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Can someone explain why we have a shortage? That would normally be the job of the journalist that wrote the article. ‘dafuq, Bloomberg? “You know, the helium s
by mikestew 8y ago
Can someone explain why we have a shortage?
That would normally be the job of the journalist that wrote the article. ‘dafuq, Bloomberg? “You know, the helium shortage.” No, I don’t know, Bloomberg. Is it related to the sell-off of U. S. helium reserves a while back? Or is it something different this time?
Instead, we get “will your kids get balloons at their party this year?” Oh, and some brief mention about pharma, but we don’t really know how that works, so...yeah.
- chapium 8y agoBBC News tends to do a better job of showing related articles which provide context to the given article. Its helpful for geo-political news since I don't always have encyclopedic and historical knowledge of every region of the world.
- bonestamp2 8y agoYa, when I was a kid, we had balloons, but they didn't have helium in them. They just had DLA (dad lung air). This year, my kids didn't have helium balloons either... they just had DLA. They didn't care at all, maybe didn't even notice the difference. So ya, who cares about party usage -- the shortage itself is the real story. They buried the lead so deep they forgot to dig it up.
- foobarian 8y agoGave me incentive to make hydrogen balloons from lye+Al reaction. Work just as well and then you get to blow them up later!
- bonestamp2 8y agoThat sounds interesting. Is it reasonably safe to have hydrogen balloons around at a kid's party? Any major dangers to watch out for besides the obvious proximity to candles?