We’ve had a helium shortage for a while, what happens when it becomes more scarce, plus what happens when we run out?

Question

Do the fields of medicine, manufacturing, etc. get adversely affected?

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

As supply drops, price increases.

 

Increased prices will be transferred to consumers in some places, but that same increase in price will incentivise governments and companies towards conservation and alternative production methods, which may be easier as [energy becomes cheaper](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/levelized-cost-of-energy?time=earliest..2022), or if nuclear fusion becomes available