Struggle in the Steam Age

"—The core of circular agriculture is only four points, that is, reduction, reuse, recycling and controllability." In the open space in front of the open water room next to the biogas tank, Lawrence explained to the priests of the Agricultural Church Emphasis on circular agriculture. And the priest took out a notebook and pen from nowhere and began to record.

"Reduction is to reduce the total amount of substances that enter the production and consumption process. For example, I think everyone can see the importance of chemical fertilizers now, so we cannot completely ban the use of chemical fertilizers. But we can reduce the use of chemical fertilizers by various means. Use, such as biogas residue, compost and other organic fertilizers for filling."

"Reuse, recycling and controllability actually talk about a system. On the one hand, it is necessary to reduce the use of various disposable products and reduce various pollutions. To achieve this, it is necessary to make these things reusable. "

"However, it is not very simple to build a circular system. Only through reasonable design, optimized layout interfaces, and the formation of a circular chain, the upper-level waste can be used as raw materials for the next-level production process. Utilize the materials and energy that enter the production and consumption system, and effectively prevent and control harmful substances or unfavorable factors from entering the circular chain, so that a healthy circular system can be built and the quality and efficiency of the overall economic operation can be improved.”

"Is this why you asked us to record all kinds of data in detail?" After listening to Lawrence's speech, a priest closed his notebook and asked thoughtfully.

"Yes." Lawrence nodded. "Although agricultural production may never be as accurate as industrial production, it is necessary to summarize these important benchmark data. Because only with these data can a more reasonable cycle system be formulated."

"So that's the case." "I probably understand." The priests and church staff nodded in understanding. After all, as members of the Agricultural Church, they actually already knew about this direction in normal times. It’s just that I haven’t been able to sum up a set of rules like Lawrence, but now that Lawrence said it, many of them have a feeling of being enlightened, and many things that were confused and unreasonable before suddenly disappeared. become enlightened.

"It turns out that the development of agriculture does not necessarily have to be against the natural world!" One of the church staff who looked like an agricultural druid muttered to himself. For druids like them, choosing agriculture would often lead to some kind of contradiction, so it had always been difficult for them to improve their extraordinary level, and Lawrence's words just now seemed to open a new door for him.

"I think that the development of agriculture should be integrated into the natural world as much as possible." Now that this has been said, Lawrence also used the skills of talking on the Internet that he had practiced in his previous life to talk about it. "Or to be precise, our intelligent creatures are actually part of the natural world, and it is impossible to survive independently of the natural world."

"After all, our resources are all obtained from nature, and the waste generated during the development process is also accommodated by nature." Lawrence began to recall a lot of materials related to environmental protection that he had read in his previous life, "Therefore, before we do anything When doing things, we must consider the carrying capacity of nature to achieve sustainable development.”

"What is sustainable development?" The agricultural druid stared at Lawrence's excited expression with wide eyes. Because he felt that what Lawrence said next was likely to be very important to him and even to the group of agricultural druids.

"This thing literally explains the development that meets the needs of the present without posing a threat to the ability of future generations to meet the needs." Lawrence recalled the things he had memorized before and said, "If you talk about it in detail, then we need to control each Regional population growth, so that the population does not exceed the upper limit of the population of the region; rational development and utilization of resources; protection and improvement of the natural ecological environment; development of economic, population, resources, and environment coordinated development plan”

"It seems difficult to implement." The agricultural druid showed a frustrated look on his face. "Especially many things may take a long time to verify, and there are too many people in the world who are eager for quick success."

"But you can find an experimental area first." Lawrence said, "I believe that it should not be too difficult to find a few pieces of land that are willing to do this with the power of the Church of Agriculture. For the church and the great gods, two or three generations It shouldn't be too long for a person."

"And as long as these demonstration areas can demonstrate their superiority, I think anyone with a little foresight will slowly learn from these demonstration areas." Lawrence finally concluded: "Of course, I know that this may not make Everybody does it, but just doing it, even the smallest impact is better than nothing."

"You're right." A peaceful smile suddenly appeared on the agricultural druid's face, and Lawrence also felt stronger and stronger magical fluctuations starting to emanate from him. "I know what I should do in the future."

After speaking, the agricultural druid sat cross-legged on the ground and closed his eyes to meditate. The priest who led the team walked up to Lawrence and said seriously. "Thank you, Your Honor."

"What happened?" Lawrence was in a daze at this time, because he didn't know why the agricultural druid on the opposite side sat down directly after he talked about it, making people feel as if he had realized it.

Fortunately, the priest of the Agricultural Church who led the team was quite experienced in such things. He quickly asked several other priests to set up a cordon around them, and then explained to Lawrence what happened.

Because agricultural druids are always between the two usually contradictory directions of natural protection and human development, they often have some knots in their hearts. As for extraordinary people, if they can't see their own path clearly, it's easy to get stuck at the level of extraordinary power for a long time, or even fall.

And what Lawrence said before obviously untied the knot of the agricultural druid in front of him, so he directly broke through the existing extraordinary level here. After all, for a spellcaster among extraordinary people, it is a relatively routine operation to improve one's extraordinary level after an epiphany.

"Thank you, thank you for your help." Ten minutes later, the agricultural druid successfully broke through the extraordinary level that he had been stuck for a long time, stood up, and then shook Lawrence's hand desperately to thank him. "Everything you say is mine—no, it is the guiding light for us agricultural druids, and I will share your words with my companions."

"I haven't done much, actually," Lawrence said, scratching his hair. "All of this is mainly because you can figure it out on your own. If it's not like this, it's useless to say more."

After discussing this big topic, they discussed the popularization of biogas digesters. It's a pity that although the biogas digester is good, the conditions of use are not low.

For example, a biogas digester needs a lot of raw materials, and it cannot be supported by a single household. Only by building public toilets like Lawrence and concentrating on the treatment of large livestock manure can enough raw materials be collected. In addition, the use of this kind of thing has high requirements for the surrounding temperature and humidity.

A place like Neue Sauer is lucky enough to meet all the prerequisites, but that doesn't mean the same goes for other places. For example, whether it is north or south, the temperature in those places may be difficult to meet the use of biogas digesters.

"It's really a pity that good things can't be promoted." After listening to the introduction, the leading priest of the Agricultural Church rubbed his hands and said regretfully, "But it's good enough to be used in this area."