• In The Future, This Balloon Will Cost $100
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[QUOTE=ironman17;24260591]Well, there's allegedly helium on the Moon, so that's a source to consider tappin'. Maybe we'll have to go there and establish a mining base someday.[/QUOTE] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/Moonposter.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Nerts;24240978]Hydrogen has a higher boiling point and is way more reactive, and no one is going to put an explosive gas in a party balloon.[/QUOTE] It was a joke.
we should start filling balloons Xenon gas.
[QUOTE=ironman17;24260591]Well, there's allegedly helium on the Moon, so that's a source to consider tappin'. Maybe we'll have to go there and establish a mining base someday.[/QUOTE] that's He-3 rather than the He-4 which is abundant on earth - it's an isotope that's being thought of for research into nuclear fusion. it's not that relevant - the difficulty in recovering it would make it pretty impractical for anything.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;24240845][img]http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/LRG/21/2100/8YQ2D00Z.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Sounds like a party.
Actually hydrogen balloons are quite harmless. They can burn hair on your hand if you ignite it while still holding it in your hand. There's more hydrogen needed if you really want to start a fire.
We could get helium from the sun.
[QUOTE=mike;24244310]the article mentions that, the helium in natural gas is that it mentions of occurring through alpha-decay in rocks.[/QUOTE] Isn't helium created through fusion of hydrogen atoms as well?
Well we will have to suck it back from the atmosphere some how.
[QUOTE=Batmoutarde;24261780]We could get helium from the sun.[/QUOTE] Yes lets just fly into the sun.
MINE THE SUN BOYS! :sun: Ninja'd
back in my day we didnt have these stupid party balloon rations
So we're going to run out of one of the most abundant elements in the universe. k, if you say so.
shit, might as well buy one so that i could make my voice high one last time
[quote=kite_shugo;24241990]bieber is done[/quote] yes. Yes. Yes. A million fucking times, yes.
By the time that happens, we'd be able to fuse hydrogen to make helium.
Man, I was born just in time for global warming to destroy earth, for helium and oil to run out, and for Canada to lose it's claim to the arctic islands.
Old, guys. Like 3 years old.
[QUOTE=Smeetin;24306912]Man, I was born just in time for global warming to destroy earth, for helium and oil to run out, and for Canada to lose it's claim to the arctic islands.[/QUOTE] none of those have happened
[QUOTE=Nitrowing;24252862]This means that some day we can brag to the future generations about how we would just release, pop, or just inhale these floating goldmines for fun. Then they will sigh, shake their heads, and get back to building their pocket fusion reactors with some other gas.[/QUOTE] This, this, a thousand times this. My dad loves mentioning how he used to break open mercury thermometers with his friends and play with the mercury inside. This is basically our generation's version of that. Then again, we'll probably tell them about how we used to have perfectly clean water in our toilets too.
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