Comment by scrollaway

5 years ago

Ah, a fellow Half as Interesting viewer :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BApuzIPVTi8

This is a channel run by the same guy from Wendover Productions, highly recommend subscribing. Especially if you're into obscure things such as sand theft, or … really, anything aviation related.

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rahuldottech  5 years ago

I like that channel, but it really bothers me how they never list any sources in their description. That should be mandatory for all educational channels, IMO.

  • scrollaway  5 years ago

    HAI doesn't, but his "more serious" educational channel Wendover Productions does (numbers in corners referenced in the description).

Mengkudulangsat  5 years ago

I wonder if there are any research towards adapting desert sand for use in concrete? It would solve this "problem" in a jiffy.

  • bo0tzz  5 years ago

    With the size of the construction industry and the matching need for sand, I can't imagine this being an avenue left unexplored.

  • ChoGGi  5 years ago

    Desert sand is rounded, river sand is spiky.

    • TheSoftwareGuy  5 years ago

      I've wondered if we could melt the desert sand into glass and use machines to get it back down to the right coarseness.

      It's one of the ways I think widely available & cheap renewable energy would help solve most of the worlds resource shortages