• Hexboare [they/them]
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    2 months ago

    looming concrete grade sand shortage

    Not really, there's a looming shortage of cheap riverbed sand near construction projects but you can just crush glass and get a suitable substitute

    • Runcible [none/use name]
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      2 months ago

      Thanks, I didn't know the details & it seemed bizarre; just a half remembered article fragment I guess.

      • Hexboare [they/them]
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        2 months ago

        Oh it's not you, there are lots of articles written about it that don't mention it's not an actual problem unless you're a sand mining company that wants to continue to rip up river ecosystems