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[โ€“] frauddogg@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

evaporating thousands of liters of helium gas and damaging the machine in the process.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Helium a very non-renewable element without some manner of atomic science we haven't developed to scale yet?

[โ€“] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 months ago

You're correct. Our main source is a byproduct of the natural gas industry and once it's released to the atmosphere it's gone for good (so far gone that it leaves the earth).