Apparently, it is not so much a shortage of sand, but the complexity of economics behind mining and processing the right kinds of sand for different industrial purposes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/23/opinion/the-worlds-disappearing-sand.html?_r=0
https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2017/04/economist-explains-8
And Professor Google says so.
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Hi Steve - looked at the link, I see lots of words and zero references. If we are running out of sand, I would expect there to be some data backing up that claim.
Dave
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Steve Gregory <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Interesting topic. Didn't know that sand was becoming this scarce. I
> found
> this:
>
> http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/deadly-global-war-sand
>
> Steeve
>
> On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 12:52 PM, David Hillman <david.hillman@
> rockwellcollins.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Rich - I have a number of good references sources and do track
>> this as a topic and that is the first time I have heard that silicon
>> was an issue. I suspect they may be confusing fracking sand versus
>> other sand type/applications as that is a hot topic. I would love to
>> see their reference data as it sounds quite suspicious.
>>
>> Dave Hillman
>> Rockwell Collins
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>> On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Richard Kraszewski <
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>> > Last week I heard an interesting story NPR radio, claiming that
>> > there is an upcoming global scarcity of sand.
>> >
>> > Seems like most good deposits are being mined out for concrete.
>> > This
>> is
>> > starting to become a concern for people such as silicon wafer
>> producers
>> > amongst others.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Anyone hear anything similar?
>> >
>> >
>> > Rich Kraszewski
>> > Senior Staff Process Engineer
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