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Bingaman has dubbed it a "fire sale." The federally owned helium now sells for about half of what it would on the open market. And, since the Federal Helium Reserve provides about onethird of the world's helium each year, this has upended the entire market. There's little incentive to conserve, recycle or find new sources of helium.