MRI machines need thousands of liters of liquid helium to function. Health care workers say they can’t afford any disruptions to the helium supply chain.

Privatizing the US national helium reserve. Gonna laugh when in a few years the government of another nation ends up owning it. Helium is dwindling finite resource that key technological infrastructure relies upon.

    • blobjim [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      10 months ago

      The article says it will probably owned by a German company, Messer Group. Germany and helium… 🤔

      During the Nazi era, the Messer-led company benefited considerably from the regime’s arms production, employed forced laborers and was a supplier for the V2 production and the Wehrmacht.[1] In the denazification process, Messer, who had been a member of the since 1933, was classified as a follower in 1948

      oh, right.

      https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Messer

      Also, can’t wait for this to make people’s medical treatment even more expensive! Exciting times! Thanks Joe Biden!

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        Hast du etwas Zeit für mich

        Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich

        Von neunundneunzig Luftballons

        Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont

        Denkst du vielleicht grad an mich

        Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich

        Von neunundneunzig Luftballons

        Und, dass so was von so was kommt