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Theoretically we're running out of Helium, just like we're theoretically running out of oil, but actually we've still got plenty left. Because of the US dumping their stocks the price has been artificially low making it unprofitable to extract from natural gas which contains a lot, and it has been just released in the atmosphere because of that instead of contained. As soon as prices start to reflect the extraction price there won't be a problem anymore.



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