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There isn't really a helium shortage.

• seieste 7y ago
  Why does everyone think there is?
  • deleted 7y ago
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  • yoz-y 7y ago
    There were several articles written about it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2019/05/24/there-is-a-helium-shortage-what-you-need-to-know/#2908ff5070b3 https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2019/05/24/there-is-a-... Afaik the jist of it is that once it is used it escapes the atmosphere and there is a finite amount of it.
• nradov 7y ago
  There isn't technically a shortage because the government hasn't imposed any price controls. However the price has increased drastically in the past 10 years. My gas costs for scuba diving are way up.
  • lonelappde 7y ago
    Price increase indicates a shortage, since the purpose of a price increase is to select which sunset of consumers receive the product when not all can. Price increases are either free market rationing (a response to shortage) or a disappearance of readily accessible inputs.
    • nradov 7y ago
      That's not how shortages work. A shortage only exists when some external constraint prevents the market from clearing.