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World could run out of helium


Science | 206801 hits | Aug 23 9:40 pm | Posted by: Hyack
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Helium is one of the most widely used gases on the planet — from party balloons to MRI machine coolant — but it could soon be a thing of the past.

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  1. by avatar GreenTiger
    Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:24 am
    It's a shame we can't make some use of all the hot air coming out od Congress as a substitute.

  2. by avatar andyt
    Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:23 pm
    At least we'd be spared more of this:


  3. by avatar saturn_656
    Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:37 pm
    So... I shouldn't be inhaling the stuff? :lol:

  4. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:09 pm
    No you shouldn't. Helium can kill when inhaled.

  5. by avatar RUEZ
    Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:32 pm
    "PublicAnimalNo9" said
    No you shouldn't. Helium can kill when inhaled.

    Helium doesn't really kill you. It's the lack of oxygen that will do that.

  6. by avatar saturn_656
    Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:50 pm
    "PublicAnimalNo9" said
    No you shouldn't. Helium can kill when inhaled.


    Never suffered any ill effects from a party balloons worth of helium...

  7. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:53 pm
    Helium is a simple asphyxiant and thus oxygen. Too many inhales over a short period will kill you.

  8. by avatar saturn_656
    Tue Aug 24, 2010 5:11 pm
    "PublicAnimalNo9" said
    Helium is a simple asphyxiant and thus oxygen. Too many inhales over a short period will kill you.


    Yes Captain Obvious I'm aware that inhaling a massive amount of helium will kill you.

  9. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:13 pm
    If Richardson's predictions are correct and nothing changes, the world could be out of cheap helium as early as 2030.


    The world will run out of cheap helium. But let's go for the alarmist headline first, m'kay? :roll:

  10. by avatar 2Cdo
    Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:00 pm
    How will we ever fill those balloons at parties? 8O

  11. by avatar andyt
    Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:01 pm
    "2Cdo" said
    How will we ever fill those balloons at parties? 8O


    Hydrogen - turns any dull party into a real blowout.

  12. by avatar 2Cdo
    Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:05 pm
    "andyt" said
    How will we ever fill those balloons at parties? 8O


    Hydrogen - turns any dull party into a real blowout.

    Inhale and then light a smoke! 8O

  13. by avatar saturn_656
    Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:08 pm
    "andyt" said
    How will we ever fill those balloons at parties? 8O


    Hydrogen - turns any dull party into a real blowout.


  14. by avatar raydan
    Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:43 pm
    Oh my God, 100$ party balloons!!!!


    What are we going to do? :(



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