C2026 heresy (1/2)
”Good question!” Xiao Letian couldn't help but clap his hands. It didn't matter if Xiang Ying was a crazy militarist or not, but no one could deny that he was a smart guy.
Of the second generation of disciples, Zai Chun was indeed much weaker than him. Of course, there was also the age factor here.
This might not give Zai Chun too much time!
”Xiang Ying, your question is the most confusing thing, a lot of people are confused by this kind of reasoning … Remember, when we become stronger in the future, there will definitely be Western politicians, experts, and scholars who will give you this kind of talk! ”
”That's right!” To what extent can renewable resources develop? This is mainly related to the analysis of the land use rate by humans. Clearly, the land use rate by humans is still very low, which means that the renewable resources provided by animals and plants are still far from reaching the limit! ”
”The second point is that it's a non-renewable resource. With the rise of human technology, the production rate is bound to increase greatly!” This point can be seen from the development of human mining technology! ”
”In ancient times, humans only relied on manpower and animal power to mine the mines. The deep mines required mortals to use their hands and pickaxes to dig. What about now?”
”Mr. Nuo Beier's safety explosives have increased the efficiency of human mining by hundreds of times. The amount of ores obtained from a bunch of explosives is probably more than what hundreds of miners would get in a month!”
”There's also the most advanced steelmaking method for blast furnaces. Especially our American partner, Carnegie Steel, it can produce more than one year in a single month …”
”Do you know why the price of international silver has plummeted in the last fifty years? Why should the United Kingdom, France and the United States adopt a gold standard? ”To put it bluntly, the efficiency of mining the silver ore has increased tremendously. This is why the global flow of silver ore to Asia …”
”The potential of the land has not been squeezed dry yet, and the supporting powers of technology are still increasing. That is to say, the base of 100 that I have just assumed is rising every year, and the total resources available to humanity is increasing …”
”Hahaha …” Xiao Letian laughed loudly, ”How beautiful all of this looks! It's like a life in heaven is waiting for us in the future! It seems that in another hundred years, all the humans on earth will be able to live a happy life like the British? ”
”Xiang Ying, isn't this what you're wondering? If the total resources per year were to rise from 100 to 1000 or even 10000, wouldn't humanity be able to solve the problem of allocation? ”
”Your problem, I will summarize it with a sentence, is that productivity ultimately determines the pattern of distribution!”
”Foolish! Shallow! ”Of course it's self-righteous!” Xiao Letian's low roar scared everyone who was sitting down, and they all sat up straight, not knowing what Xiao Letian had done to them.
”Let me refute this perverse argument one by one! First of all, you don't count the population growth figures at all... Let me ask you, isn't the population of Earth growing? ”
”Forget about the entire Earth, just the Great Qing alone, Xian Feng's population has already reached three hundred million. In a war between Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, I'm afraid no less than sixty to seventy million people have died, right?”