Comment on Anon creates a mystery

• charokol@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It’s not?

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  • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    We’ve just been relying on helium deposits that are running dry and have to use other methods of extracting it that are less economical

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    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The problem with helium is that once we’re out, we’re out. It’s the second-most abundant atom, yes, but it doesn’t react with anything, can’t freeze, and escapes the planet when exposed to open air.

      The only source we have of it is radioactive decay, and it’s not something we can manufacture in any volume. I think the only way to make it would be in a supercollider one atom at a time.

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      • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Radioactive decay is the source, yes, which means we won’t be out of it until the earth is out of all of the radioactive isotopes that are undergoing alpha decay.

        By the time that happens, Bussard collectors will probably escape from the realm of fiction.

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• Nasan@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Also a monkey could get their hands on the gun and kill even more animals.

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