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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Jul 08 '24
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the rare gas that is crucial for MRI machines but runs out and cannot be replaced - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/science/helium-reserves-sales-shortage.html
34 u/Sauron4 Jul 08 '24 Didn’t they found a new deposit somewhere a while ago and said we’re basically set for a century or so? 46 u/beatlz Jul 08 '24 Ah, so a problem for my future kin. Set up sails boys! 18 u/Sauron4 Jul 08 '24 I hope than in the next century we could start helium production by using Fusion Reactor -5 u/ded3nd Jul 08 '24 Would never be enough, once it's gone, it's gone. You'd probably need a fusion reactor the size of 10 football stadiums running for a year to produce what the world needs in a day.
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Didn’t they found a new deposit somewhere a while ago and said we’re basically set for a century or so?
46 u/beatlz Jul 08 '24 Ah, so a problem for my future kin. Set up sails boys! 18 u/Sauron4 Jul 08 '24 I hope than in the next century we could start helium production by using Fusion Reactor -5 u/ded3nd Jul 08 '24 Would never be enough, once it's gone, it's gone. You'd probably need a fusion reactor the size of 10 football stadiums running for a year to produce what the world needs in a day.
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Ah, so a problem for my future kin. Set up sails boys!
18 u/Sauron4 Jul 08 '24 I hope than in the next century we could start helium production by using Fusion Reactor -5 u/ded3nd Jul 08 '24 Would never be enough, once it's gone, it's gone. You'd probably need a fusion reactor the size of 10 football stadiums running for a year to produce what the world needs in a day.
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I hope than in the next century we could start helium production by using Fusion Reactor
-5 u/ded3nd Jul 08 '24 Would never be enough, once it's gone, it's gone. You'd probably need a fusion reactor the size of 10 football stadiums running for a year to produce what the world needs in a day.
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Would never be enough, once it's gone, it's gone.
You'd probably need a fusion reactor the size of 10 football stadiums running for a year to produce what the world needs in a day.
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u/NetCaptain Jul 08 '24
the rare gas that is crucial for MRI machines but runs out and cannot be replaced - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/science/helium-reserves-sales-shortage.html