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Re:Will We Run Out of Helium? by heydabop on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @09:01AM (#21813464)
The headline being "Will we run out?" vs "We are running out" made me assume this was going to be the case.
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Re:Will We Run Out of Helium? by thekingofh on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @09:28AM (#21813710)
The rule still stands: Any headline with a question mark at the end can be met resoundingly with the answer - "No".
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Re:Will We Run Out of Helium? by hannasanarion on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @10:44AM (#21814622)
Not this one. The answer is yes, we will run out of helium, it is one of the few truly non-renewable resources. You can use chemical processes to make methane or petroleum-equivalents, and coal can be replaced with charcoal, but once all the helium atoms have drifted off into space, they're gone forever.

It just won't happen soon.

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Re:Will We Run Out of Helium? by amanaplanacanal on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @12:02PM (#21815600)
We’ll be able to fuse our own before that happens. Or go fetch it from elsewhere.
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Re:Will We Run Out of Helium? by Accujack on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @11:36AM (#21815254)
FYI, our sun is also going to go out.

Just so you can plan ahead.

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