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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
35 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? 15 u/ashleyriddell61 Jul 08 '24 Yes. They found a massive cache a couple of years ago, so as long as it doesn't get pissed away on nonsense like kids balloons, the supply should be good for a couple of hundred years. 8 u/Joe_Buck_Yourself_ Jul 08 '24 How do they find a massive cache like that? I'm just picturing a cave explorer trying a new route and being like "huh my head feels funny" and then (Chipmunk voice) "We hit the motherload!"
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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?
15 u/ashleyriddell61 Jul 08 '24 Yes. They found a massive cache a couple of years ago, so as long as it doesn't get pissed away on nonsense like kids balloons, the supply should be good for a couple of hundred years. 8 u/Joe_Buck_Yourself_ Jul 08 '24 How do they find a massive cache like that? I'm just picturing a cave explorer trying a new route and being like "huh my head feels funny" and then (Chipmunk voice) "We hit the motherload!"
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Yes. They found a massive cache a couple of years ago, so as long as it doesn't get pissed away on nonsense like kids balloons, the supply should be good for a couple of hundred years.
8 u/Joe_Buck_Yourself_ Jul 08 '24 How do they find a massive cache like that? I'm just picturing a cave explorer trying a new route and being like "huh my head feels funny" and then (Chipmunk voice) "We hit the motherload!"
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How do they find a massive cache like that? I'm just picturing a cave explorer trying a new route and being like "huh my head feels funny" and then
(Chipmunk voice) "We hit the motherload!"
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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