Thanks for the post Metricyard, that's a great example about what I mean concerning their statements.
“In a bad accident, the beam could go off course and drill a hole through one or two magnets,” says Schmidt. While this would not destroy the LHC, it would still require time and money for repair."
"Gillies told the AP that the most dangerous thing that could happen would be if a beam at full power were to go out of control, and that would only damage the accelerator itself and burrow into the rock around the tunnel."
2 CERN scientists describing the same event with 2 different outcomes. Neither of which I consider a danger to the public.
The difference is I am posting on a private forum, CERN is releasing public statements to the world. Posters on this forum are demanding scientific accountability from me, but not from CERN?
And Neverfly if I was fear mongering I'd mention that "These include 1232 dipole magnets of 15 m length" in relation to "drill a hole through one or two magnets"
Oh wait I did just mention it, and cite direct CERN sources without any of my own hypothetical suppositions, darn me for fear mongering!!!
Well on the plus side at least you can make fun of me for thinking it would only go a few centimeters into the rock. Wow I am an idiot.