Posted on 06/28/2016 2:40:26 PM PDT by sparklite2
What scientists are calling a "game changer" for society has been discovered deep in Tanzania's Rift Valley: a massive helium gas field with enough of the precious commodity to fill more than 1.2 million MRI scanners, Phys.org reports.
Besides the sheer amount of gas, the discovery is notable because it appears to be the first time that stores of helium have been purposely found (they're usually stumbled upon during oil and gas drilling). And the find, which will be presented Tuesday by Durham University PhD student Diveena Danabalan at a Japanese geochemistry conference, could help restock nearly depleted stockpiles. Researchers figure there's about 54 billion cubic feet of helium in just one section of the valley. To put that in context, the Federal Helium Reserve in Texas, which supplies more than 40% of domestic helium needs and contains about 30% of the world's total helium supply, right now holds about 24.2 billion cubic feet, per Live Science.
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Your are correct.
Helium is really interesting.
I used to inject Helium into underground plumbing and a Helium detector to find leaks in the pipes below.
Once the MRI machines become sentient we are doomed.
Now, if they could just find a massive balloon deposit.
A rouge MRI machine might run things better than the wun, harridan, or burned out socialist.
What? Rosie OâDoNuts and Micheal Moore both there ?
;)
along with a lawn chair deposit!
Helium is inert.
Yes, and a patio deposit could come in handy too.
“:^)
This would explain the spotted long neck horses seen here.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Giraffes_Arusha_Tanzania.jpg
Plus have you ever heard a Tanzanian speak? They sound so funny!
I got some helium in my mouth once but didn’t talk funny.
Like Slick Willy, I didn’t inhale.
Bambi will let China have it.
Serious answer: no.
Clever but wrong..........
Good grief....you’re hapless and hopeless - and about as observant as Ray Charles in a dark room.
Now go away, troll.
The USA is indirectly responsible for the Hindenberg disaster. During the late 1930s, the USA put an embargo on helium shipments to Germany. That caused Germany to switch to hydrogen gas to keep their airships going. The rest is history.
” Tanzania will make sure it gets squandered.”
AAW:
AFRICA
ALWAYS
WINS
this is commonly knowledge at this stage.
Dude, you’re wrong. It’s OK though.
We’ve all been wrong before.
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