LHC is *really* bust...

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7632408.stm

Indeed, or as one of the tabloids put it, "End of the world postponed..."

paulevans wrote:

Indeed, or as one of the tabloids put it, "End of the world postponed..."

Love it!

lab's regular winter shut-down - which is partly done to save money on electricity during this period of peak demand.

So how much energy will the LHC use when in full operation?

Here is a page with some really cool facts about the Large Hadron Collider:

lhc-machine-outreach.web.cern.ch/lhc-mac...nteresting-facts.htm

Seanie.

I wonder what facts one and two were - it starts at fact three... :dry:

As for their power usage during the spring/summer/autumn, I really don't know but it must be pretty huge. I wonder what their carbon footprint is...