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Here’s a shocker for you…. according to this article in Wired, we’re going to run out of helium in 9 years. I don’t know about you, but that seems like a far more pressing, immediate and undenyable problem than concerns about running out of petrochemicals in decades to come. Here’s a question for those of us who think market forces can go a long way towards addressing resource shortages: given that we’ve only got a 9 year supply left.. why isn’t helium already ridiculously expensive?