So helium is a limited resource. Okay gotcha. So why not take two hydrogen atoms. Take their protons and neutrons. And just fucking start squeezing them together until you get helium?
And I don’t mean in the same way you get H2. Those are still separate from each other.
This! Here’s an amazing periodic table which shows what events were needed to generate the elements we know and love today:
It goes to show some insanely powerful events were required to make the common elements!
Fun fact: The periodic table is actually a circle, when on the wall of a class room it’s the same as a map of the world on the wall!