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The U.S. just sold its helium stockpile. Here’s why the medical world is worried. (www.nbcnews.com)
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Privatizing the US national helium reserve. Gonna laugh when in a few years the government of another nation ends up owning it. Helium is dwindling finite resource that key technological infrastructure relies upon.

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[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've helped people make procedures with nitrogen and hydrogen based on studies that use helium because helium is too expensive. Not being able to do an MRI because you need helium is nightmare inducing.