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Whilst I generally applaud people wanting to do crazy stuff just for the hell of it, there's a downside to this particular project http://www.theguardian.com/s

• aaron695 13y ago
  Crossing the Atlantic compared to party balloons? W... T... F...
• herbig 13y ago
  Yeah, this is a silly argument. The downside to posting on the Internet is that you're using energy resources, whose production destroys the environment.
  • themstheones 13y ago
    Thanks for the heads up. Stopping now.
• baddox 13y ago
  I thought the only reason there's a predicted shortage is that stockpiles are being aggressively sold off, lowering the price below the point where it would be profitable to produce helium on the market. Granted, once the stockpiles run out, there could be a rough period, but the price (i.e. what buyers are willing to pay) would probably quickly return to levels which would make production profitable.