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Re:Will We Run Out of Helium? by pmoriarty on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @02:43PM (#21817837)
"I've yet to see a carbon that was oil free, but please let me know when you have found one!"

Well, off the top of my head, there's diamond and charcoal. Not to mention the carbon that's in all living things.

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Re:Will We Run Out of Helium? by SlowRobotAhead on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @06:31PM (#21820193)
>Just ONE example off the top of my head, carbon fiber, is almost entirely oil.

Context friend.

Carbon as in carbon the topic of carbon fiber. OR - please share your process of taking charcoal and getting carbon FIBER from it, we'll be billionaires!

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