3 ms·
> There's a facility being built in Düsseldorf, Germany ... [and shipping] appears we are just a liquid helium supply away from getting it to work That "just"
by pif 1y ago
> There's a facility being built in Düsseldorf, Germany ... [and shipping] appears we are just a liquid helium supply away from getting it to work
That "just" is not just a "just"! As far as I understand, given the low reserves of helium we have, using a largish quantity for an experiment must be a political decision as much as it has to be a technical one.
- AngryData 1y agoWe vent the vast majority of helium by not separating it from natural gas, I still think the "shortage" of helium is still way overblown. We shouldn't be wasting it, but I don't believe the doom and gloom about helium. Basically every gas well has helium, and we aren't going to run out of gas wells anytime soon, it just costs a little more to extract because its a little bit lower percentage than the ideal wells.
- deleted 1y ago[deleted]
- to11mtm 1y agoExtraction is the challenge... The US has subsidized Helium via this mindset for a long time. Where I get confused is, after all these years, surely others could make a bigger effort? (unless the nature of US reserves put us in a unique position)