Cornell has been stepping up green initiatives around campus. Some include the removal of food trays from dining halls and exploring the banning of water bottles on campus. I think we can all see the brilliance of such ideas. I mean washing those food trays in bulk has got to take like 15ounces of water at least!
A rumor has circulated that Cornell is in the process of applying for funding from the bailout money for a new synchrotron on campus. Now, Cornell already has one high energy synchrotron but as we all know two is better than one. Little fun fact, the new synchrotron will use more than twice as much energy as the entire Cornell campus combined on any given day.
Let’s just hope the scientists running the lab are using Nalgene bottles for their water and have gone trayless to reduce their carbon footprint.
