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Hopefully we stop wasting this limited resource on fucking balloons.
Edit: well this kicked off a fun and respectful conversation. The information I can find from actual scientists says wasting helium on balloons is bad. The balloon lobby says it is just a waste byproduct. The balloon lobby brings nothing of value to the world in terms of plastic or helium use, so I'm going to go with the science opinion on this one.
The helium used for balloons is of low purity.
The shortages you hear about are of pure or near pure helium. The stuff going into the balloons at Tommy's birthday party isn't the same thing used to cool superconductors.
EDIT: And I used to think Reddit was full of ignorant jackasses ...
This is like saying gold nuggets are worthless because people want refined products made of gold...
It's fucking helium bro, it's easy to separate it from anything else. Because it's the lightest noble gas...
Fill a balloon with 10% helium and 90% atmosphere, and the top 10% of the balloon is pure helium.
That's how easy it is to sepeeate it.
You're incorrect, but at least you're incorrect confidently, I guess.
Here's a link where a helium extractor explains the process:
https://rockymountainair.com/blog/how-is-helium-extracted/
It's a lot more complicated than "let it sit in a tank, bro. Trust me, bro".
Thanks for the link. Interesting read.
No problem, glad you enjoyed it!
Well, when someone is having difficulty understanding something, people tend to dumb it down, hopefully to the point the other person finally understands.
Unfortunately sometimes that's not possible, in the worse cases the idiot starts acting like you're not specific enough and that's the problem.
That's like the universal sign it's a waste of time.
What does any of that have to do with you correcting me without doing even a modicum of research or having any familiarity with the topic?
The fuck is wrong with people here...