(December 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) The economic problem â sometimes called the basic or central economic problem â asserts that an economy's finite resources are insufficient to satisfy all human wants and needs. It assumes that human wants are unlimited, but the means to satisfy human wants are scarce. Three questions arise from this:
August 8, 1993: Six people were killed when their balloon hit a power line near Aspen, Colorado, tearing off the basket and sending it plunging 100 feet to the ground. December 11, 1990: Four people died near downtown Columbus, Ohio, after their hot-air balloon hit a television tower and deflated.
âInhaling balloon gas cuts off your oxygen supply,â it says. Inhaling helium gas under pressure direct from the pump can rupture air sacs in the lungs. Two college students were found dead in the US in 2006 under a deflated balloon filled with helium and a boy died in the UK in 2012 after inhaling the gas. âThousands of party goers continue to inhale helium thinking it to be funny rather than life threatening,â BOC says in a statement.