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I wonder if we could come up with some sort of fast growing plant that we could then use as a replacement for sand as a filler. This would reduce the sand crisi
by foota 10y ago
I wonder if we could come up with some sort of fast growing plant that we could then use as a replacement for sand as a filler. This would reduce the sand crisis and capture carbon, if it's possible.
- BurningFrog 10y agoThere is a sand crisis too? Is it the one caused by dams?
- DanBC 10y agoBetween 2011 and 2015 China poured more concrete than the US did in the entire 20th century. Sand is one component of most concrete. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/feb/27/sand-mining-global-environmental-crisis-never-heard https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/feb/27/sand-mining-g...
- foota 10y agoSee https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13789108 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13789108