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Sand is the second-most used resource after water (files.catbox.moe)
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Sources: Elhacham et al. (2020), Hackney et al. (2021), UNEP (2022)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have no idea what I'm talking about but could the angular sand extracted from rivers be replaced by round sand from the desert? Over time, that might be shaped into the way we like it, right?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I think that might be possible but costly?