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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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