Hello, Saturday, December 13, 2008, 1:40:47, Neville Michie wrote:
N> The problem with helium is that it comes out of oil wells. N> It does not cost much because they were digging up the oil anyway. N> If what they say about peak oil is true, in 30 years or so there will N> be no N> more helium and nowhere to get it, save tiny quantities from nuclear N> plants. N> It seems to escape from earth's atmosphere to be lost for all time. N> We should be doing all the research that needs helium now, because N> we will not be able to do it in the future. N> Every time my grand kids play with a helium balloon I feel guilty. N> Neville mIchie I don't think that everything is so bad with helium supply. There is a lots of He in a natural gas fields. There is some new gas fields in Eastern Siberia where helium concentration exceeds 0.6% by volume. Few large helium extraction plants located on large pipelines in Siberia may double or triple world's helium supply easily. Winter temperatures that sometimes goes well below -40 deg. centigrade there may make process even more economical during cold season. The only real problem is funding, as I understand this. -- Best regards, Yuri mailto:[email protected] _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
