Originally Posted by
gugi
No, actually things that simple I can do myself, and I don't need to rely on third party to form my opinion.
So, here's the quick calculation
Energy of a mosquito = mv^2/2=1e-4(kg) * (0.1(m/s))^2/2=5e-7J
Energy of a proton in LHC = 7TeV = 7e12 * 1.6e-19J = 10 e-7J
(I had to look up the mass of the mosquito and took the lower end of 1mg, I estimated the speed from my observations, the rest of the numbers are constants that I know off the top of my head). So yes, the energy is comparable to that of a mosquito.
Actually no, the energy of unaccelerated proton is about 1GeV which is 7000 times less than when in the LHC. There isn't really 'inert' state, not in any physical or chemical sense.
Since, as I just demonstrated the preceding clause was not only a speculation but wrong does this make this conclusion wrong? Come on the PR people at LHC are not morons, accept that you'll have to work a lot harder before finding something you can actually debunk. Go do the work, you're an engineer so it's not beyond your ability.