I did not say , nor did the article to which I linked say , that we are running out . I said , and any reasonable person informed on the matter would say , that it is a limited resource with an impending shortage . The article to which I l i n kedisthereaheliumshortage 10031229 talks about the volume of helium stored in the Federal Helium Reserve with production restricted by financial incentives and legislation such that consumers are left with spiking prices and tightening supplies . I did not say that we are running out . That is absurd considering helium is the second most abundant element in the universe with helium being produced all around us naturally by decaying uranium feasibly tapped with current mining technologies . Anyone saying that we are running out of helium is ignorant and filled with FUD . I fear that if production isn ' t managed , and more importantly consumption isn ' t managed , we will cut dangerously into our limited supply .