BattleHall t1_ispbxqh wrote
Reply to comment by CascadingMonkeys in TIL Liquid Helium is the perfect element to keep the superconductive magnets in MRI machines cold by Alternative-Leg1095
Well, yes and no. Helium is actually a byproduct of natural gas extraction, but generally it’s not separated and captured (which is certainly possible) because it wasn’t economical. If wholesale helium prices were to rise beyond a certain point, those supplies would almost certainly come online.
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