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To: HYPOCRACY

“Aren’t we running out of helium?”

No

The day we run out of Helium, we are in deep trouble.


3 posted on 05/12/2023 2:45:00 PM PDT by Round Earther
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To: Round Earther

Okay. I tried to find a reliable source, plenty of NPR scare articles out there...

It appears we aren’t but it is a finite resource and may become very expensive when there are shortages...

https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/Online/26992/Helium-shortage-has-ended-at-least-for-now


6 posted on 05/12/2023 2:52:21 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: Round Earther

It’s less prevalent than, say, hydrogen, in the atmosphere, and the collection is expensive. But it has a substantial number of industrial uses including with space faring, so they are cooking up ways to produce more.


14 posted on 05/12/2023 4:31:03 PM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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