From the article, "But if we do run out altogether, we will have to recover helium from the air and it will cost 10,000 times what it does today." Assuming he

From the article, "But if we do run out altogether, we will have to recover helium from the air and it will cost 10,000 times what it does today." Assuming he's correct, and assuming we are set to run out of helium in the next 50 years, a 3% a year return would be chump change.