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Re:Are we really running out of helium? by anextio on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @12:25PM (#9102050)
It costs energy to do that, which is reflected in the lower price of the impure balloon air, no?
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Re:Are we really running out of helium? by DennisP on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @04:02PM (#9103494)
It also costs energy to extract helium from natural gas. If running out of helium is our concern, then the balloon air is a source of helium we can exploit just as well as natural gas. It's not like we have helium wells pulling pure helium out of the ground.
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