John, The initial source comes out of volcanoes. We then gather it out of=20 the atmosphere. One mark for the pseudo-scientists. Thanks, rich! On 11/6/2014 8:07 PM, John Gardner wrote: > I'm nearly ten years removed now from daily TIG welding. > > Relatively late in my career LCD shutters came along. I was > > interested, but regular product safety recalls dampened my > > enthusiasm - In these days of "Made in the PRC" everything, > > I think I can continue to get on without LCD shutters. > > > I also hear that commercial Argon is now proposed for regulation > > as a "greenhouse gas". Last time I looked, the source of commercial > > Argon is the atmosphere... --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .