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by whatshisface 2703 days ago
That's still pretty minor compared to the energy and environmental costs of anything else.
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Analog24 2702 days ago
No it's not. The LHC uses as much power as a small to medium sized city [0]. The next generation collider will obviously require a lot more energy.

What's your point anyways? We should only consider the cost and environmental impact of something if it's comparable to the most costly and impactful endeavors out there?

[0] https://home.cern/science/engineering/powering-cern

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ravedave5 2702 days ago
How much energy do you think the US military goes through in a day? LHC is probably .1% of that.
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Analog24 2698 days ago
So why do we bother doing anything? Why recycle at all? Let's just give up everything since the US military blows us all away in terms of scale.
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BentFranklin 2702 days ago
To first order, environmental impacts are roughly proportional to the amount of energy used, which is proportional to the amount of money spent. To first order.
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