{"id":91740,"date":"2025-01-18T02:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T07:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=91740"},"modified":"2024-10-02T20:54:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T00:54:54","slug":"is-the-world-really-running-out-of-sand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/01\/18\/is-the-world-really-running-out-of-sand\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the World Really Running Out of Sand?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SB0qDQFTyE8?si=iGH749WPKEgaHYDi\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Practical Engineering<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 1 Oct 2024<\/p>\n<p>Sand: a treatise &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot changing in the construction industry, and a lot of growth in the need for materials like sand and gravel. But I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s fair to say the world is running out of those materials. 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