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.

“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.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    434·
    8 months ago

    Here’s a link to a gas supplier’s website

    Lol…

    Here’s the people lobbying to sell as much as possible because of capitalism!

    Do you link British Petroleum’s website when people talk about how bad climate change is?

    • Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      395·
      8 months ago

      … No, but I’d sure trust them to describe oil drilling to me.

      Christ, Lemmy sucks ass

      • TheFonz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        141·
        8 months ago

        Kid or troll. Hopefully kid. Has to be. There are so many imbeciles on this site it’s hard to tell sometimes though

      • unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        11·
        8 months ago

        My label for that user is, “regularly confidently incorrect”.

        There are a few power users like them around here and it can be fun to watch them argue with folks. Perhaps they just enjoy the act of arguing? They might just be malicious, but I prefer to imagine that most people are trying their best to engage in good faith more often than not.

    • bladerunnerspider@lemmy.worldEnglish
      74·
      8 months ago

      Don’t you think the people selling it would want to sell it at the higher medical grade price than to fucking Dollar Tree one bottle at time? Given the choice they would provide it for medical use.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        105·
        8 months ago

        It’s not about total revenue, it’s profit margin…

        If medical grade sells for $1k/unit, and balloon sells for $10/unit, but it costs $1k/unit to refine…

        They’re gonna want to sell it for balloons.

        Because while it’s essentially a finate resource, on a capitalist timescale there’s a lot.

        They’re fine fucking over the people 500 years from now, because they get rich now.

        Which is why I keep using the example of the fossil fuel industry.

        Capitalists care about their own capital, not future society generations from now.

        • elshandra@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          8 months ago

          Capitalists care about their own capital, not future society generations from now.

          Can’t we sensationalise the same way they would…

          Capitalists care about their own capital, not their children.