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> HS2, a train route, has so far been more expensive per mile than the Large Hadron Collider. I reckon a couple economists could get a bestselling book out of
by neovialogistics 3y ago
> HS2, a train route, has so far been more expensive per mile than the Large Hadron Collider.
I reckon a couple economists could get a bestselling book out of this.
- whatshisface 3y agoIt's an electron bound state nevercollider.
- mhh__ 3y agoI don't intuitively see why trains would be massively cheaper than a circle nowhere interesting (underground). HS2 is too expensive, sure, but the LHC is built next to ~a century of research institutions and took a very long time, whereas trains can actually be on somewhat tight schedules in the places where it actually matters and requiring bulldozing a fuckload of expensive land, houses, and history etc.
- duped 3y agoThere are a lot more trains than particle accelerators, I'd think economies of scale would be significant
- mikhailfranco 3y agoAnd the protons go 3 million times faster than the trains.