“A dream. It’s perfect”: Helium discovery in northern Minnesota may be biggest ever in North America::For a century, the U.S. Government-owned the largest helium reserve in the country, but the biggest exporters now are in Russia, Qatar and Tanzania. With this new discovery, Minnesota could be joining that list.

  • Malfeasant@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Helium in balloons is returning to the atmosphere. We can re harvest it if we want

    No. It wafts away into space. All the helium we find is a product of radioactive decay- alpha particles- which gets trapped underground. Once it’s released into the atmosphere, it is effectively gone.