The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a worthwhile project.

Lets look at this from a taxpayers perspective. You are trying to sell me the LHC My first question is what does this collider do that other colliders don't From my research the only thing this collider does different is move particles faster, it really doesn't do anything differently. So there is no enormous leap in collider technology here. What different kinds of experiments will this new collider be able to perform that previous colliders could not perform? My exhaustive research suggests none. The builders of this collider have only one experiment that they want to perform as a reason to build it. To observe a thing called the Higgs-Bosson particle.An experimental observation of it would help to explain how otherwise mass less elementary particles cause matter to have mass. After that experiment is completed the machine has no further use other than being a billion dollar toy for college students and scientists to use to perform who knows what kind of experiments at who knows what cost to the taxpayer. I did actually manage to find some so called new invention that was spun off from it's construction. This collider has all of it's sensors connected together so a scientists can see the results from all the sensors from their desk top computer in their prestigious offices. Isn't that essentially a computer network. I could not find a single example of spin offs from it's construction anywhere as is stated in my opponent's links. Almost every link related to the LHC are identical and offer nothing in the way of specific experiments to be conducted with this machine other than the one single experiment described. Many extra extraordinary claims are made by the builders of this machine are made though to justify it's cost. They say that they can use it to find new dimensions in space and time and cut pieces out of space and time and move them around and many other super exciting things beyond belief. I tried to find any data that would try describe in any kind of detail just what and how these experiments might be performed but there is nothing. Not a single outline or anything. Just hyped up unsubstantiated promises of extraordinary discoveries. There are no theories of even how to perform these experiments that will bring us these extraordinary discoveries. Next, how many new practicale applications will come from this new collider that havn't already been achieved using the ones we already have and mind you there are a great many of these things around the world, more than I ever imagined when I found out. I submit there will be very few if any as the need for so much power when it comes to the medical industry is not necessary or any other industry for that matter that I can see through my research. Here is a list of all the different particle accelerators around the world and their locations. I mean really how many of these things do we need? http://inventors.about.com... Here is a link that describes why massive objects attract each other. Sorry I couldn't resist. http://molaire1.club.fr... So in closing of this round my opponent has not made a very convincing argument other than to offer wild and lofty promises of great wonders of discovery without even so much as giving a single detail about theories as to how to conduct experiments to achieve these wondrous life changing goals that the builders of this machine promise. It is only useful to those who use it. It is more likely than not to be a waste of taxpayers money. More research needed to be done to come up with more experimental theories to achieve these lofty goals that the builders of this machine promise in order to sell it to me, Joe taxpayer