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Valerie's avatar

The US had standalone helium mines in Amarillo, TX. The only place in the world according to my 93-year-old father who never seems to forget anything. They closed in the 1970s. I happen to be visiting him and he just told me this and I thought it was an interesting piece of trivia.

John Wygertz's avatar

No more reserve. Another "Biden" mistake.

Steve Horth's avatar

The term Biden Mistake is redundant.

sandy picard's avatar

Another excellent piece Mr. Muse. Following your treatise' has provided me an education on subjects I never knew I (should) care about.

Ruth H's avatar

Indeed. I realize this every single time I read one of his articles. Especially interesting when no other media source ever mentions the deep knowledge articles found here.

OGRE's avatar

Excellent piece!

I don't think that many people have considered this.

It's unknown whether the Trump admin considered this, but I'm sure somewhere within the Pentagon, someone is studying strategic resource control. 😉👉

sandy picard's avatar

Joe Biden/Obama sure worked hard to screw the US over. First, Uranium, now we find out Helium. What's next?

Barryonthefly's avatar

This is Pulitzer Prize level journalism. Thank you.

Kurt Wullenweber's avatar

Not in a position to question Alex' reasoning, but have a notion this strike from Iran may, and I repeat MAY, have been as a payback for China sitting on the sidelines as Iran is annihilated.

Many US Presidents have made promises never meant to be kept, but this conflict should be a glaring example what, exactly, an alliance with Beijing is worth.

Betsy's avatar

What an astute observation. I can't think of another reason they'd have done it.

DDALEX20's avatar

“the molecules China needs” Helium is an atom. Again Alexander Muse opens the door to understanding another lever in world power. Now I see more of the building of the Tower of Babel and the house of cards.

Spoon's avatar

Just a great piece!

David Walk's avatar

Yes, and we have helium here in Texas lol

ORRN31's avatar

Mr. Muse, you blew my mind with this post! I certainly hope that you have alerted the Administration of this possibly game-changing event. Hopefully, the owners of the helium trade have not already been "captured" by China.

Fredd88's avatar

...all China has to do is pass the cost on to americans.

For attacking Iran and creating the situation.

Thats the advantage of doing the manufacturing.

Mark Livingston's avatar

Doctor Navarro should be made aware of this. He's been a China hawk for over a decade.

Steve Horth's avatar

Greenland has much more strategic.

c Anderson's avatar

The privatization of helium storage was December 2024. This was NO accident. The Democrats who are leading an American Marxist movement want everything to be owned by the government. Why would they privatize this one important piece of the economy?

Mösstiina Fjorestthea's avatar

Great analysis!

Ignoring that Jerome Powell blocked the investigation into Fed employees who were front running Interest Rate actions in their own accounts.. And that this no doubt emboldened our Judges who Sit on condition of the “Good Behavior Clause” in our Constitution “for the United States of America” (which is the Legal Name of our Republic)..

My question is,

Is it just me, or will Donald Trump appoint a new Fed Chairman (May 15, 2026) who actually supports launching the D-USD (Digital U.S. Dollar)? What would an announcement like that do to BTCUSD? And, if the global Reserve Status of the USD is toast, call it a regional RMB/CNH/CNY, or the ebb and flow of empires; what is the Nominal impact to U.S. GDP? https://cenreico.substack.com/p/spike-in-gold-is-telling-us-something?r=5yuxxv