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ProfessorGAC

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31. The Wells Have Been In Place For Decades

Sun Mar 22, 2026, 02:07 PM

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Goes back nearly 100 years.
The Hindenberg used hydrogen because the US restricted exports of their vast helicopter resources. They would gave used helium if the US would have sold it to them.
The reserves in the middle east were undiscovered at that point, so the US had a near monopoly.
But, those production conduits have been in place since the 1920s.
And, since helium reacts with nothing under terrestrial conditions, the infrastructure lasts a very, very long time.
I think it far more likely that the article is clickbait, than any other real concern about supply.

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