• Vlyn
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    1 year ago

    I really don’t think we have a shortage of sand. And you also have to consider how small computer chips are. Compare how much sand you need for a glass window versus a few CPUs.

    Besides that, they wouldn’t take sand from public beaches…

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        1 year ago

        But 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.

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      1 year ago

      Funny you say that because we are running out of sand. We can produce it but it’ll just make things more expensive. Gangs have been stealing beaches