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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We aren't running out of Helium. The date at which a specific reservoir gets sold is coming closer.

[–] Man_kind@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Technically we are. We won't be out in our lifetimes, to my knowledge, but we aren't making more helium. Once its gone, its gone. So, it is running out, but on what time scale?

When will the human race start slowing down? Its eventually just going to get crazy expensive and only used when vital. And we're filling party balloons with it.

[–] MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn’t this about purity or something and the helium used for party balloons wouldn’t be used in critical applications either way?

[–] despoticruin@lemmy.zip 1 points 21 hours ago

Only because it's not currently financially viable to purify it. It's still mostly helium.

[–] ISOmorph@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The moon has a butload, if the scarcity becomes threatening there be enough financial motivation to mine it there.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 0 points 1 day ago

I believe it's in more natural gas than just the stuff in parts of texas. South Africa somewhere has some if I recall.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

The US already sold their reserves.