God-level Trader of Rebirth

Chapter 268 Shaking the Oil Industry

All kinds of buses and publicity vehicles full of slogans shuttle back and forth on the streets of the neighborhood, promoting the clean and pollution-free solar energy and the broad prospects of solar energy.

With such a huge momentum, all New York citizens also know that there is a Northern California solar energy company that has decided to become a crab eater.

To build the first commercial solar power plant in the United States to benefit all American people.

Moreover, countless gossip began to circulate in private, and they exaggerated the experience of Orka Company as a victim of oil interest groups.

What kind of company Orka is, no one has paid attention to it before.

However, after the company's stock skyrocketed beyond common sense on the Nasdaq market, and then suddenly declared bankruptcy, the ups and downs also brought great joy and sorrow to countless shareholders.

At this time in the financial capital of the United States - New York.

There are not many people who don't know the name of Orka Company.

Those who spread the rumors described the cause and effect as if they had personally experienced it.

Various financial statements, stock price trends, shareholder data, etc. are also clearly shown.

Several major consortiums in the United States, headed by Rockefeller, forcibly became the main shareholder of Orka Corporation in the form of almost hostile takeover.

When they turned around, they immediately declared the company bankrupt.

This kind of behavior, no matter how you analyze it, it is hard not to believe that it is a huge conspiracy.

All of a sudden, the life-and-death struggle between petroleum energy and new energy has become a hot topic attracting all New Yorkers.

Several major consortiums used their influence to control related media reports.

No similar news is circulating in America or anywhere else in the world except New York.

But now is the 21st century, an era in which the Internet is becoming more and more popular.

It is almost impossible to hide a piece of news.

Today's Internet extends to the seven continents, and even in backward Africa, many people use cheap computers.

In relatively affluent South Africa and other places, the penetration rate of the Internet is not even lower than that in East Asia.

One by one, the posts were translated into more than a dozen languages ​​by website forums in various countries, and reposted frantically.

People are surprised to find that before they notice, the competition between old and new energy hegemony has quietly kicked off.

The major financial groups were in a hurry, and countless media couldn't continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb at this time.

They sent a large number of reporters to chase and intercept them, looking for the latest news everywhere.

The birth of solar energy has become the most sensational news in [-].

After a few days, this topic broke away from the simple dispute between new and old energy sources, and thus was led to a broader and deeper perspective.

The first to bear the brunt is the automobile industry.

Several major manufacturing groups in the world have successively stated that as early as the early 90s, they began to develop vehicles powered by new energy.

Electric gasoline hybrid cars are no longer news.

With one charge and refueling, it can travel hundreds of kilometers, which is completely practical.

But in the end, the heads of these auto groups also expressed some doubts about the capabilities of the Northern California solar energy company.

They believe that it is very difficult to build such a huge solar power station and provide enough power supply.

It's not just limited to technology.

And, the fact that the oil industry is being replaced in such a hurry means that a lot of old cars are going to be made obsolete.

Many families have just bought a new car, and it would not be cost-effective to switch to a new electric-gasoline hybrid.

Therefore, these auto industry groups have also stated to the public that this replacement process must be gradual. Even if solar technology is mature, it will take ten to twenty years to gradually replace it.

Subsequently, the major power companies in the United States also approached the media to express their views.

The power company's argument is simple.

Solar modules are mainly used by photoelectric conversion.

This requires that under light, the internal electron flow is stimulated so that sufficient current output can be generated.

Therefore, solar cells belong to direct current.

And direct current cannot be used directly, it must use an inverter to convert the generated direct current into alternating current, which can be used for civilian use.

Then the problem is coming.

If there is no need to replace the existing transmission system, they will also support the gradual use of solar power to civilian use.

However, if they are required to convert all the existing power transmission systems into direct current transmission grids, the investment will be as high as trillions of dollars, which is beyond the reach of individuals!
Just after the power company finished expressing its views.

Electric companies also quickly jumped out.

They shouted to the public: if AC power is used, all existing electrical appliances can be used normally, but if DC power is used, then all electrical appliances need to be recalled for circuit replacement.

Electric companies cannot afford such a large recycling cost.

If they forcefully promote the solar DC grid, they can only declare bankruptcy!

One industry after another has stood up and expressed its attitude.

Or environmentalists who support new energy sources unconditionally support solar energy.

Or fierce opposition, solar energy enters people's lives too quickly.

Or they are hesitant, not only affirming the benefits of solar energy and its contribution to the sustainable development of human industry, but also expressing concern about the chaos it may cause in the short term.

Throughout [-], the whole world was scrambling to express their views on new energy.

Middle Eastern countries are also feeling the pinch.

Their oil resources can probably be fully exploited for decades.

As early as the 80s, they began to prepare and make strategic investments.

It is hoped that after the depletion of oil resources, it can still rely on investment to continue to maintain the power support of national development.

During this period, in the face of increasingly urgent and real threats, all countries in the Middle East are on the move.

On the one hand, they are clamoring for the huge cost of immediately replacing petroleum energy, and on the other hand, they are actively looking for a way out.

At the same time, they no longer consider any oil reserves, and all the proven oil fields have invested a lot of manpower and material resources in exploitation.

It is hoped that we can do our best to fully exploit oil before it exits the main link of the energy supply chain, and replace it with gold and US dollars that can preserve its value.

Their actions have caused the price of oil to fluctuate every day, and the international energy market is in chaos.

At this time of chaos, the Northern California Solar Energy Company, as always, continued to build solar power stations in the Nevada desert according to their plan.

It is different from the early no one cares.

Now, as many as a thousand journalists gather in Nevada.

In desert areas, under the glare of the sun.

Countless reporters were sweating profusely, holding microphones, and reporting online to the busy construction site in the distance.

However, just after the Northern California Solar Company built the first square kilometer solar power station.

the next day.

The manufacturer (perhaps) who supplied them with the solar sheets caught fire.

Although the fire was quickly extinguished, relevant personnel also made a judgment that the fire was caused by aging equipment.

But for those who focused on it, here's new conspiracy theory evidence!

Immediately afterwards, the installation workers hired by the Northern California Solar Energy Company suddenly announced a strike under the instigation of the union, demanding higher wages on the grounds that the desert area and the working environment were harsh.

This incident became the fuse of a series of events that followed.

Northern California Solar Company categorically rejected the demands of the workers and announced on the spot that those who participated in the strike would be fired.

However, they could no longer find new workers.

Even if they sent out recruitment information for high salaries in various regions, no one dared to apply.

Anyone who is planning to land a position at a Northern California solar company has received a cryptic warning.

And those employees who continued to work at their posts had their homes splashed with paint, their wives received harassing calls, and their children were threatened on the way home from school.

One by one, the employees were overwhelmed and left one after another.

Seeing that the solar power station has not yet been built, it has fallen into an indefinite shutdown.

In such a difficult situation, the Northern California Solar Energy Company suddenly disappeared from the public eye.

For several days in a row, the company did not have a single worker at work.

The reporters only took photos of the empty factory building and a few security personnel who were still dedicated to their duties, and nothing else.

Even the members of the company's board of directors are completely missing.

People are asking, where did they go?

At this critical moment, are they unable to withstand the pressure and plan to give up building solar power stations?
(End of this chapter)