1/2: #Arizona: How to extract Helium from the bountiful Nitrogen deposits in Arizona, called the Saudi Arabia of Helium. Rob Rohlfing, CEO, DesertMountainEnergy.com #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety
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🗓️ 4 February 2023
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1/2: #Arizona: How to extract Helium from the bountiful Nitrogen deposits in Arizona, called the Saudi Arabia of Helium. Rob Rohlfing, CEO, DesertMountainEnergy.com
#FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium
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| 0:30.4 | This is the Friends of Mr. Debating Society. |
| 0:32.6 | I am John Bachelor learning from Rob Rolfing, who is the CEO and executive chairman of Desert Mountain Energy Corporation. |
| 0:39.0 | What it means to extract helium, helium from America. |
| 0:44.0 | Helium is something that I'm learning was not known about much before the 19th century, not at all. |
| 0:51.2 | And since the 20th century, there's been an assumption the way to get helium is to extract it. |
| 0:56.8 | A small percentage of the natural gas that comes out of America. |
| 1:00.8 | This is about resources that United States and our allies in North America can control no matter the contest overseas. |
| 1:11.2 | But I'm fascinated not with the geopolitics, but with the chemistry and the engineering of extracting helium, |
| 1:19.5 | especially in Arizona, where Rob tells me it's different than the rest of the country. |
| 1:25.6 | You don't need to deal with natural gas, but I get ahead of myself because I'm now lost. |
| 1:30.0 | Rob, a very good day to you. |
| 1:31.3 | Okay. We're in Arizona. |
| 1:33.0 | Good afternoon. |
| 1:34.2 | We're in Arizona and we are looking at a rig that is the ambition to extract helium. |
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