[Analog24]

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

[ravedave5]

How much energy do you think the US military goes through in a day? LHC is probably .1% of that.

[Analog24]

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.