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How would the moving price of Helium affect operations? Or rather, what would the range of Helium prices have to be in order to be profitable? The common trope
by not-my-account 5y ago
How would the moving price of Helium affect operations? Or rather, what would the range of Helium prices have to be in order to be profitable?
The common trope is that "The world is running out of Helium", yet it seems like that is not actually true [1][2]. I'd be interested to hear how this is all being taken into account.
[1] https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.2.20200605a/full/ https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.2.2020060...
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOy8Xjaa_o8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOy8Xjaa_o8
- ummonk 5y agoWe aren’t running out of helium in the short-medium term but it’s still definitely a limited resource and there is a legitimate concern about losing access to terrestrial helium once we’ve extracted all we can. Unlike fossil fuels, helium isn’t something we can synthesize from elements that are abundant on Earth.
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- User23 5y agoHere's hoping we get that fusion reactor problem solved.
- elihu 5y agoIn their Q&A thread the other day I believe they said that helium price isn't likely to impact them all that much in the short term. Maybe they'll use hydrogen at some point in the future, but it seems like they don't think it's necessary for their business model to work, given the relatively small size of their airships.