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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Oct 16, 2007
Description:
Not all hazards to low level SeaRey operation were shown on the sectional charts. This pipeline was just about the right position to be part of the National Helium Reserve infrastructure. The Helium Reserve is stored in the Cliffside Field and shipped to clowns everywhere (Congress mandated that the place be privatized by 2005...uhm, what time is it now?).
Date Taken:
Oct 16, 2007
Place Taken:
East of Tascosa, TX
Owner:
Dan Nickens
File Name:
Crossing_Impediment.jpg - Photo HTML
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Category:
289, An Indirect Relocation
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Don Maxwell - Oct 16,2007
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The time now is-- Ahem! Well, never mind that. By 'Congress,' Dan, I presume you mean the Congress, the majority of whom were those who also privatized the Flight Service Stations and the security operations in Iraq.
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Dan Nickens - Oct 16,2007
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Helium has not lived up to its status as an inert gas in the political arena. From 1929 to 1960 there was a government monopoly on helium. After an act was passed in 1960, private companies got into the business and sold it to the government at a susidized price. Efforts to completely privatize the commodity business have been sporadically pursued since 1960. In 1988 the OMB tried to completely get out of the business, but Congress opposed the idea. Congress finally passed a bill privatizing the operation in 1996 (under the guise of Newt's Contract with America). Unfortunately someone realized that selling off the huge quantity of helium in storage to meet the 2005 deadline would have a negative impact on the now thriving private helium business. I think NASA has also objected because they need 80 million scf for every shuttle launch. No doubt this will all be worked out at taxpayers' expense. If there is any good news in this for our beligered pocketbook, it is that more than 40% of the world's helium reserve is right here in the old continental U.S. of A.
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Kenneth Leonard - Oct 16,2007
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When you say 'shipped to clowns everywhere', I'm sure the Congress uses more than it's share...
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