No? The premise of the article isn't about any of its specific proposals, I think the author would probably be quite annoyed to see people picking on the random

No? The premise of the article isn't about any of its specific proposals, I think the author would probably be quite annoyed to see people picking on the randomly tossed suggestions for alternative ways to spend this research money. It's specifically about 'don't spend more money on X' (X being larger particle colliders) than about the specific examples A, B, C, of alternatives it mentions (climate research center, epidemic studies).