I’ve been told there is a shortage of helium and it’s a non-renewable resource. If this is accurate, why are we still using it like it is never running out and does the helium from the balloons go back into the air to be used again?
In: Earth Science
Helium doesn’t naturally exist in any significant quantities in the atmosphere. It is a biproduct of natural gas mining, and is trapped with the natural gas and then processed out. Once supplies under the crust are freed, there isn’t any more on earth, cause it will end up leaving the planet.
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