Take a deep breath - why the world is running out of helium

[Iceskater101]

that sucks no more helium!
I love the fact it makes people's voices all high and squeaky
and the balloons are cool too.

[LemonRising]

DUDE
thats sad.


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Helium is a magical thing and here we are, using it all up D:

[igorchete]

It's not such a big deal, i hope the civilizations will menage to prevail even without party balloons and chipmunk voices!

[LemonRising]

pff thats not all it's good for >:U

[BobTD]

Despite the critical role that the gas plays in the modern world, it is being depleted as an unprecedented rate and reserves could dwindle to virtually nothing within a generation, warns Nobel laureate Robert Richardson, professor of physics at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Its kind of cool that I got to go to visit Diligence in Ithaca NY, and then read this. I wish I had gotten to walk around the campus. Is he aware that he can talk to this professor in real life? I kinda wish I was at a real college right now and now taking general transfer credits (because Im cheep).

Helium isnt going to be so cheep when we have to mine it in space. =P