Qatar produces about 30 percent of global helium as a byproduct of LNG processing at Ras Laffan, home to the largest helium production facilities on Earth. With the closure of Hormuz Strait, and attacks on Qatari infrastructure, the helium stopped flowing with it. Prices have doubled in spot markets. And helium has a property that makes this crisis structurally different from oil, fertilizer, or any other commodity. It evaporates, continuously. Even in sealed containers, helium boils off. If the supply stops for six weeks, all Helium is gone. Good bye to a 3rd of all helium in the world... let that sink in.
A number of industries depend on Helium, MRIs, that's the medical industry. A sustained one-third supply cut puts diagnostic imaging capacity at risk across every healthcare system that depends on magnetic resonance. It affects every single hospital on Earth. Also semiconductors that's computer and advanced technology industry. Every chip produced by Samsung, IBM, Nvidia, etc., every AI chip, every smartphone processor, every data centre GPU in the current generation traces its manufacturing lineage through a helium-cooled process. If fabs run dry, the production lines stop. Read that again, production lines don't just slow down, they stop.
I did not even know Helium was a natural occurring substance! I just know its in special balloons that you suck the air from in order to sound like a Elf or a tiny Dwarf
I was talking birthday party balloons the smaller art designed ones they pump helium into it usually same day of purchase They are probably less common nowadays I assume
Same thing, helium. However some sellers may use hydrogen instead of helium to fill these type of balloons, as hydrogen is less expensive but highly explosive. So, it's a good idea, to ensure safety, to ask for helium specifically when ordering birthday party balloons.
Absolutely make double sure find out it is actually helium! So you don't explode lol I miss doing that tho and talking like a little mischievous elf or some people sound like a Duck too
The word “antisemite” was first used in print in 1865. It was coined by Wilhelm Marr, a German journalist and politician who founded his own anti-Jewish party in 1879. IMO, the "antisemite" accusation is used to manipulate those who criticize zionists. Allows the zionist jews to play the victim card, and they do that every chance they get. As Shulamit Aloni, a former israeli minister, admits: "We always use the anti-Semitism trick or bring up the Holocaust".
Avner Falk, Anti-Semitism 2008, says "The German word 'antisemitisch' was first used in 1860 by the Austrian Jewish scholar Moritz Steinschneider (1816–1907) in the phrase 'antisemitische Vorurteile' (antisemitic prejudices). Steinschneider used this phrase to characterise the French philosopher Ernest Renan's false ideas about how 'Semitic races' were inferior to 'Aryan races'." More.
And the term “Zionism” was coined by Austrian writer, journalist, and Jewish nationalist Nathan Birnbaum in 1890. Just a couple of decades later.
Today criticizing the actions of the state of Israel often (and in some countries every time) results in one being labelled as “antisemitic.” This trend shuts down meaningful discussion and obscures important distinctions, particularly between political ideology and religious or ethnic identity. Which is not good for anyone, especially the Jews, IMO.
So, looking back, perhaps it was 1860 or 1865 when they came up with the term "antisemitism" to stop any criticism of this upcoming Jewish movement, "Zionism". They always plan ahead.
""Helium satellites, also known as balloon satellites or "satelloons," are satellites that are inflated with gas, such as helium, after being launched into orbit.""
Qatar produces about 30 percent of global helium as a byproduct of LNG processing at Ras Laffan, home to the largest helium production facilities on Earth. With the closure of Hormuz Strait, and attacks on Qatari infrastructure, the helium stopped flowing with it. Prices have doubled in spot markets. And helium has a property that makes this crisis structurally different from oil, fertilizer, or any other commodity. It evaporates, continuously. Even in sealed containers, helium boils off. If the supply stops for six weeks, all Helium is gone. Good bye to a 3rd of all helium in the world... let that sink in.
A number of industries depend on Helium, MRIs, that's the medical industry. A sustained one-third supply cut puts diagnostic imaging capacity at risk across every healthcare system that depends on magnetic resonance. It affects every single hospital on Earth. Also semiconductors that's computer and advanced technology industry. Every chip produced by Samsung, IBM, Nvidia, etc., every AI chip, every smartphone processor, every data centre GPU in the current generation traces its manufacturing lineage through a helium-cooled process. If fabs run dry, the production lines stop. Read that again, production lines don't just slow down, they stop.
And many other industries are affected.
This will also devastate the balloon animal economy 😢
I did not even know Helium was a natural occurring substance! I just know its in special balloons that you suck the air from in order to sound like a Elf or a tiny Dwarf
Yes, helium is naturally occurring. It is commonly produced by the decay of radiogenic material sourced from granitic rocks in the Earth’s crust.
Helium is one of the noble gases, along with neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon, and oganesson.
You are correct, helium is used in weather balloons, blimps. But also in semiconductors and MRI machines for cooling.
I was talking birthday party balloons the smaller art designed ones they pump helium into it usually same day of purchase They are probably less common nowadays I assume
Same thing, helium. However some sellers may use hydrogen instead of helium to fill these type of balloons, as hydrogen is less expensive but highly explosive. So, it's a good idea, to ensure safety, to ask for helium specifically when ordering birthday party balloons.
Absolutely make double sure find out it is actually helium! So you don't explode lol I miss doing that tho and talking like a little mischievous elf or some people sound like a Duck too
Yes but the United States of Israel wants to destroy the Middle East. You know, because of how moral it is. What, are you some kind of antisemite?
The word “antisemite” was first used in print in 1865. It was coined by Wilhelm Marr, a German journalist and politician who founded his own anti-Jewish party in 1879. IMO, the "antisemite" accusation is used to manipulate those who criticize zionists. Allows the zionist jews to play the victim card, and they do that every chance they get. As Shulamit Aloni, a former israeli minister, admits: "We always use the anti-Semitism trick or bring up the Holocaust".
Avner Falk, Anti-Semitism 2008, says "The German word 'antisemitisch' was first used in 1860 by the Austrian Jewish scholar Moritz Steinschneider (1816–1907) in the phrase 'antisemitische Vorurteile' (antisemitic prejudices). Steinschneider used this phrase to characterise the French philosopher Ernest Renan's false ideas about how 'Semitic races' were inferior to 'Aryan races'." More.
And the term “Zionism” was coined by Austrian writer, journalist, and Jewish nationalist Nathan Birnbaum in 1890. Just a couple of decades later.
Today criticizing the actions of the state of Israel often (and in some countries every time) results in one being labelled as “antisemitic.” This trend shuts down meaningful discussion and obscures important distinctions, particularly between political ideology and religious or ethnic identity. Which is not good for anyone, especially the Jews, IMO.
So, looking back, perhaps it was 1860 or 1865 when they came up with the term "antisemitism" to stop any criticism of this upcoming Jewish movement, "Zionism". They always plan ahead.
""Helium satellites, also known as balloon satellites or "satelloons," are satellites that are inflated with gas, such as helium, after being launched into orbit.""