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Revived LHC Could Run Through the Winter

Posted by samzenpus on from the if-at-first-you-don't-succeed dept.

Jack Spine writes "When you are powering nuclear particle beams that could drill a hole through 30 metres of copper, you don't want to be paying a premium for electricity. However, Cern scientists are determined that the delayed experiment will get some workable results, and so are preparing to run the machine throughout the winter."

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  1. Re:I don't mean to nitpick... by 2.7182 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I definitely think that you meant to nitpick in this case. Don't deny it.

  2. Re:Odd... by timeOday · · Score: 5, Insightful
    OK, I read the article. Here is my summary:

    We are not going to shut down LHC for the winter due to high electricity costs. If it never occured to you that we would, since the apparatus and the staff would seemingly cost so much more than the electricity anyways, congratulations, it turns out you were right even when we didn't know it yet, thus we will be running the collider and everything is exactly as you would have assumed had you never read this article at all. Thanks for your time.