Thank Goodness There’s No Shortage of Hot Air
The world is running short of helium
Fortunately it’s only a temporary shortage brought on scheduled maintenance at several plants in the US and delays in completing new plants but for the moment the world is running short of helium.
Fortunately there’s no shortage of politician’s hot air so we should make it through this festive season with plenty of what’s required to inflate all the party balloons.
On a more serious note helium is used for much more important uses than inflating party balloons and the world supply is being rationed so that MRI machines that use the gas for cooling and manufacturers who use it in their processes won’t run short.
