How did barium get into chemtrails?

[Mick]

There's a shortage of certain barium medical products, but is seems nothing more than economics or supply chain issues, seemingly mostly because of the near monopoly of Bracco Diagnostics.

http://www.ashp.org/DrugShortages/Cu...in.aspx?id=963

Content from external source:

September 26, 2012
Re: Barium Products Backorders
Dear Customer,
As you may know, we have experienced numerous backorders with our barium portfolio in recent months. These backorders are due to delays from one of our primary barium suppliers, which they are working to address. To date, we have been able to provide other products to meet the needs of most clinicians performing procedures associated with backordered products. However, the demand for these other products has been overwhelming, and we are now also backordered with respect to these products.
With the continued efforts of our barium supplier, we are attempting to make all of the key backordered products available as soon as possible. However, at this time, there are procedures for which we are unable to provide products. Below is a list of the products that are currently backordered or low in supply and the available products, if any.

The conspiracy minded part of me would suspect this is Bracco trying to raise prices.

[Jay Reynolds]

George, if practically all of world production is going down holes in the ground, is it even logical that the small amount people drink for CAT scans would be unavailable due to a basic material shortage?

No.

It seems the problem lies within the medical contrast market itself. Pharmaceutical grade barite might be in short supply for some reason. Bracco looks like they dominate the market. Who knows, maybe their supply contractor failed to deliver, maybe their supply got purchased and didn't meet the specs, perhaps they had a contamination problem in the factory, who knows?
http://www.ashp.org/DrugShortages/Cu...in.aspx?id=963

Reason for the Shortage

Bracco Diagnostics states the reason for the shortage is manufacturing delay, as well as increased demand. Bracco Diagnostics has provided a customer letter detailing the reason for the shortage and barium sulfate presentations affected.1

[Jay Reynolds]

Ah, we both found that Bracco is the Dominator!

[George B]

I was making no conclusions, just thought it was interesting . . . and this was the most logical Thread to post it . . .

[Jazzy]

Seems there is something going on with the medical supply . . . one person I know recently had contrast studies cancelled and told it is because of a Barium shortage . . .

There will always be a "barium shortage" when oil is being extracted at an EXPONENTIAL rate.

Especially when the OIL SHORTAGE demands increasingly FORCED extraction using barium mud as deposits dwindle.

It will NEVER be another way until we stop using oil exponentially.

[Biggerdave]

I have searched Google and I can't find any notices for a shortage in the UK. The manufacturers websites are not mentioning a shortage and that would suggest it is limited to the US/Canada and one company having a monopoly.

[Jay Reynolds]

There will always be a "barium shortage" when oil is being extracted at an EXPONENTIAL rate.

Especially when the OIL SHORTAGE demands increasingly FORCED extraction using barium mud as deposits dwindle.

It will NEVER be another way until we stop using oil exponentially.

Jazzy, it looks like specifications have a lot to do with it. The API (American Petroleum Institute) specification calls for a density figure which might be hard to meet.
The spec was created to standardize mixtures to meet expectations of a drilling plan to design a mud which will perform to expectations. Some of the barite is pre-mixed on land and shipped to drilling sites on land or sea, but powdered barite is also available on site to increase density if needed. Probably all that is needed to correct the situation is to change the spec and re-do the math for engineered muds which will utilize slightly lighter barite, but just a little more of it to get the weight they need.

"Mud Engineers" can do this, and BTW they also add all sorts of other things to the mud to make it stickier, to make it resist temperature or acidic conditions, and probably many more concerns I don't know much about.

Once the wells are drilled, the old mud must be washed out. This has to be done using a similar heavy fluid so that blowout doesn't occur. Yet another set of chemicals known as brines are used. We were always told that these fluids were far more expensive than the muds. Somewhere on the order of 10 times as much. They are mainly highly concentrated nearly clear liquids mostly water with calcium chloride, calcium bromide, or zinc bromide added for weight. We are talking about 10-14 lbs/gallon for these muds and completion fluids. Try carrying a 5 gallon bucket and you will struggle. Judging by the cost, I'd say that these might end up being 'short' before barite, they were always very picky about us having tanks absolutely spotless before letting us load the completion fluids.

As far as the ethics of oil useage, even though I work in the industry, I have nothing at all against an end to it. I have already begun personally moving in that direction as the technology progresses. I personally use solar panels for water pumping, and upgraded my system this year with 2 more panels to increase my capability during cloudy weather. Now my pump sings through the whole day even when partially shaded. I designed and built my home to avoid air conditioning, and use a wood-fired heater to produce hot water for the hydronic radiant heat system I built to heat it. This system also heats my potable domestic water. My next project will be a solar water heating system for the house complete with PV powered pumps and a biomass buring heater for cloudy period backup. This is one I am interested in, there is a large supply of rice hull byproduct available here in Arkansas for fuel, but it can burn almost anything:
http://www.youtube.com/user/LEIProducts?feature=watch

Here is a schematic, the "Future Connections" were built into the original design for the solar addition: