After finishing lunch in a hurry, the matters in the cafeteria were resolved. Although they were all trivial matters, what Charon said made sense. Food can indeed awaken the enthusiasm of many people.
You must know that there are two kinds of people in this world, those who eat to live and those who live to eat.
Jason had warehouses full of food and drink, more military food than they could use for a long time, but he only bothered to eat to live. In fact, everyone should think like him since they can't be at ease now.
Many things happen while everyone is not looking!
At that moment, the team that had gone out also returned. The operation went smoothly. Several large transport vehicles removed a large amount of power generation equipment.
The next step is to plan the photovoltaic power generation area, as well as the undead power generation area.
Regarding this point, he had already found a suitable place outside the base, that is, there was a large open space on the elevated ground on the south side of the base that they could keep under control.
He plans to install enough photovoltaic panels there first and then slowly transform it into a multifunctional area that is outside the base but safe and protected. Then, he will develop a very advanced zone that can be integrated in the future with the central base, and then build greenhouses and a large fish pond.
If you want to survive in the last days, you must learn to use all the things you can use around you. If you want to live well in this world, you must truly be capable. Just relying on a sudden whim may be useful for a while, but in the long run it is destined to fail and the disadvantages will be revealed.
This is why Jason cleans and discards large places and then seals them. Charon and Killa's group can serve as an example; they had food, but in time it ran out and problems came.
Jason does not want to make any mistakes!
After checking the equipment with Peter, the solar panels were enough. He had heard that they found a warehouse at the place; the guards Jason had left there made a report of everything inside and the rest were some energy storage batteries along with disassembled batteries.
Listening to Peter's inspection and introduction, these photovoltaic panels were all stored in the company's warehouse, so they are of various types. In addition, all of this comes with a battery pack.
At first, Jason wanted his people in Georgia to be in charge of electricity and supplying the central base, but then he thought it would be a better idea for the central base to rely on itself to sustain.
Who can assure him that his power can hold strongly in numerous places? If they have a place to escape to, everyone will be safe as long as the central base sustains itself.
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In the afternoon, the three walked around the entire base and Jason told them about all the electrical equipment they wanted to add now and in the future.
"I even want to install a complete air conditioning and central heating system for the entire residential area of the base. But it has to be done step by step, let's first transform the power grid while people work on creating the four buildings in addition to the central building."
Luca and Peter did a good job adding up the approximate energy that will be spent in the future, considering the four or five main buildings and the number of people this place plans to shelter.
"Jason, if we calculate according to your plan, the future electricity consumption will be an astronomical figure, and we have to calculate the increase in personnel in the future, so the number of photovoltaic panels needed is quite large."
"How many did you bring this time?"
"Most of them are about 300-watt boards, about two square meters. This time I brought more than five hundred and I can place them over about one thousand square meters first."
Jason didn't know much about this topic, so he could only listen to the recommendations of these two people for now.
"One thousand square meters counting the space between the panels, that's a square with a side length of 40 meters. My suggestion is not to place a large number of photovoltaic panels in the initial stage outside. After all, there are still many photovoltaic panels that can be used on the base grounds. They can be used to make some independent power systems, and when the demand becomes greater in the future, we can place some boards that are not very important outside."
Listening to Luca's narration, a general context gradually formed in Jason's mind.
"How much electricity can one thousand square meters of photovoltaic panels generate every day?"
"Well, if the sun is enough and the sunlight hours are counted as nine, in theory there can be more than 1,300 kilowatt-hours of electricity, but this is impossible. If all kinds of losses are calculated together, more than half will be good, but there will be problems in winter and when the weather is not good."
Hearing Luca's words, he continued calculating the power consumption in the base in his mind. But so far Jason was a bit lost.
The energy consumption of a machine tool is more than ten degrees per hour, and the photovoltaic panels of those thousand square meters can satisfy at most five lathes with a power not exceeding ten kilowatts running together for twelve hours. If he considers providing enough energy for the whole base, the operating electricity and the photovoltaic panels needed are truly astronomical!
You only need to consider the air conditioning as an example; if he wants to provide a suitable temperature for an entire building where ten thousand people could easily live with a well-thought-out and suitable place to survive, one air conditioner in each room can provide cooling for four rooms, and at least 10,000 people can live in at least 3,000 to 4,000 rooms; that would be 1,000 air conditioners. If calculated in watts, the amount is very overwhelming.
However, in reality, it is not necessary to turn on the air conditioning all the time; in this case, it can only be turned on at night when sleeping. In this way, the surface of photovoltaic panels can be reduced to 1,000 square meters.
As for other aspects, the demand is also large, such as lighting, some household appliances for daily operation, cold storage in the kitchen, etc.
Even if the construction is made to save a lot of energy, there are still problems for the future supply of the bases. Therefore, taking all this into account, Jason wants to test the effect of a power generator using walkers. If it is feasible, it will be done in large quantities and under control.
As soon as they heard the new word "power generator using undead," the two engineers showed admiration on their faces.
"Commander, your idea is truly amazing. The monster everyone fears has become a source of power when it comes to your plans."
"Alright, that wasn't entirely my idea, we need to hurry and install the photovoltaic panels for now, you should know that at least in the laboratories and the kitchen there must not be a power outage, do you understand?"
"Yes, sir!"
The two engineers looked at the commander's back and left, and their hearts were very calm. They are very fortunate to be here now. Not only are the living conditions very good, but the most important thing is that they have a leader with a long vision for the future.
In this precarious end of times, is there anything more reassuring than that?
A group of people stayed behind and began unloading the vehicle, while Jason communicated through the radio: "Zz... Who's outside?"
Immediately Abraham's voice came through the intercom.
"I'm here."
"I'm here too, what's going on, Boss?"
"Wait for me at the gate."
Before going out the door, he saw the muscular Abraham standing at the entrance, and next to him was Tyreese, who was equally burly.
"Hey, you two are here, come out with me."
Abraham frowned a little hesitantly, he knew Jason was injured.
"Your back and ribs…"
"Relax, I won't make any moves, what else would I do with the two strongest men in the base."
After speaking, he took out the radio again: "Zz... Glenn, can you hear me?"
"Zz... What's up?"
"Zz... Go get a pair of pliers, we'll be waiting for you at the outermost gate of the base. By the way, bring a big bunch of rope."
"Zz... Roger!"
Two burly men walked next to Jason, one on the left and one on the right, the three drove a truck and stopped at the gate. Soon they saw Glenn running with a bunch of ropes on his back.
"What's the situation?"
Jason smiled mysteriously at the few people and didn't rush to explain, he started the car and left when Glenn got in.
The three didn't go far, but they stopped within the outer wall. Now there are four entrances and exits in the base, but the enclosure has not yet been built, so only one has been opened. There are several soldiers standing guard, and seeing the four people driving in the distance, they all greeted them with a smile.
"Commander, are you going out again?"
"Not much, we're just going to do a routine…"
Some people didn't understand what he meant, what kind of routine was this?
Arion was not trying to make their minds work, so he said: "I plan to catch some walkers for an experiment tomorrow."
"From the lab? We could have done that ourselves."
"No, you play with weapons but not with electricity."
"Shit…" Abraham muttered.