There is a global shortage of Helium. The US government sets the price of Helium artificially. If the price were left to the free market no one could afford to use it for balloons. Helium is far more valuable for cryogenic applications in scientific research and the medical field. Liquid Helium is needed to cool the superconducting magnets in life-saving MRI machines and in science-and-medicine-advancing Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometers.
The problem is that Helium doesn't react with anything and it's so light that it diffuses right out of Earth's atmosphere. The only source of Helium is from electron capture by alpha particles produced by radioactive decay. Thus, Helium is usually only found on Earth mixed with natural gas in subterranean deposits near radioactive minerals.
He is everywhere (the second most abundant element in the universe after Hydrogen)
in the heavens and Earth (mostly in the "heavens")
He makes the stars shine (fuel for nuclear fusion, along with Hydrogen)
yet He cannot be seen (Helium is a colorless gas)
He is noble, abundant, (Helium belongs to the group of noble gases)
and fills the universe. (see above)
He can lift you into the sky (Helium is less dense than Earth's atmosphere, see blimp)
and bring you gently down. (if you have enough ballast)
He can take many forms. (I disagree, Helium doesn't participate in any known chemical reactions)
He can help heal, (Helium is needed to cool the superconducting magnets in MRI machines)
He can help kill. (Helium can displace air and cause suffocation in sufficient amounts)
He can help create, (create heavier elements in a star, see fusion fuel)
He can help destroy. (potential, if impractical, fuel for fusion bombs)
The problem is that Helium doesn't react with anything and it's so light that it diffuses right out of Earth's atmosphere. The only source of Helium is from electron capture by alpha particles produced by radioactive decay. Thus, Helium is usually only found on Earth mixed with natural gas in subterranean deposits near radioactive minerals.
in the heavens and Earth (mostly in the "heavens")
He makes the stars shine (fuel for nuclear fusion, along with Hydrogen)
yet He cannot be seen (Helium is a colorless gas)
He is noble, abundant, (Helium belongs to the group of noble gases)
and fills the universe. (see above)
He can lift you into the sky (Helium is less dense than Earth's atmosphere, see blimp)
and bring you gently down. (if you have enough ballast)
He can take many forms. (I disagree, Helium doesn't participate in any known chemical reactions)
He can help heal, (Helium is needed to cool the superconducting magnets in MRI machines)
He can help kill. (Helium can displace air and cause suffocation in sufficient amounts)
He can help create, (create heavier elements in a star, see fusion fuel)
He can help destroy. (potential, if impractical, fuel for fusion bombs)
Hope He doesnt slowly kill me (reffering to another post)