SellaTheChemist18h ago
I’ll be talking about the very serious helium shortage that is looming (actually, it’s already upon us) and risks crippling semiconductor chip production and diagnostic instruments like MRI scanners, not to mention low temperature science.. It’s maddening because we’ve known that helium is very limited but it’s cheap so no one recovers it. It’ll be on BBC World Service Newshour around 13:45 BST.
#elements #chemistry #economics #profligacy
Show threadThe Turtle
@sellathechemist all most people will hear is that the mylar balloons for their fucking brat's birthday party will cost a lot more. Fuck mylar balloons.
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Show threadPozorvlak12h ago
@the_turtle @sellathechemist I once found one on a glacier in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan, at the foot of a mountain I'm pretty sure nobody had climbed before me. As you say, fuck mylar balloons.