“A dream. It’s perfect”: Helium discovery in northern Minnesota may be biggest ever in North America::For a century, the U.S. Government-owned the largest helium reserve in the country, but the biggest exporters now are in Russia, Qatar and Tanzania. With this new discovery, Minnesota could be joining that list.

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      8 months ago

      If it takes too much energy it’s not exactly “better for the environment” or whatever nonsense argument he’s trying to make.

      Neither is just storing it.

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        8 months ago

        energy expenditure would be similar to purifying it from helium concentrate, so not much difference. considering small volume of balloon helium this wouldn’t probably mean large increase. i also don’t know what this guy is about