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Originally Posted by Paul F
Great! We'll be able to continue to breed like rats on this petri dish until we run out of something else.
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I believe that we are beginning to run out of helium. Most GC's (gas chromatographs which are used for analyzing volatile liquids) have used helium as a carrier gas but now they are beginning to switch to other gases as helium is in short supply. From what I heard, there is no easy alternative way to make helium so once its gone, its gone.
As far as
oil is concerned I heard a theory years ago that predicted that as we pump
oil and reduce the pressure, more
oil will come out of the surrounding area and re-fill the oil field. I don't know how much there is, but we certainly are doing a good job of using it up.
Wayne