Graham Sutherland / Polynomial on Nostr: welp, so much for the US keeping their helium reserves publicly owned. they kept it ...
welp, so much for the US keeping their helium reserves publicly owned.
they kept it going for a while after backlash from medical professionals and the public, but the site and mining rights are now up for auction :(
(this matters because helium is an irreplaceable resource for the operation of MRI machines, and there are very few natural deposits on earth - afaik just three major ones including the Texas site)
https://realestatesales.gov/gsaauctions/aucalsrh/?sl=FTWOR722026001Published at
2023-09-05 19:29:22Event JSON
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