Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus-Chapter 763 - 586: Corrosion by Acid Rain (Added 2/7, two-in-one)
Watching the crowded people collecting their rations with bags in hand.
Li Yu had a thought, since these Extra Staff and Cooperative Personnel were let in, no tasks had been assigned to them.
Meanwhile, his own team had to be on duty guarding against Zombies.
But there was no choice, they couldn’t be armed.
This was because Li Yu didn’t trust them; in this apocalyptic world, the most important thing was to be cautious!
Cautiousness leads to stability!
Idleness leads to overthinking, and overthinking leads to trouble.
Moreover, after this incident, Li Yu felt somewhat aggrieved.
Damn it, I’m working hard on duty, and you guys are causing internal strife.
He must find something for them to do!
But what would be a suitable task for them?
For a moment, Li Yu was at a loss.
Thus, he went up to the wall and approached Second Uncle to discuss.
Upon hearing that Li Yu wanted to assign tasks to those who entered the Second Outer City, Second Uncle pondered for a while since they were under their protection; it was only natural to find something for them to do in return.
After a long pause, Second Uncle said, "I can’t think of a suitable task offhand, why not call over some other people to provide some suggestions?"
Li Yu thought this made sense, the more brains, the more ideas.
Thus, he gathered Third Uncle, Ding Jiu, Old Luo, Old Lü, Old Qin, He Bing, He Chao for a discussion.
Everyone gathered in the duty office on the wall.
The duty office was big enough to accommodate all of them.
It was almost becoming their fixed meeting spot.
"Talk about it, what are your suggestions?" Li Yu stated his purpose for calling them, and then directly asked.
He Bing, with two acne on his face, excitedly said, "Finding tasks for them is easy. We currently lack solar power, and electricity is scarce in the base. We could set up some human-powered generators.
And they are very simple to construct.
Prepare a bicycle, attach a small roller generator to the wheel, then hoist and fix the wheel in the air. Use a two-core wire, lead the generator’s output terminals out, and connect them to a socket.
Or.
Use a small generator designed for tractors or cars and modify an old bicycle slightly to connect the transmission, and you could make a pedal-powered generator."
Li Yu’s eyes lit up upon hearing this.
That’s a good idea, it consumes a lot of manpower and really addresses our current issues.
He then asked, "To my knowledge, we don’t have human-powered generators in our base. How long would it take to make them, do we have the materials, and how many can we produce?"
Li Hang spoke up, "The materials are immediately available onsite, we have many types of generators in the base, and there are so many vehicles, just taking a few apart will yield dozens. For bicycles, the gym has fifteen spinning bikes, and there are over thirty bicycles in the abandoned factory, that’s enough."
He Bing nodded and added, "Right, making human-powered generators is simple, and the generated electricity can be stored."
Li Yu, hearing both of them had no objections, slapped his thigh and said, "Alright, let’s make dozens of them. If they operate 24 hours non-stop, and each person cycles for 4 hours a day, we can utilize a few hundred people."
After saying this, he suddenly realized a crucial question he hadn’t asked, how much electricity could be generated.
"How much electricity can one human-powered generator produce?" Li Yu asked solemnly.
He Bing recalled for a moment, then said, "Approximately, one hour of pedaling can generate 0.35 kilowatts, continuous operation for 24 hours can generate 8.4 kilowatts, and with fifty generators, that sums up to 420 kilowatts a day!"
Hearing this result, Li Yu was instantly excited.
They needed to know that the solar power in their base only generates a few hundred thousand kilowatts a year.
But if they managed to get hundreds of people involved in shifts for human-powered generation, they could generate a hundred thousand kilowatts in a year!
However, this was just wishful thinking, relying on human power was too extravagant.
Only during times like these could they afford such an abundance of manpower.
"Good! That’s one idea!" Li Yu was pleased, giving a thumbs up to He Bing and Li Hang.
"What about the others? Any other suggestions?" Li Yu looked around at everyone.
Dapao slowly raised his hand.
"Speak."
"Cough, cough, we’re running low on bows and arrows in the base. Last time we built the Second Outer City, we cut down a lot of wood. We could have them make bows and arrows."
Li Yu sensed this too was a good idea.
Making bows and arrows requires patience, especially if done by hand, it would take even more time.
"That’s possible, later you can call up Li Tie and his team to move the wood over."
Third Uncle suddenly remembered an issue and spoke, "All these tasks require space. Previously, due to the heat, everyone was residing on the first floor, which was very crowded.
Now that the temperature has dropped considerably, maybe we should let them move to the second, third, and fourth floors, so there will be more space and it will be less crowded."
Indeed, with more people, more comprehensive issues are considered.
Without mentioning this issue, Li Yu hadn’t thought of it; once Third Uncle brought it up, Li Yu instantly approved.
"That’s fine, no problem. When the time comes, He Chao, you and Third Uncle can handle the space issue."
