Warnings of Iran Invasion Grow as US to Send Up to 5,000 Marines, Sailors to Middle East

  • Man_kind@sh.itjust.works
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    18 hours ago

    Technically we are. We won’t be out in our lifetimes, to my knowledge, but we aren’t making more helium. Once its gone, its gone. So, it is running out, but on what time scale?

    When will the human race start slowing down? Its eventually just going to get crazy expensive and only used when vital. And we’re filling party balloons with it.

    • MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 hours ago

      Isn’t this about purity or something and the helium used for party balloons wouldn’t be used in critical applications either way?

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      16 hours ago

      The moon has a butload, if the scarcity becomes threatening there be enough financial motivation to mine it there.

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      9 hours ago

      I believe it’s in more natural gas than just the stuff in parts of texas. South Africa somewhere has some if I recall.