complications. Now, in 2048, northern Africa is experiencing drought. It was already one of the areas with the least rainfall on the planet. Now there is even less precipitation. The few remaining wild grasslands and forests have begun to wither. But what attracts the most attention now is It's food!
Because of precipitation and the fact that Africa is warm all year round, strictly speaking, the planting time of food in Africa follows the rain, not the temperature. In recent years, Sudan, a somewhat backward republic, has begun to embark on the path of Arab prosperity due to the exploitation of oil resources, exchanging crude oil for wealth. As a result, the country became richer, and of course, the birth rate and survival rate increased greatly.
For this reason, Sudan has to grow more food to feed its people. As for imported food? Don't be ridiculous, the United States and Brazil, once the largest food exporters, now have to use a large amount of food to feed their people, especially today's synthetic chemical dye fuels, which require a large amount of food and food straw.
In fact, in 2048, only 30 million tons of grain will be exported, far less than the average of 150 million tons of grain in previous years. Such changes have directly led to the European food crisis and the rising world food prices, so much so that some places have begun to barter because the currency has depreciated too much, and some countries and regions have begun not to believe in currency.
Under such circumstances, China, which ranks first in grain production in the world, did not take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, but instead hoarded it to cope with future crises. As a result, China cut off its supply to Russia, causing Russia to become anxious.
Food crisis has unknowingly become the first choice of global crisis today.
However, Southeast Asia, some American and African countries located in the hot zone have made a fortune, and the food crisis in Europe has caused panic. But even so, because these places are rich in food, their population has increased even more, and the food exported has been sharply decreasing every year.
At the same time, the small European region actually has a population of 2 billion, and the entire European area is only more than 10 million square kilometers. However, with the rise of sea levels, a large number of lowland environments have been submerged. The former Venice has become the Haixia tourist center... …In fact, because Europe is generally low-lying, the area of Europe today is only a little over 9.5 million.
Such a dense population made it difficult for Europe to support it, and almost all of its food and meat had to be exported.
In this international environment, because of the warm climate in North Africa, some people have a whim: Can fresh water, such as Nile River water, desalinated seawater and other irrigated wastelands be used to increase production? It seems that in such a hot environment, it is possible to achieve three or even four crops a year. With today's advanced food technology, it is completely possible.
It was under such considerations that the Republic of Sudan began to draw water from the Nile River to irrigate the land.
However, Sudan's behavior angered Egypt. The Nile River, the mother river of Egypt, which runs through two-thirds of Africa and is actually the longest river, has now been cut into large and small sections by large and small dams. But at the very least, everyone knows that we cannot use large amounts of water to ensure basic ecology.
However, today the Republic of Sudan already has a population of 200 million! This is Sudan, a dry area! To feed such a large population, the amount of food required is astronomical. Due to the geographical location of the Republic of Sudan, they do not have much arable land, and everything they see is barren land.
In this case, seeing the competition in the space age becoming more and more fierce, the Republic of Sudan decided after a month-long discussion: cut off the Nile River!
Draw water from the Nile River to irrigate wasteland and grow food!
Because, if this plan is completed, it will add almost 50 million hectares of land to the Republic of Sudan, enough to feed the existing population! Especially because Sudan is located near the equator, the lowest temperature throughout the year is 17 degrees. However, with the rise in global temperatures, the lowest temperature today is already 20 degrees! Four crops a year is not a problem!
In particular, Egypt has had almost no development over the years. It is guarding a desert and its development potential has been exhausted. The survival of 100 million people has brought down Egypt, a country that was once somewhat prosperous.
Relatively speaking, in recent years, due to the development of mineral resources and the successful exploration of oil resources, Sudan has received a large amount of development funds, and the country's armed forces have been greatly utilized. It was under this circumstance, coupled with the severe drought in Africa that year, that Sudan issued an order without international understanding or Egypt's consent: to cut off the Nile River!
The news spread and shocked the whole world. The impact of privately cutting off an international river was extremely bad. = I feel guilty. Egypt in the lower reaches of the Nile relies entirely on this river to support itself! Once the Nile River is cut off, Egypt can directly declare: national bankruptcy!
After the Nile River entered the northern part of the Republic of Sudan, it no longer had tributaries to join it. It relied entirely on its own water volume to flow through the Gobi desert and nourish the huge Egypt.
Of course, Egypt is not convinced. You are not trying to cut off people and money, but you are trying to completely wipe out a country and nation!
However, Sudan has gone crazy with hunger this year. International food prices have soared, and the currency continues to depreciate at an unprecedented rate. The country’s large reserves of dollars and euros have evaporated 10% of its wealth out of thin air (Zhang Jingyuan: Let you not Reserve Huaxia currency, which currency in the world is as strong as the Huaxia currency! ), under this double attack, the newly wealthy Republic of Sudan had to spend money to buy food...
This situation has made the Republic of Sudan learn a painful lesson and establish its own food base, no matter how high the cost is!
With today's technology, it is completely possible to cut the Nile River in the Republic of Sudan into 100 sections and distribute it to irrigate 50 million hectares of land. That is, Egypt... is related to the life and death of its own country. On January 2, 2049, Egypt issued an emergency statement: It will defend its national security at all costs.