[GJM] Fw: [globalnetnews-summary] Could the Large Hadron Collider destory Earth?

[mary rose]

My thoughts on this after reading Zecharia Sitchin's translations of
the Sumerian Tablets, and finding out that there is every probability
that we are descendents of Niburians, and of their knowledge of
advanced technology, coupled with Tesla's saying that he could
split the Earth, I cannot help but wonder as to the possibility of
our present universe being the result of a like accident millions
of years ago.  Especially given the new knowledge that this
universe may be one of only many universes.

But, also the thought occurs that given the exact parameters within
which Earth exists, and that were they to be off even a very small
fraction, life could not exist, perhaps there was no accident.  Perhaps
it was a deliberate creation.

For anyone not having read Sitchens books, my feelings are they are well
worth a read.  Particularly "The Cosmic Code" which is the sixth book of
The Earth Chronicals.

mary rose

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Could the Large Hadron Collider destory Earth?
By Chris Gaylord | 07.01.08
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/07/01/could-the-large-hadron-collider-destory-earth/#more-229

Now that the European Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is completed and ready to 
fire up in August, a slew of articles have popped up quoting doomsayers. An 
AP article from this weekend was the most recent example of critics warning 
that the 17-mile, $5.8 billion supercollider - which will slam protons 
together in an attempt to learn more about the building blocks of the 
universe - will inadvertently create a black hole that will gobble up the 
Earth.

So, will the most ambitious science project in human history end human 
history? No.

I should say "no, according to scientists working on the LHC." But the 
evidence points to a resounding "no."

A study released last month disassembled the arguments against powering up 
the collider. The report found "no basis for concerns that [small] black 
holes from the LHC could pose a risk to Earth on timescales shorter than the 
Earth's natural lifetime." In other words: Yes, it could happen, but chances 
are the sun will burn out before this collider can have an Earth-ending 
mishap.

Their reasoning? Slashdot puts it best: "Everything that will be created at 
the LHC is already being created by cosmic rays. If a black hole created by 
the LHC is interactive enough to destroy the world within the lifetime of 
the sun, similar black holes are already being created by cosmic rays."

If such black holes were naturally flinging around in the universe, they 
would bump up against "dense cosmic objects," such as neutron stars, and 
over time the black holes would swallow the star. But, from looking through 
telescopes we know that there are plenty of old neutron stars around. So, if 
it's safe for them, it's also safe for us. "Any black hole that could be 
created at the LHC, even if it is stable, would have no effect on the earth 
on any meaningful timescale," Slashdot says.

This conclusion is backed by the European agency that runs the LHC, a panel 
of independent scientists, the US Department of Energy, the US National 
Science Foundation, and science star Stephen Hawking - who argues that even 
if black holes developed, "they would instantly evaporate."

That's good enough for me.