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Makes sense. We have so much gas where I live that there are places it’s just flared off and burned, because it’s less greenhouse emissions than it escaping un
by trollbridge 8mo ago
Makes sense.
We have so much gas where I live that there are places it’s just flared off and burned, because it’s less greenhouse emissions than it escaping unburned.
- GeorgeWBasic 8mo agoIf it's being burned, it isn't helium.
- HPsquared 8mo agoParent is referring to natural gas
- XorNot 8mo agoHelium deposits don't exist is the thing, the same structures in the Earth which trap methane gas also trap helium gas and some of them trap enough to make recovery economically viable.
- HPsquared 8mo agoAnd that helium comes from Alpha decay of Uranium and Thorium.
- hedora 8mo agoToday, I learned Helium does burn, and when it burns, it forms Carbon. https://www.britannica.com/science/chemical-element/Processes-producing-heavier-elements https://www.britannica.com/science/chemical-element/Processe... Granted, the flare gas probably doesn't reach the prerequisite 100M-200M kelvin. I suspect high pressure is also required so the Helium stays close to the heat source.