Yellowstone holds potentially untapped cache of 'carbon-free' helium for rockets, reactors and superconductors

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Conventional helium production comes with enormous carbon emissions, so scientists are looking for alternatives in places like Yellowstone, Tanzania's Rukwa Rift and India's Bakreswar-Tantloi province.

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[CreatedEvolution]

I was looking at the uranium and also hafnium. I am trying to theorize a way to obtain helium but i only took chemistry one. My first guess was microwaving uranium but thats kind of like what reactors do i think is super heat them.

my second guess is we need to obtain helium which is 2 neutrons 2 protons and 2 electrons. we could try using hafnium which ends in 6s2. my goal is to find an alternate element that has a biproduct of s2.

since i only took chemistry one in college but did great. I am guessing elements that end in s2 would be beneficial.

we need the biproduct to give up 2 electrons 2 neutrons and 2 protons. I believe there is alternate ways than uranium and natural gas we just have not found it.

 

[Meteoric Marmot]

Scientists have finally gathered direct proof of how the universe forges its heaviest elements, a process that has remained a mystery for over half a century.

I think it would be more accurate to just drop the last part of the sentence.

 

[Unclear Engineer]

Helium comes from the natural radioactive decay chain for Uranium and Thorium. The "alpha particles" released in the decays are just the nuclei of helium atoms.

"Microwaving" uranium and thorium has no effect on their rates of nuclear decays.

Other ways to produce helium include bombarding Boron-11 with very high energy protons (hydrogen nuclei). which produces an extremely excited state of carbon-12 nuclei that breaks apart into 3 helium nuclei. That process is also a potential "fusion reactor technology", but it requires much higher plasma temperatures than the typical designs for fusing the heavy isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium).

Using boron-11 and light hydrogen has the major advantage that both are plentiful on Earth, whereas the heavy isotopes of hydrogen are not and require a lot of energy to separate from light hydrogen.

Calling the high energy boron-11 + proton "fusion" is a word-smithing issue, considering that the energy released does come from the combination of the ingredients, but the result is more like a "fission" initiated by a proton instead of a neutron, making 3 lighter atomic nuclei instead on one heavier one.

 

[CreatedEvolution]

well said

 

[Classical Motion]

Down deep, much deeper than geothermal pockets, many of the disadvantages of geothermal will be slight, if any.

I believe our crust is saturated with super heated water. Hotter and more pressure than geothermal. Less brine. Tapping and using it does not cause a geo shift. Or a change in geo force direction.

Perfect power source. Only 10 miles away. This does not imply or infer that geo pockets can’t go deeper. Crust water is different than geo water. Not heated with faults. Not fault related.

I believe there is much more crust water than all other water combined. Big Waters. Soak earth waters.

If our planet’s core is heated with radio activity decay, there should be a He percentage in that water. It is the core of many atomic element structures. Quite common inside matter. A building block.

Bore hole tech is the future for AI and electricity. When process is cheap, solutions are possible.

If it were cheap to convert sea water, flesh water would not be a problem. Pollution would not be a problem. Quick reliable transportation would not be a problem. Food any where, any time, would not be a problem. Secure indoor farming. Monthly harvest. That’s fresh.

Cheap clean abundant power does not bring utopia, but it does solve a lot of problems.

We will always argue. We can change the argument, 10 miles down.

This geothermal exploration will give crust water a bad rep.

 

[CreatedEvolution]

Down deep, much deeper than geothermal pockets, many of the disadvantages of geothermal will be slight, if any.

I believe our crust is saturated with super heated water. Hotter and more pressure than geothermal. Less brine. Tapping and using it does not cause a geo shift. Or a change in geo force direction.

Perfect power source. Only 10 miles away. This does not imply or infer that geo pockets can’t go deeper. Crust water is different than geo water. Not heated with faults. Not fault related.

I believe there is much more crust water than all other water combined. Big Waters. Soak earth waters.

If our planet’s core is heated with radio activity decay, there should be a He percentage in that water. It is the core of many atomic element structures. Quite common inside matter. A building block.

Bore hole tech is the future for AI and electricity. When process is cheap, solutions are possible.

If it were cheap to convert sea water, flesh water would not be a problem. Pollution would not be a problem. Quick reliable transportation would not be a problem. Food any where, any time, would not be a problem. Secure indoor farming. Monthly harvest. That’s fresh.

Cheap clean abundant power does not bring utopia, but it does solve a lot of problems.

We will always argue. We can change the argument, 10 miles down.

This geothermal exploration will give crust water a bad rep.

I've installed some geo thermal systems with a well drill. I was in awe when I learned it can be used for heating.

Have you heard of the massive underground water réservoir. I just read it could be used up in 50 years. Another thing to calculate for the population is available fresh drinkable water

When I was younger there was thought Tobe an underground lake bigger than lake superior. I could not find data on it

I did learn we need to find a fresh water source farming water in space is a must for 100 year future generations.