Wow.
So much for that two party system and the GOPe being on our side, they are never going to cut anything
Can we get rid of the phone tax from the early 1900’s too? Or the rural electrical program?
How much are we wasting in salaries for overpaid, underworked bureaucrats?
And comedians with that high-pitched voice...
The problem is they GIVE it to industry and commerce. If they would start charging more, THEN the market would step in.
Idiot bureaucrats.
Such BS...as soon as the government gets out of the way, private companies will step up to make the money.
Helium? Really? Between that idiot that thought Guam would tip over saying “our kids won’t bet balloons” to that insane Harry Reid whining about $50k for “cowboy poetry” it becomes clear DC is more out of control than ever.
Sometimes I think I won’t mind if some crazy terrorist nuke it.
I’m not saying the government needs to subsidize the He business, but this author is an absolute idiot if he thinks the only thing He is used for is balloons. Currently it is the only way to access truly cryogenic temperatures (4K) and below. This is critically important to almost all solid state physics research and development. Furthermore, once it leaves the atmosphere, there’s no getting it back.
The problem for private industry is the unknown.
Will the EPA rule Helium a greenhouse gas once industry spends the bucks to take over production?
Will OSHA rule it as toxic and cancer causing?
Will on site monitoring of midge flies be required?
The regulatory machine in this country is totally out of control, freezing large scale economic development.
Class A - Dirigible
Class B - Limp
“Why the world is running out of helium”
A US law means supplies of the gas – a vital component of MRI scanners – are vanishing fast.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/why-the-world-is-running-out-of-helium-2059357.html
Helim comes up with oil.
Once it’s in the atmosphere—it’s GONE! As in—NOT recoverable.
That’s the problem.
Helium comes only from 14 gas wells in the US. That’s it. It is quite rare in the atmosphere as it simply floats away into space.
This is a much bigger issue than it first appears.