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by hannasanarion 2378 days ago
Not this one. The answer is yes, we will run out of helium, it is one of the few truly non-renewable resources. You can use chemical processes to make methane or petroleum-equivalents, and coal can be replaced with charcoal, but once all the helium atoms have drifted off into space, they're gone forever.

It just won't happen soon.

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We’ll be able to fuse our own before that happens. Or go fetch it from elsewhere.
FYI, our sun is also going to go out.

Just so you can plan ahead.