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Comment by 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.

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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