Now stockpiling an extra 50 tanks as a buffer for a half-tank-a-day habit.
Sadly I did not build the lab I'm at now or we could be getting more done with less than 10 percent of what we use presently, and we're quite a bit better than average already.
Lots of technical debt for helium users consists of old systems which were built when helium was way less expensive and leaked a lot but was not significant dollars compared to other commonly known corporate waste so nobody cared.
It may be surprising to some, but there are many high-tech organizations you would expect to be able to handle their helium as tightly as possible, but that capability is truly not in house nor within reach even from contractors who appear to have the capability because they have actual satisfied customers.
Not everybody can do it the NASA way and that's what you need.
Otherwise continued helium reduction efforts do not reduce expenditures like they do at first, once you get far enough below the overall leak rate.
As to whether the Earth or maybe just gas users will run out or have to give up, Kornbluth probably knows as much as anybody:
Now stockpiling an extra 50 tanks as a buffer for a half-tank-a-day habit.
Sadly I did not build the lab I'm at now or we could be getting more done with less than 10 percent of what we use presently, and we're quite a bit better than average already.
Lots of technical debt for helium users consists of old systems which were built when helium was way less expensive and leaked a lot but was not significant dollars compared to other commonly known corporate waste so nobody cared.
It may be surprising to some, but there are many high-tech organizations you would expect to be able to handle their helium as tightly as possible, but that capability is truly not in house nor within reach even from contractors who appear to have the capability because they have actual satisfied customers.
Not everybody can do it the NASA way and that's what you need.
Otherwise continued helium reduction efforts do not reduce expenditures like they do at first, once you get far enough below the overall leak rate.
As to whether the Earth or maybe just gas users will run out or have to give up, Kornbluth probably knows as much as anybody:
http://www.kornbluthheliumconsulting.com/