It was thought it would require the mass of Jupiter, but that was changed due to a redesign. The new design requires as much energy as 70% of the US annual energy usage. High, but not astronomical anymore.

How would such a business plan make money?

Actually, if the EU subsidizes farmers to destroy crops, this is one of the causes of the higher food production. That is the purpose of a subsidy. In this case, if they grow too much, they are paid by the gov't. Thie higher food production is a result of the burning of the subsidized crops, not the other way around.

For the electroweeak force yes, but not in the QCD Lagrangian. B+ meson CP violation is the new part.

I blame the Xbox for this. Before it existed, developers made games for the PC and anticipated increasingly powerful hardware specs. They made the games for next year's hardware. Now, games are developed for the current level of Xbox since the hardware upgrades so slowly, and then the game is ported to the pC. The lack of hardware increase anticipation has led to games not requiring increasingly powerful hardware, and so there is little need for gamers to upgrade their pcs if future games aren't requiring it.

Most liquor in the US is sold in metric units. Some countries define a pint of beer in metric terms, such as 568.26 ml, or just 600 ml are used for 'a pint of beer'.

I liked the CBC's Lang and O'Leary. A financial daily show that often explained the finances around the world. I haven't found something comparable that talks about finances as globally on US TV. I get sick of the Washington focused news channels in the US.