No, no it could not.
The stuff used in balloons isn't pure enough to be used for cryogenic purposes, which is what people really want it for.
And before you ask purifying it is really difficult.
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"A dream. It's perfect": Helium discovery in northern Minnesota may be biggest ever in North America
"A dream. It's perfect": Helium discovery in northern Minnesota may be biggest ever in North America
... No, but I'd sure trust them to describe oil drilling to me.
Christ, Lemmy sucks ass
"A dream. It's perfect": Helium discovery in northern Minnesota may be biggest ever in North America
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".
"A dream. It's perfect": Helium discovery in northern Minnesota may be biggest ever in North America
The highest grade helium is grade 6, grade 4.7 gets used for cryogenic purposes. Balloon helium is grade 4.
Tommy's dad didn't steal grade 6 helium from a research lab for kid's birthday party.
Here's a link to a gas supplier's website with a chart: https://www.westairgases.com/blog/exploring-the-most-essential-and-underappreciated-uses-for-helium
"A dream. It's perfect": Helium discovery in northern Minnesota may be biggest ever in North America
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 ...
I believe that "scores" here means "joyfully or thankfully obtains". Swap "scores" for "obtains" and the headline makes more sense.
For real. I've started to replace "AI" with "program" or "software" in my head every time I read a headline.
Ok, trolling for sure.
There's no way a person could be literate and have access to the Internet and be that ignorant.
That's God Emperor of Dune, and Frank Herbert (the original author) was the one who wrote it.
One of the best Reddit comments I ever saw was in response to the announcement that they were considering also adapting the second book. Someone just said "do God Emperor you cowards".
People here are the worst.
It'S a TrAdiTiOn.
It's like nobody here knows to just cut bait when they get called out for saying stupid shit. 100% of the time the reaction is to double down on the stupid.
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...