Factoid/2016/07/07
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The World is Running Out of Sand
- "Sand is the essential ingredient that makes modern life possible. And we are starting to run out. According to the United Nations Environment Program, in 2012 alone the world used enough concrete to build a wall 89 feet high and 89 feet wide around the Equator. From 2011 to 2013, China used more cement than the United States used in the entire 20th century." - excerpts from article in NY Times.
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