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Chapter 1016: Chapter 889: The Revelation of the Answer
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June 11th.
The United States.
New York.
The Second World Environmental Protection Technology Products Expo officially opened.
This was a conference dedicated to displaying environmental protection technology products and plans, jointly initiated by international environmental organizations such as the World Wildlife Foundation, Global Environment Facility, and the International Greenpeace Organization.
There was no specific hosting time.
The last one was nine years ago.
However, its impact was minimal. As countries vigorously pursued GDP and global manufacturing industry thrived, environmental issues were consistently sidelined, especially in developing countries, while developed countries paid close attention to environmental protection.
Thus.
The Expo was somewhat awkward at that time and ended up being neglected for nine long years.
This time, if it hadn’t been for someone lobbying and offering a milestone product which convinced the upper management of the four major environmental organizations, they might have waited until next year to celebrate a ’ten-year anniversary’ before hosting it again.
This Expo.
Invited environmental companies, individual volunteers, environmentally conscious wealthy people, and representatives from various polluting industries from all over the world—anyone related to environmental protection work received a joint invitation from the four major hosting parties.
Such a grand Expo.
Also attracted participants from all over the world.
...
Carol Voss.
Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He was also a fervent environmentalist.
Being a teacher in chemical engineering, he understood the dangers of these things much more deeply than ordinary people.
When he arrived at the Expo.
and saw various environmental technology products,
Carol Voss’s smile never faded. At each exhibit, he eagerly engaged with the personnel there, who thought he was interested and introduced their products with great enthusiasm.
"Our air purifier is very effective in improving living conditions under harsh environments. As long as there is ventilation, our filter mesh can filter out most of the harmful gases, protecting one’s health..."
Upon hearing this introduction.
Carol Voss simply offered a smile, then took a look around the rest of the exhibit, which were all air purification products, politely exchanged a few words with them, and then turned to leave.
He couldn’t afford to waste his time here.
Indoor air purifiers.
This thing barely grazes the surface of environmental protection.
What he was really interested in were products and plans that could change the natural environment, change the living conditions of people in a region, in a nation. Filters that simply alter the environment within a house were not of interest to him.
He lived in a developed country.
He felt the air was quite good here.
Do you really need this stuff?
This is just nonsense. Maybe India needs this, as he heard that they burn large amounts of straw every year, causing smog to envelop the capital for long periods.
Carol Voss also knew that such Expos often included some peculiar inclusions, trying to beef up the number of products on display without being too strict with the requirements.
As long as it was somewhat related, it could be featured.
"Our water quality filtering device can remove most of the contaminants in drinking water..."
Standing at the back of the crowd, after hearing the first half of the sentence, Carol Voss took another look at the exhibit and flipped through the handbook they distributed before walking away. It was another attendee just padding the numbers.
Such a device.
Was too trivial.
If it was used at the source, namely the Waterworks for large-scale drinking water purification, it might be promising. But for domestic use, these gadgets were uninteresting and simply there to make up the numbers.
"Large Molecule Filtration Membrane."
It was the nineteenth product Carol Voss looked at.
There’s no denying.
The effect was impressive.
The filtering capability was strong, with a remarkable effect on filtering large molecule compounds. Too bad it came with an issue—if the water quality was poor, the thin film would need to be replaced every five minutes.
Because the pores would get clogged.
Very bothersome.
And expensive.
It was a laboratory product display with many inherent problems, and Carol Voss could tell that the device’s initial design wasn’t for mass utilization in civil water quality filtration.
This thing.
Was meant for laboratories.
But it was deliberately overlooked when being declared, just to be included.
Next.
Carol Voss had toured half of the exhibit.
He learned quite a bit, but overall, there were several issues: first, the costs, which were not effectively reduced, imposing a huge burden on many companies.
Second, the concepts were good, but challenging to scale up for industrialization.
The last point was about effectiveness; the impact of many products was poor, they were just filling space.
At that moment.
Carol Voss reached the center of the Expo and noticed it was crowded, taking up a considerable amount of space. It was probably the largest exhibition area at the Expo.
"What are you all doing here?" Carol Voss asked curiously to a Caucasian middle-aged man nearby.
The middle-aged man said mysteriously, "Inside scoop, they’re going to showcase something great here."
"What great thing?" asked Carol Voss.
The middle-aged man shook his head, expressing his frustration, "My friend didn’t say much; he just mentioned that something very important to this Expo will be on display here, and he seemed quite excited about it. See, many media outlets have already arrived."
