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There is a world wide helium shortage and we may need to ban party balloons
Posted on 5/10/19 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 5/10/19 at 1:12 pm
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Still, scientists add, a helium shortage – which has been years in the making – is no laughing matter.
"It is a serious problem," said Roman Dembinski, an organic chemistry professor at Oakland University. "A shortage and disruption would quench our magnets, so we would be without instruments."
industry, which uses the gas as a coolant in magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear magnetic resonance, are suggesting a ban on party balloons.
Without helium, doctors will not be able to give patients noninvasive, life-saving MRI scans that detect damage to organs and tissues.
An element of the periodic table, helium is what chemists call an inert gas.
It's nontoxic, nonflammable, and is used in several industries because it is the element with the lowest boiling point, about minus 452 degrees.
But now that the gas is in short supply and the price has shot up, it’s not entirely clear what will happen.
Helium also is used in space flight to pressurize the fuel tanks of liquid-fueled rockets, in satellite instruments, in aerospace for supersonic wind tunnels and even combined with oxygen to create nitrogen-free atmospheres for deep sea divers.
A big reason for the shortage is that about 75% of all the helium comes from just three places: Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar, ExxonMobil in Wyoming and the National Helium Reserve in Texas, according to gas-trade publication Gasworld.com.
In Texas, the reserves are being depleted, while at the same time overall demand for the gas has been growing.
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Posted on 5/10/19 at 1:13 pm to Dr RC
Not to make light of the situation...but Couldn’t they just up the production?
Posted on 5/10/19 at 1:14 pm to Dr RC
How will doctors run up a big bill if they can’t do a bunch of expensive tests? They might actually have to look at your back like a chiropractor does
Posted on 5/10/19 at 1:15 pm to Dr RC
ban party balloons?
how about we ban space flights as well?
how about we ban space flights as well?
Posted on 5/10/19 at 1:15 pm to Dr RC
I don’t understand. Why is it finite?
This post was edited on 5/10/19 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 5/10/19 at 1:15 pm to Dr RC
quote:Well then build more helium places. Problem solved.
A big reason for the shortage is that about 75% of all the helium comes from just three places: Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar, ExxonMobil in Wyoming and the National Helium Reserve in Texas, according to gas-trade publication Gasworld.com.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 1:15 pm to Dr RC
I’m assembling an Ocean’s 11 crew as we speak to heist our local Publix Party Center.
Black market helium pays top dollar, and I intend to be the Helium Jefe.
Black market helium pays top dollar, and I intend to be the Helium Jefe.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 1:15 pm to Dr RC
I work in the dive industry. It really is a problem.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 1:17 pm to Dr RC
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There is a world wide helium shortage and we may need to ban party balloons
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Posted on 5/10/19 at 1:23 pm to Dr RC
We were supposed to run out of oil 50 years ago too. I think we'll find a way.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 1:23 pm to Dr RC
Helium walks into a bar.
Bartender says, "We don't serve noble gases here."
Helium doesn't react.
Bartender says, "We don't serve noble gases here."
Helium doesn't react.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 1:45 pm to Dr RC
Party City disagrees with this
Posted on 5/10/19 at 2:00 pm to Dr RC
Disney will also be affected by this. You know how many balloons are being blown up daily to sell to those kids?
Posted on 5/10/19 at 2:03 pm to Dr RC
Posted on 5/10/19 at 2:43 pm to Dr RC
Learned this at dollar tree. They wouldn’t fill up balloons because of it. Also know that helium will frick up an Apple Watch.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 2:45 pm to Dr RC
Why don't they just remove the 'O' from water and keep the H2??
Science tries to make everything SO hard.
Science tries to make everything SO hard.
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