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22 January 2019, 05:33 PM
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Helium shortage - apparently SS Rolex isn’t only thing in short supply
Went by the local party store to pick up some balloons for my sons birthday and saw this sign - I read something years ago about the eventual worldwide shortage and the artificially low price in my country for helium. Apparently this is for real. I’ve always taken it for granted
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22 January 2019, 05:58 PM
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Maybe Rolex will release a Sea Dweller with no HEV at Basel 19..?
Doesn't seem much point having one if there's no helium to escape...lol  Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk
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22 January 2019, 06:14 PM
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When I was a kid in the '60s we made do with one of these
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22 January 2019, 06:22 PM
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And your balloons were easier to catch Adam.
 On the floor..............
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22 January 2019, 06:32 PM
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wouldn't it be funny if the human race required helium to reach other habitable planets and we had used it all for party balloons.
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22 January 2019, 06:50 PM
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But if you buy some silly string and party poppers, they'll put your name on the waiting list.
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22 January 2019, 06:51 PM
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22 January 2019, 07:01 PM
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thats nothing compared to the CO2 shortage. There was beer rationing in the UK last year
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22 January 2019, 07:07 PM
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Much more fun.  And they stay up longer........
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22 January 2019, 07:21 PM
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It's interesting to read about helium and it's history in the USA.
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22 January 2019, 07:45 PM
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Just fuse some hydrogen, the sun does it all the time
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22 January 2019, 09:17 PM
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Helium prices shortage/ spike started a bit ago... theres only so many places to get helium from. Got to get it from helium rich gas reserves
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22 January 2019, 09:25 PM
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I'll get by without balloons, but I will miss the funny voices.
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23 January 2019, 04:42 AM
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Especially if your chain smoking uncle is on the inflation task. 
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23 January 2019, 07:54 PM
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I work for a company that produces about 25% of the world’s helium but it is just a by-product for us. About ten years ago, I was in a meeting with the company’s CEO when the Helium plant manager turned up holding loads of helium filled balloons to celebrate the start up of the plant.
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23 January 2019, 09:02 PM
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i assume LNG is topic dujour these days... |
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24 January 2019, 02:10 AM
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