• JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca
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    7 hours ago

    The problem is that helium is notoriously hard to contain. It’s transported and stored super-cooled, but it still gases off, and to release pressure they just have to release it into the atmosphere. It effectively has a shelf life and so it has to be constantly replenished.

    • 5too@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      What is it that keeps the underground pockets of helium in place, anyway? Just craptons of stone?