Why is there a helium shortage?

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I live near a business that has tank farms and piping for pressurized gases. They provide a lot of oxygen for health care use. If they can “manufacture” a gas, why can’t they make more helium?

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Helium is a very light gas which if free in the atmosphere will eventually float off into space. Helium is only “made” naturally by the radioactive decay of Uranium and it takes a long time. “Making” oxygen is relatively easy just cool down some air using something like Liquid Nitrogen and condense air into Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Nitrogen then separate them because they boil at different temperatures.

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