L4sBot@lemmy.worldB to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTIL The Earth Is Running Out of Sand, Spurring a Cutthroat Black Marketwww.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkTIL The Earth Is Running Out of Sand, Spurring a Cutthroat Black Marketwww.popularmechanics.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldB to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
Sand is the second most-used resource after water, but it’s unregulated and ripping environments apart.
minus-squareChrisRo@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoFor people that wonder „hey there are deserts full of sand“, that is a different sand. To built things you need sand with edges. The sand in the deserts is round.
minus-squareLemmyFeed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoCould we just add some edges to the round sand? Like break them into pieces or something?
For people that wonder „hey there are deserts full of sand“, that is a different sand. To built things you need sand with edges. The sand in the deserts is round.
Could we just add some edges to the round sand? Like break them into pieces or something?
a sandpaper, for sands