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Re:Are we really running out of helium? by MichaelGG on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @03:39PM (#9103347)
So is this a good investment? Just go buy a bunch of helium tanks and keep them in my basement as a gift to my kids 25 years later?

Are speculators already doing this, driving up the price?

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Re:Are we really running out of helium? by Terr_ on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @04:53PM (#9103788)
My hunch is that you'll lose a lot of your investment over 25 years, without spending more on the storage strategy.
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Re:Are we really running out of helium? by tomswartz07 on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @07:48AM (#9106449)
I suppose?

Most of the standard cylinders are fairly secure.

A lot of the time I spent during my job there was preparing cylinders for testing, to assure that they were pressure-secure and airtight. Neat stuff, and a TON of practical physics went into everyday things there. :)

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