In reply to MSF's message of Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:47:59 +0000: Hi, [snip] >That seems plausible. Do you suppose all the olivine spewed forth an erupting >volcano contains He3? >
Actually I think it may have been a bit more complex. I think the object eventually impacted the Earth because a close encounter with one of the large planets flipped it into a retrograde orbit. It first impacted the East side of Greenland then "skipped" across the Island and the final impact created the Hiawatha Crater. Some of the He3 is from deep upwelling but is mixed with He3 from the object. The answer to your question is that I have no way of telling. I do think that because He is a gas, much has collected in "gas domes" on the Western side of Greenland and also Eastern Canada. I further suspect that this is the primary reason for the US government interest in Greenland (and maybe Canada too) There may be enough He3 to supply the whole world with clean fusion energy for hundreds of years. (See Helion Energy). Helion actually plan to make their own He3 with DD fusion but this process produces lots of neutrons resulting in the equipment becoming radioactive over time. A terrestrial source of He3 would make the operation much cleaner. Not that it will make any difference if TAE manages to achieve pB11 fusion, since there is enough readily extractable Boron in the oceans to last for hundreds of millions of years. Using pB11 derived energy to extract the Boron means that you end up with about 25000 times more Boron extracted than you "burned" to extract it. In short this is a very energy positive process. > > >On Thursday, January 22nd, 2026 at 12:13 PM, Robin ><[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> BTW my theory on the He3 origin is that it was brought to Earth by the >> meteorite that created the Hiawatha Crater. This >> meteor also triggered the opening of a rift in the crust from which lava >> flowed forth carrying the He-3 with it. >> The meteor acquired it's He-3 over millions of years of Sun grazing orbits >> in space. On one of the trips around the Sun >> it managed to impact the Earth. >> The sun grazing orbits did two things:- >> 1) They exposed it to high intensity He3 bombardment. >> 2) The object got hot enough for the He3 to diffuse into the core of the >> object. >> Regards, >> >> Robin van Spaandonk >> >> http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/ELE.html Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/ELE.html
