floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoInside Intel's Chip Factory, I Saw the Future. It's Plain Old Glasswww.cnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down13
arrow-up1104arrow-down1external-linkInside Intel's Chip Factory, I Saw the Future. It's Plain Old Glasswww.cnet.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareVlynlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·9 months agoBut that’s due to glass, concrete and so on. Building materials. Global sand consumption has reached 50 billion tonnes a year, or about 17 kilograms per person per day Even if every person in the world gets a glass CPU and GPU, that would only add a few grams of consumption. Once, not per day. It’s such a tiny amount that’s it’s entirely irrelevant.
minus-squareHerbalGamer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months ago or about 17 kilograms per person per day I don’t eat nearly that much sand in a day
minus-squareGamingChairModel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoConcrete Georg is bringing up the average
But that’s due to glass, concrete and so on. Building materials.
Even if every person in the world gets a glass CPU and GPU, that would only add a few grams of consumption. Once, not per day.
It’s such a tiny amount that’s it’s entirely irrelevant.
I don’t eat nearly that much sand in a day
Concrete Georg is bringing up the average