Destroying the earth???

Question

is this even possible? http://news.aol.com/story/_a/critics-fear-collider-could-doom-earth/20080628165609990001

Answer 1

h**l no. Its the stupidest story I've ever read. I have answered these questions SOOOO many times they are driving me nuts. Heres the simple run down:

NO - The black hole would be way to small

It doesn't have enough power to even survive

The accelerator doesn't have enough power to even form one

The particles would be so miniscule and powerless they won't even be able to survive on their own (why do you think we need a $6 Billion machine to make them anyway)

They may not even be formed.

I'd say if you truely want to go blow up the Earth, go blow up a couple of thousand nukes. That may have a better chance (and look cooler too).

Answer 2

Earth has taken a lickin'.....and kept on tickin', having endured many epic hits on it's surface to make the planet what we know of it today.

A direct comet or meteor strike on Earth wouldn't destroy the planet---just extungish ALL life (and that inculdes US) on the planet; leaving the planet somewhat misshapen....but still around.

The only way I can see Earth being destroyed clean is for an epic planet core disruption to occur, literally exploding from that point OUT, literally splitting the planet into sections that are propelled out by epic gaseous combustive explosions.

Yes....that too would kill us all, leaving all life to be reduced to crispy char broiled burnt critters.

This event IS possible.....but highly unlikely for eons of millions of years to come.  By then, it's a safe logical assumption mankind will have found Earth twin planets to inhabit---and hopefully take care of such places, learning from our mistakes made here.

Abeit a given God and Science are somewhat seperated by scientists---it's my held belief that God grants us the scientific knowlege and tools needed to survive future challenges to man's existence.  Whether or not we use that knowlege wisely is yet another subject of debate.

And to that, I say "Stay tuned.....and pray we do".

Answer 3

child's play.

and I mean that literally.

you see, I ordered the "Acme World Destroyer" from the Acme catalog?  you know, the one with the anvils and the rocket skates?  anyway, I got it a couple weeks ago... 10 lbs of Strange matter in a magnetic bottle!  Woot!

Destruction of the Earth, here we come!

except, the sealed the d**n bottle with a "Child-Proof Cap".

grrrrrrr....

Destruction of the Earth ...delayed!

Answer 4

If we do destroy the Earth, at least it will be through a multi-national accident due to the search for knowledge and the betterment of mankind and not because one country wants show how much tougher they are then everyone else by building a few thousand thermonuclear warheads.

I'm not to worried. Sure there is always a remote chance of something happening, but theres a better chance of you dying in your car tomorrow due to a plane crashing into you... its not likely.

The universe has a lot of stuff happening in it all the time, including protons getting flung around near luminary speeds. If an unstoppable blackhole appeared every time I would think there would be a lot more planet sized black holes out there than there are. As for the "ice-nine" scenario with strange matter... I think that would be the classy way to go out. Singeing the Earth's surface with a nuclear holocaust might have a lasting affect for a few million years before mother nature takes control again, but turning the entire planet into strange matter will last forever... a true testament to mankind =)

Imagine a world made up of all strange matter and Tom Cruise... Tom Cruise won't be converted because he can't get any stranger.  =)   =)

Answer 5

there are no dangers asociated with the LHC. the simple truth is, we've been performing the same type of experiments with other atomic accelorators for a couple of decades. we've been making microscopic black holes and making antimatter for a while now. we started making microscopic black holes a lot about 10 years ago, but the first one was made around the late 80's. we have made antimatter before. infact we just made some in swiss a while back. its nothing new, but it is being publicized.

did you notice that ever since the 2012 myth got started, yahoo has been posting a lot of news articles about exo planets, and "planet x", and the possibility of life on other planets, and now the particle accelorator? its all a matter to gain attention. they know there are tons of people out there who believe in this 2012 nonsense, and they are going to push it as far as they can.

the LHC is perfectly safe. it is the most powerful one ever built, but it is still extreamily safe. a routine saftey examination was performed in 2003 and tested what it is going to be doing in August, and everything turned out fine.

these microscopic black holes aren't as bad as you think. first of all, when you think of black holes you picture this black hole in the middle of space, warping the matter and light all around it. well, the truth is, it doesn't look like that. it is invisible... its dark matter. dark matter is invisible. we think of the world ending whenever someone mutters the words "black hole".

here's some prespective. if the sun were to suddenly disapear, and a black hole of the same size and mass was put in its place, we wouldn't get sucked in. we would continue our normal orbit. we would die because of no light, but the point is, the world won't get sucked into the black hole.

these microscopic black holes are smaller than a water molecule. and they almost instantly disapear after they are made. they are so small that the universe will basically fix it itself in a matter of miliseconds. they won't suck anything in. they will have the same gravitational pull as they did when they were still normal atoms.

so i hope that puts it in prespective.

and if there was a real problem, astrophysicists, such as myself, would be the first person on the plane to the LHC to stop it. but the truth is, nothing is going to happen. its going to be one of the most groundbreaking modern scientific endevors, and people should be embracing it instead of fearing it.

Answer 6

Hard to say from that article - it's just speculation.