Chipmunks 4 Helium

I discern CTP enthusiasts need a dedicated helium thread to vent our enthusiasm around the Dukas project.I found this:

In 1925, the U.S. congress passed the Helium Act of 1925 which had two purposes: it created a National Helium Reserve at Amarillo, Texas, and it banned the export of helium. Because of that ban, and the U.S.'s monopoly on helium production, airships, such as the Hindenburg, were forced to use hydrogen as their lifting gas. Because of hydrogen's high flammability, this led to the Hindenburg Disaster on May 6, 1937.After the Helium Acts Amendments of 1960, the U.S. tasked five private plants with recovering helium from natural gas and storing it in the National Helium Reserve. There, the gas is compressed at the surface, and stored in a layer of dolomite rockmore than 3,000 feet underground. A thick layer of salt keeps the gas in place.

The dolomite rock is one of the only geological formations on earth that can hold large quantities of helium. (Ash: Does that sound familiar???)

Only .3% or more is considered necessary for commercial helium extraction. (Ash: Yay!!)

https://interestingengineering.com/there-is-a-world-wide-shortage-of-helium

Get drilling, lads!

Ash