[Impala64ssa]

I first heard of this the other day from a manager at my local WallyWorld. Is this for real or another hoax? How can party balloons be inflated without helium? I could just imagine the occutards recruiting the kiddies, NO HELIUM, NO PEACE! We need helium. for the chiiiildren

[apillar]

One word, “Hydrogen”. Just tell the kiddies to keep it away from open flames...

[KarlInOhio]

How can party balloons be inflated without helium?

Hydrogen party balloons. Just don't rub them on your head or sweater to create a spark. Oh, the humanity!

[Paleo Conservative]

Congress forced the DOD to sell off its stockpile of helium. Now that’s gone, and we don’t have much of a stockpile. It’s too valuable to be wasted in balloons.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: HELIUM SHORTAGE

I FIND THIS TO BE IRONIC.

The 10 Most Abundant Elements in the Universe

Source: Exploring Chemical Elements and their Compounds; David L. Heiserman, 1992

Element	Abundance measured relative to silicon
Hydrogen	40,000
Helium	3,100
Oxygen	22
Neon	8.6
Nitrogen	6.6
Carbon	3.5
Silicon	1
Magnesium	0.91
Iron	0.6
Sulfur	0.38

[henkster]

I’ll just put a tube on my “Mr. Fusion” and drain off the helium it creates.

[JMJJR]

There are ~ 250 full bottles of helium sitting on pallets over at the UCAR campus nearby, figured they’re either going to launch a big package or have a really big party.

let’s all talk like Donald Duck.

[11Bush]

Helium, a natural resource, is usually harvested from natural gas reserves. The shortage, which has dragged on for a year and won’t end for months, is a simple case of demand outweighing supply, said Joe Peterson, assistant field manager of helium resources at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

I have highlighted the solution and the problem.

[OrangeHoof]

Must be all the folks in this economy opting for helium suicide kits...

[smokingfrog]

There's no shortage of helium on the moon.

[al baby]

Looks like there is also a shortage of paragraphs too

[TurboZamboni]

“Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.”
-Frank Zappa

[G Larry]

Helium....a government controlled commodity...

Imagine the government creating a shortage of a commodity....

[Izzy Dunne]

The shortage [...] is a simple case of demand outweighing supply, said Joe Peterson, assistant field manager of helium resources at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

Boy, nothing gets by these guys, I tellya, NOTHING !

And ... why is there such a position as "assistant field manager of helium resources", anyway?