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.
The reason the stockpile was there was it being classified as a strategic resource during the time around WW1 and 2 when airships were a big thing. It’s just not really something the government thinks they need to be involved in anymore. Though you could argue its use is becoming more strategic again.
But anyway I’m not defending the sale, I just believe this was the reason they wanted to sell it.
Maybe I missed it, but I didn’t see in the article the reason why the stockpile I’d being sold. This I want to know.
The reason the stockpile was there was it being classified as a strategic resource during the time around WW1 and 2 when airships were a big thing. It’s just not really something the government thinks they need to be involved in anymore. Though you could argue its use is becoming more strategic again.
But anyway I’m not defending the sale, I just believe this was the reason they wanted to sell it.