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> As helium prices start to increase, you've got price shocks down the supply chain. No shock at all if the price is relative to what's left. Shouldn't boring
by nomel 7mo ago
> As helium prices start to increase, you've got price shocks down the supply chain.
No shock at all if the price is relative to what's left. Shouldn't boring market pressures guarantee this, unless the government gets involved?
- vlovich123 7mo agoNo, if you hit a resource limit you’ve got exponentially increasing prices for the remainder which starts to make applications not even possible anymore. It’s not a shock in terms of months, but you could easily see MRI machines skyrocket in price over a few years as helium becomes inaccessible unless someone figures out a non-helium approach to MRIs.
- don_esteban 7mo agoHigh(er) temperature superconductors. Not as good as liquid helium ones, but should be good enough.
- nomel 7mo agoThat's the point, it's NOT a resource limits so there shouldn't be some exponential. As stated elsewhere, petroleum/natural gas companies are bleeding processable helium into the atmosphere, but only because there were government reserves that broke the economics. The can start capturing it.