Gray Matters by Stuart Carlson and Jerry Resler
- November 21, 2012
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If there’s one thing everybody has in common, it’s getting older. From newborn babies to baby boomers, there’s no escaping it. “Gray Matters” is skewed to that vast generation of boomers. But since getting older means adapting to changing circumstances, lots of readers, old and young alike, can relate to and laugh along with our characters. Don’t let the name of the strip throw you. The cast of “Gray Matters” is anything but colorless as they struggle to keep up with the rapid changes in society, culture, technology, the workplace, their families and, of course, their bodies.
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Magnolia42 said, 6 months ago
How do the trucks even stay on the ground?
masterskrain said, 6 months ago
Actually full, since the gas is compressed. It is much denser then air then, so it weighs more.
Lynne B
said, 6 months ago
Ok, now. Hands up everyone who knows where they mine helium from. :)
masterskrain said, 6 months ago
@Lynne B
Texas.
runar
said, 6 months ago
Most helium is found mixed in with natural gas. It is a limited resource, since there is only one mechanism for replenishing helium, and that is alpha radiation decay. An alpha particle is two protons and two neutrons, which is a helium atom nucleus. If it manages to acquire a pair of electrons, it becomes a helium atom.
Yer Huckleberry said, 6 months ago
@runar
That would explain why my farts gravitate upward… )<;
hippogriff said, 6 months ago
Huckleberry: Biogas contains methane and hydrogen, both lighter than air. Other components are carbon dioxide (moderately heavier) and hydrogen sulfide (significantly heavier and the source of the stink). It still totals slightly lighter.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 6 months ago
@Yer Huckleberry
Methane is part of what makes up a fart. It can also indicate life on other planets.
hippogriff said, 6 months ago
Night-Gaunt: The primary part, it is still crude biogas.
omQ R said, 6 months ago
@Lynne B
Wasn’t it somewhere in Utah? Or kept there as some strategic reserve. I read some article about just how limited the supply actually is and how the US stockpile is being sold willy-nilly these past few years.
Lynne B
said, 6 months ago
@masterskrain
::Applause::
Lynne B
said, 6 months ago
@omQ R
Actually, masterskrain is right; most of it is mined from Texas, with a bit from Kansas and Oklahoma. The stockpile is in Texas as well. But you are right about the stockpile being sold off — it was a Congressional decision in 1996 to sell off the whole stockpile by 2015, apparently because congresscritters think there will be an endless supply of it to be fractioned from natural gas. It’s a stupid thing that will come back to bite us in a few decades, considering how much of it is being wasted.