Chapter 24: The Man at the Top of the Food Chain
Environmental protection is also a big stick. It depends on how it is used. For example, when African countries want to build railways, it is time for environmentalists to show their talents, because this will affect the migration of African species. For the survival of wild animals, African blacks must make some sacrifices, such as maintaining the original environment, preferably forever.
However, when the United States built the transoceanic railway, it did not care about the feelings of the North American bison. In the final analysis, it simply did not want industry to appear on the African continent, so that Africa would have the ability to retaliate.
The descendants of the colonizers expect Africa to remain pristine forever, without the ability to settle accounts with them. As long as the result is correct, no matter how backward or ignorant Africa is, in their eyes, it is all pristine, a treasure of mankind, and worth praising with all your eyes closed.
Of course, the stick depends on who it is hit on. Sheffield was very restrained and did not mention that the upper reaches of the Mississippi River had been polluted by the northern industrial areas. He wanted to occupy the moral high ground but did not want to offend anyone. It was as real as that.
Not to mention that what Sheffield wrote was not a piece of shit. Even if it was really a piece of shit, the University of Texas had to let him graduate, and he had full confidence in this.
Sheffield already had this diploma in his hand, and what he lacked was just a formality. Once he had gone through this formality, he would be able to graduate naturally. In fact, his eating habits were very good, because Sheffield really came to study at university, and he was also able to pass all the subjects due to his accumulation in his previous life.
Whether it was because Austin was the capital and he came here to better mingle with the children of Texas politicians, or for some other reason, he was there.
In fact, given Sheffield's conditions, it could have followed the example of Rockefeller in New York and built a school specifically for its heirs. This school is called Browning School. Unlike other schools, Browning School has very few students. The origin of the Browning School is that Rockefeller Jr. wanted to go to school, but he didn't like any existing schools, so he directly found a professor to be a teacher and paid for the establishment of this school. The first batch of students was just Rockefeller Jr. and his four friends.
Isn't Sheffield much more beautiful than the oil tycoon's family? At least this university is a public university.
"The United States is vast and rich in resources. This is God's gift to the United States. As a citizen of the United States, we should be grateful for living in this chosen land. Balance the relationship between man and nature. In the world we live in, various relationships are closely linked, and humans are naturally among them. I call it the food chain relationship."
In front of a group of professors who were seated upright, Sheffield looked full of compassion and spoke eloquently with an expression full of fear of God. He seemed to have a deep understanding of the insignificance of human beings and the fear of God.
"The chemical energy stored in organic matter in an ecosystem is transmitted layer by layer in the ecosystem. In layman's terms, it is transmitted upward layer by layer through a series of eating and being eaten relationships between various organisms, such as grass and hares, wolves and hares. In this process, if any link collapses, it will spread to the next layer. If we kill all the wolves, the hares will spread disorderly and eat all the grass, eventually leading to grassland degradation. Once the grassland is degraded, it will endanger the living conditions of many people who make a living from the land."
"For example, we know that water is the source of human life and a prerequisite for economic development. The water environment cannot be polluted and water resources are not inexhaustible. Once we pollute the water, people will get sick. Without a good water source, people will move away, and industrial areas will shrink and eventually disappear."
"Let me take the North American bison as an example. Seventy years ago, there were 50 million bison in the United States. They walked in herds on this chosen land. Twenty years ago, herds of bison could still be seen in Texas. But in recent years, we can no longer see any traces of bison. We only heard that there are sporadic bison in some northern states. The North American bison is only one step away from extinction, and it has only been a short twenty years."
In front of the professors present and the students who came, Sheffield had a heavy expression on his face. He started with the situation of the North American bison, emphasized the consequences if the bison became extinct, and derived the conclusion of the food chain.
In fact, the food chain was proposed 30 years later. Less than 10 years later, the United States realized that the North American bison might become extinct and mobilized the whole country to search for and protect it. At that time, there were only 21 bison in North America.
But so what? The current concept of food chain was proposed by him, and it was also he who proposed the protection of North American bison. All the credit and reputation can only be attributed to him. Who knows whether he plagiarized or not?
Until the end, Sheffield kept a poker face and called on humans, as the chief of all things, to regulate nature in an orderly manner rather than destroy it.
Sheffield finished reading his graduation paper. The novel concept still made everyone savor it carefully. Suddenly, Goth Davis, the principal of the Texas Austin School, reached out and clapped his hands. "It's a very novel concept. It's hard to imagine that this is something that an underage student can understand. It even surprised me."
As soon as Davis finished speaking, a wave of applause swept the whole audience. Sheffield raised his head slightly and nodded, taking the applause calmly, as if everything was natural.
"Sheffield is a kind person, and we can see that he is so sincere. It is surprising to come here today and see such a rare final thesis."
"I think the food chain is of extraordinary significance and can even spark widespread discussion."
"In fact, we should also appeal to the government as an academic community to take immediate action to protect the North American bison. This is what we should do."
Many professors spoke up and praised Sheffield, saying that the new Texas pride and the school's pillars of talent were about to emerge. Of course, it is not ruled out that some people are trying to curry favor with the school because of its family status.
"I've already imagined that William will definitely become a role model for citizens in the future!" Goth Davis said lightly, "I hope you can maintain your kindness today."
"Yes, Principal!" Sheffield bowed his head slightly to show respect. He had no interest in being a role model for citizens. Kindness had nothing to do with the Sheffield family. He just wanted to be the man at the top of the food chain. The revelation that the food chain could give him was that it was natural for wolves to eat sheep.
Amidst admiration and shock, Sheffield went through the motions perfectly and received his diploma from the University of Texas.
He can only go back to inherit the family property and barely make ends meet.
(End of this chapter)
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