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>Helium is an element. It can't be made chemically. Neither can any other 
>element.

Hydrogen is an element, too, and hydrogen can readily be produced by many 
chemical means. The hydrogen atoms aren't produced, of course, they are 
separated from compounds containing hydrogen.

The problem with helium is that it is inert and few naturally occurring 
compounds exist that contain helium.

Where did the helium in the oil fields come from? Was it released in a 
chemical reaction? Is it a byproduct of radioactive decay? Was it a fusion 
byproduct from the sun trapped in the earth's crust during the formation of 
the planet?

Rick Fincher
rnf@sp*.tb*.co*

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