Comment on Inside Intel's Chip Factory, I Saw the Future. It's Plain Old Glass

• emmanuel_car@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  We are, in fact, running out of sand. The amount needed for chips compared to other products per unit may be small, but it will exacerbate the issue if not well managed.

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  • Vlyn@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    But that’s due to glass, concrete and so on. Building materials.

    Global sand consumption has reached 50 billion tonnes a year, or about 17 kilograms per person per day

    Even if every person in the world gets a glass CPU and GPU, that would only add a few grams of consumption. Once, not per day.

    It’s such a tiny amount that’s it’s entirely irrelevant.

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    • HerbalGamer@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      or about 17 kilograms per person per day

      I don’t eat nearly that much sand in a day

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      • GamingChairModel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Concrete Georg is bringing up the average

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• Cyberwitch_7493@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Sand is a non-renewable resource

  Not all beaches are public, and not all are in America where there are laws that protect beaches.

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• Touching_Grass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Funny you say that because we are running out or sand. We can produce it but it’ll just make things more expensive. Gangs have been stealing beaches

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