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Re:Helium shortage has ended, at least for now by gliese1337 on Saturday June 06, 2020 @10:49AM (#23439563)
Note that the price of gold is much higher than the price of helium.

If helium prices rise high enough, then yes, we will extract it from the atmosphere. And scientists will be sad because the they won't be able to afford as much of it anymore.

Re:Helium shortage has ended, at least for now by coronadisaster on Saturday June 06, 2020 @11:52AM (#23439987)
It might be a lot cheaper to filter one cubic meter of air then it is one cubic meter of dirt... But either way, one day it could happen