Why helium prices are flying high!

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@spacerunner357 2 ай бұрын

That's amazing to know that there is still a lot more helium left actually!

@jeffbenton6183 2 ай бұрын

At *present* usage rates, the *current* supply will run out in 130 years, so it isn't an issue - the market will take care of it. Selling off the helium reserve was still an incredibly bone-headed decision, though (for exactly the reasons mentioned).

@DanNowlan 2 ай бұрын

Using something so medically and scientifically precious for something as inconsequential as a party balloon is a travesty!

@romanski5811 2 ай бұрын

Don't worry. Market forces will make it very expensive again and then only those who can afford it will be able to get MRI scans.

@lc1138 2 ай бұрын

@@romanski5811oh oops

@Kittymittie 2 ай бұрын

Well, I heard that the helium used in a balloon is waayyyy different in quality than the ones used in medical equipment! So, the helium in medical equipment has to be high quality, and we'd have no use for the low quality helium... Might as well use it in balloons 🤣🤣

@EmmaDilemma039 2 ай бұрын

@@romanski5811don't worry, the market will save us!

@OttoKreml 2 ай бұрын

Food is important too. Why do we waste it on pets? Electricity is needed for almost every function, so why do we waste it on watching KZbin videos? Why do we waste gold on wedding rings when it could be used for electronics? Just think about the implications of if we actually did these things. I don't want to live in a commie bloc being able to only buy 5 foods at the grocery store.

@garg4531 2 ай бұрын

Fascinating history lesson!

@veronica21 2 ай бұрын

Very interesting 🤔🧐

@faaaailure 2 ай бұрын

Man I remember being young and feeling bad everytime I saw an helium filled baloon because I thought we were just wasting a rare resource on unimportant things 😭

@cooltwinkies2090 Ай бұрын

I thought you would have to go to mars to get helium so I though that stuff was priceless😭

@lc1138 2 ай бұрын

Thank you ! I didn't know where Helium came from nor what it happened of it.

@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat 2 ай бұрын

Bring back the airships!

@vervalkon 2 ай бұрын

Yea I mean Helium isn't even flammable, that was Hydrogen.

@cdredstone 2 ай бұрын

It’ll inflate until fusion reactors take off. Helium is a byproduct of fusion reactors, so there might be an abundance…

@jeffbenton6183 2 ай бұрын

Problem is, fusion reactors *need* liquid helium as a coolant. Currently, about 3x as much helium is used up in fusion reactors as is generated. I suppose there are improvements to be made, but it'll be tricky at bwst

@skilltreegames Ай бұрын

Just use vodka.... (there was a russian aircraft that used vodka as coolant, and all the pilots would get drunk bc of it) @jeffbenton6183

@jeffbenton6183 Ай бұрын

@@skilltreegames Ah yes, I've heard of that. By the way, do you watch Paper Skies, by any chance? In any case, it probably wouldn't work. The reason why they use liquid helium is because it's the coldest cryogenic liquid possible according to the known laws of physics. 4 Kelvins; even liquid nitrogen won't do (although I suppose there might be a way; I'm not a nuclear engineer). Anti-freeze or alcohol is a little too warm.

@TM-45. 2 ай бұрын

Even the second most simplest element in the universe as its prices inflating in this economy...

@Comeoniwantaccount 2 ай бұрын

yay, helium!

@SacsachCCABP 2 ай бұрын

*reinvents the zeppelin* heres your balloon

@jeffbenton6183 2 ай бұрын

Weird. I was just reading about this yesterday, this video came out the day before that without me noticing and now its in my recommended feed today

@lc1138 2 ай бұрын

You can call it good algorithm. And luck, also. But still good algorithm.

@faaaailure 2 ай бұрын

Google Baader-Meinhof phenomenon

@MarvinElsen 2 ай бұрын

How does it float away though? Even if it's the lightest element, gravity still should make it stay unless there is a stronger force acting upon it (like the gravity of another body), no?

@KyubiBubi 2 ай бұрын

Bouyancy. The helium gets pushed up because the other molecules around the helium want to go down (due to gravity) and are heavier, thus exert more force. Helium just gets bullied, basically

@MarvinElsen 2 ай бұрын

@@KyubiBubiThanks for the reply. I understand it this far, but why doesn't the helium just... stay/float on top? Or is that what's being talked about when it is said that the helium "is gone"? 😅

@KyubiBubi 2 ай бұрын

@@MarvinElsen The helium will leave the atmosphere entirely (escaping to outer space) due to stuff like Jeans escape. Helium atoms will collide which can cause a transfer in velocity that might add up so high that a molecule reaches edcape velocity and flies off into outer space.

@MarvinElsen 2 ай бұрын

@@KyubiBubi Ahhh, I see now I get it! Thanks for taking the time 🙏

@einplaysbad 2 ай бұрын

So was Gnarly lying??

@TalooshDaBoss 2 ай бұрын

Bring airships back

@Aelfraed26 2 ай бұрын

Miranda Cosgrove?

@romanski5811 2 ай бұрын

Yes, this video was first published on the KZbin channel "Mission Unstoppable" which is also a show on CBS hosted by Miranda Cosgrow. Their channel regularly puts out these shorts a few weeks in advance and is about science/stem.

@thurbine2411 2 ай бұрын

Why are you using burning airships for them falling out of favour and in the context of helium?

@mahinakhter8157 2 ай бұрын

….hydrogen airship exploded but why were they scared of helium airships exploding?

@jeffbenton6183 2 ай бұрын

Read about the USS Akron. Airships had a ton of problems besides hydrogen fires. The things were accident-prone and couldn't do what airplanes could do. That said, the possibilities of hybrid airships are awesome, but there aren't many users who want them yet.

@roidroid 2 ай бұрын

Someone who calls the shots @CBS must be invested in the helium market

@wrefk 2 ай бұрын

Wait, so, they collected so much helium that their store lasted 100 years??

@jeffbenton6183 2 ай бұрын

I was researching this the other day. They kept it stockpiled until the 70s or 80s when they decided to sell it off. It slowly deteriorated over the next several decades. Since they were under-cutting everyone else's prices, drillers stopped drilling, causing the stockpile to become the main source of helium. So in a way yes, but in a way no. They weren't using said stockpile for the entirety of those 100 years. At the largest extent it had 1 billion cubic meters of helium