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Don't worry, even if all energy humans used was from D+T fusion today it would only create 60% of the helium that we use. Also, helium is so light that it leaves the atmosphere so we really don't have access to much anyway.



What do we use it for? Isn’t it non reactive?


It's most valuable use is as a cryogenic. If you want sub 10K there are very few materials to choose from.

The lower the temperature, the higher your critical current is for a given superconductor. The reason HTS are a big deal isn't that you can have a superconductor at liquid nitrogen temperatures, but that you can have a very high field at liquid helium temperatures.




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