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rynnor
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2010/01/us-sale-of-helium-criticised.html
new scientist ok
"Helium is nonrenewable and irreplaceable,"
so want to retract what you said before ? or you require an edict from god first ?
I'd still defend my position tbh - you can produce it from processing air but its at very low concentrations so you couldnt meet current demands but thats not the same as running out. I also think the author's of these pieces haven't been keeping up with natural gas stocks - the US has discovered over a centuries worth of extra stocks in the last few years and since you find helium with natural gas its going to be abundant at least into the 2150s.
You could produce more helium 3 if you produced more tritium.