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The U.S. just sold its helium stockpile. Here’s why the medical world is worried. (www.nbcnews.com)
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Privatizing the US national helium reserve. Gonna laugh when in a few years the government of another nation ends up owning it. Helium is dwindling finite resource that key technological infrastructure relies upon.

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[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 99 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Can't wait for all that finite, medically important helium to be wasted on sellng party balloons.

Capitalism is so rational

[-] Aryuproudomenowdaddy@hexbear.net 51 points 6 months ago

Think of those quarterly profits though Jack biden-troll

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 37 points 6 months ago

The free market has spoken and found party balloons to maximize utility

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