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The World's Nine Largest Science Projects

Posted by samzenpus on from the my-science-is-bigger-than-yours dept.

JBG667 writes "Nice overview of the 9 largest science projects currently ongoing. Some of the usual suspects are on the list including CERN, Space Elevator, Space Station, etc. As well as some lesser known including a 3,000-foot-tall 'Solar tower,' the ANTARES underwater neutrino detecting array, and more. Nice read for science buffs."

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  1. So I guess the Internet is off the list? by syousef · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I guess it's now so accepted that people forget it's beginnings as a DARPA experiment. Or perhaps it's just outgrown it's experimental status.

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  2. Global warming: planet sized by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 2, Interesting

    and a few astronomical projects that are even bigger than that.

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  3. Re:wrong wrong wrong by uuxququex · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Is 720 kWh really reasonable in your part of the world?

    I'm using 1700 kWh a year and that is about average for my a dutch household. Heating and cooking is gas-based and obviously there is no AC needed here.

  4. Re:wrong wrong wrong by man_ls · · Score: 2, Interesting

    1700 kWh/year? That's insane.

    I think I probably use 13,000 kWh/year and I consider myself to be relatively conservative compared with many other people whose power consumption I know. F@H/SETI boxes running 24/7, extra servers running their blogs, etc.

  5. Re:wrong wrong wrong by Shinobi · · Score: 2, Interesting

    We're 3 people in this apartment, here in Sweden. No AC, no electrical heating, but electric stove, multiple computers, gaming consoles etc, and we're averaging around 4000kWh/year.

    Low-energy lights, the only computers that are constantly on 24/7 are the Via C3/C7's saving a lot of power etc.