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Douglas 2 year s ago
#9 this is one of the dumbest things I have ever read. Are we supposed to believe that helium disappears when its put into a balloon? That one of the most plentiful substances in the galaxy is being used up??
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Water 2 year s ago
Douglas, Supposedly if it is released it just floats up and up in the atmosphere to a point where you just can't get to it. Doesn't much matter how much of it is in the galaxy, most if not all of the helium we have on earth is here as result of alpha decay in closed off spaces over eons, such as those where we get gas/oil from. Just like gas and oil it will never Truly run out, just get so expensive at some point that using it will be a luxurious waste of money.
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Louis 2 year s ago
Water,
so it floats up there and we can't get to it? that means if aliens do visit us, they're all going to have squeaky voices after they land.
so it floats up there and we can't get to it? that means if aliens do visit us, they're all going to have squeaky voices after they land.
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Junius 2 year s ago
Louis,
except for Alf; he held his breath.
Was that a cat?
except for Alf; he held his breath.
Was that a cat?
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Faster 2 year s ago
Douglas,
It's ok that you're not very bright. I'm sure you're special in your own way...
It's ok that you're not very bright. I'm sure you're special in your own way...
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Lu 2 year s ago
Douglas,
Not dumb at all.
Released Helium will escape from the Earth's atmosphere and disappear into space.
At some point we will run out of helium we can remove from the Earth's crust, or at least we can easily remove, making helium incredibly expensive.
Not dumb at all.
Released Helium will escape from the Earth's atmosphere and disappear into space.
At some point we will run out of helium we can remove from the Earth's crust, or at least we can easily remove, making helium incredibly expensive.
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Randolph 2 year s ago
Quote: Douglas
helium
am i the only one to look up "He" or does everyone else rely on what their told?..........................................................relying on being told something got us the potato in the white house and the current economy...................................
.......................very well, on to the element "He"
Abundance and isotopes
Helium constitutes about 23 percent of the mass of the universe and is thus second in abundance to hydrogen in the cosmos. Helium is concentrated in stars, where it is synthesized from hydrogen by nuclear fusion. Although helium occurs in Earth’s atmosphere only to the extent of 1 part in 200,000 (0.0005 percent) and small amounts occur in radioactive minerals, meteoric iron, and mineral springs, great volumes of helium are found as a component (up to 7.6 percent) in natural gases in the United States (especially in Texas, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arizona, and Utah). Smaller supplies have been discovered in Algeria, Australia, Poland, Qatar, and Russia. Ordinary air contains about 5 parts per million of helium, and Earth’s crust is only about 8 parts per billion.
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Didi 2 year s ago
Douglas, whatever of it that *is within our reach* is being used up. Just like you being broke while Bezos still has his billions.
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Crate 2 year s ago
Douglas,
#9 Helium is so light, it floats up to the top of the atmosphere where it is blown away by the Solar wind. The only reason that we have a "supply" of helium is because the Government paid to have a strategic reserve. That reserve is no longer needed (who needs blimps now?) and being handed out at below cost. At the moment, its not profitable to extract more. When the price goes up, Oil companies will have no problem supplying it (helium is a byproduct of natural radioactive decay underground, which is extracted along with Oil and Gas (the same way the Reserve was built).
#9 Helium is so light, it floats up to the top of the atmosphere where it is blown away by the Solar wind. The only reason that we have a "supply" of helium is because the Government paid to have a strategic reserve. That reserve is no longer needed (who needs blimps now?) and being handed out at below cost. At the moment, its not profitable to extract more. When the price goes up, Oil companies will have no problem supplying it (helium is a byproduct of natural radioactive decay underground, which is extracted along with Oil and Gas (the same way the Reserve was built).
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Matthias 2 year s ago
#29 The same is true about vulvas.
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Arabella 2 year s ago
Matthias,
mmmmmmmm................vulvas.
mmmmmmmm................vulvas.
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Louis 2 year s ago
#31 when you wish upon flaming underwear...makes no difference here or there...everything you want to be true...is based on someone's burning poo
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Jos 2 year s ago
#8 7000 million? 7 billion.
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Louvinia 2 year s ago
Jos, yeah, those metric people again.
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Didi 2 year s ago
Louvinia, Metric has a word for it, but the medieval people using the imperial system wouldn't understand it. ;-)
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Brenda 2 year s ago
#22 So now it looks like France got there first?
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Bat 2 year s ago
I thought the moon was cold.
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Augustina 2 year s ago
What's with the miles ... have we not progressed past using archaic systems based on 12, 3, 1760 and an English king's body parts ?
Seriously, metric .. based on ten, thats it, just like money, so simple.
Seriously, metric .. based on ten, thats it, just like money, so simple.
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Allen 2 year s ago
# 31 Gives the word hot underwear quite a new meaning!
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Christa 2 year s ago
#11 - nonsense - not true.
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Mckenna 2 year s ago
#9 & #20 You can say that again.
so it floats up there and we can't get to it? that means if aliens do visit us, they're all going to have squeaky voices after they land.
except for Alf; he held his breath.
Was that a cat?
It's ok that you're not very bright. I'm sure you're special in your own way...
Not dumb at all.
Released Helium will escape from the Earth's atmosphere and disappear into space.
At some point we will run out of helium we can remove from the Earth's crust, or at least we can easily remove, making helium incredibly expensive.
relying on being told something got us the potato in the white house and the current economy...................................
.......................very well, on to the element "He"
Abundance and isotopes
Helium constitutes about 23 percent of the mass of the universe and is thus second in abundance to hydrogen in the cosmos. Helium is concentrated in stars, where it is synthesized from hydrogen by nuclear fusion. Although helium occurs in Earth’s atmosphere only to the extent of 1 part in 200,000 (0.0005 percent) and small amounts occur in radioactive minerals, meteoric iron, and mineral springs, great volumes of helium are found as a component (up to 7.6 percent) in natural gases in the United States (especially in Texas, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arizona, and Utah). Smaller supplies have been discovered in Algeria, Australia, Poland, Qatar, and Russia. Ordinary air contains about 5 parts per million of helium, and Earth’s crust is only about 8 parts per billion.
#9 Helium is so light, it floats up to the top of the atmosphere where it is blown away by the Solar wind. The only reason that we have a "supply" of helium is because the Government paid to have a strategic reserve. That reserve is no longer needed (who needs blimps now?) and being handed out at below cost. At the moment, its not profitable to extract more. When the price goes up, Oil companies will have no problem supplying it (helium is a byproduct of natural radioactive decay underground, which is extracted along with Oil and Gas (the same way the Reserve was built).
mmmmmmmm................vulvas.
Seriously, metric .. based on ten, thats it, just like money, so simple.