Re:The Increasing Scarcity of Helium
by kordless on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @04:31PM
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The moon is chock full of it. Would be hysterical if we went back to the moon just because kid's balloons.
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Nah, one MRI magnet uses more helium than 10,000 kids balloons, and you get to charge $5,000 every time you use it.
Uses or wastes? I.e. is 10k-balloon-equivalent helium released or reused?
Reused unless you do a quench (emergency shutdown)
Re:The Increasing Scarcity of Helium
by jackgavigan on Thursday June 18, 2015 @09:06AM
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This comment led me to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOUJP5dFEg
Re:The Increasing Scarcity of Helium
by PhasmaFelis on Thursday June 18, 2015 @02:14AM
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Apparently helium balloons use only about 8% of the annual consumption of helium, and that's just about the highest-margin use there is--hospitals effectively pay less for their helium because it's subsidized by kiddie balloons.