Sand shortage could mean there won't be enough to make glass vials for COVID vaccines

Daily Mail ^ | 3-5-21 | Dan Avery

[algore]

The world is running out of sand: Shortage could mean there won't be enough to make glass vials for COVID vaccines

Sand is used in concrete and glass, making it essential in housing and tech There's a sand shortage, with under 1,000 sand mines in the US That could hurt the construction industry, which uses up to 50 billion tons a year Since 2015 there's been a global shortage of glass that's only worsening as vials are needed for vaccine rollout Experts say demand for glass vials will rise by 2 billion over the next two years

[DoodleBob]

[lee martell]

Too bad some manufacturer wouldn’t consider buying sand from a place like Syria. They could use the processing jobs. Another plus, it would have nothing to do with Opium Poppies. Give them something to do besides dodge enemy missiles being dropped by uninvited foreign countries.

[Pollard]

Ok Bill Gates; release the vaccine mosquitos.

[miserare]

Winner!

[BikerJoe]

Gaslighting by the media is becoming boring.

Yup. There might be a sand PROCESSING shortage, but that's all.

[SisterK]

Experts say demand for glass vials will rise by 2 billion over the next two years

2 billion vaccines?
That sort of sounds like vaccines will not be voluntary in some locations.

[Slyfox]

Sounds like somebody is working to create another crisis for us to worry about that we cannot do anything about.

[1_Rain_Drop]

be green
no vaccine

[Secret Agent Man]

N.

There are varying grades of sand, which are used for making different things. Concrete sand is not the same as glass sand, and some glass products require specialized types of sand.

[TaMoDee]

The St. Peter Sandstone deposits in Missouri should fill the needs for quite awhile. Mine it!

[Secret Agent Man]

N.== no

[EQAndyBuzz]

They’re idiots Jim.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Well, shoot. I was hoping to use sand with my toilet paper.

[BenLurkin]

“world is running out of sand”

http://www.lerctr.org/~transit/healy/believe.wav

[Chode]

we actually sell sand to the Saudis and the middle eat in general...

their sand is useless for building as it’s almost round having been rolled over and over a billion times

sand needs to have sides and surfaces for building

and sand for glass is different in composition

[Governor Dinwiddie]

I'll believe it only if there is a spike in the price for recycled glass.

[rktman]

Yeah? WTH? What about all those bottles we sent for recycling? Oh, govt specs probably.

[Captain Compassion]

Can’t you recycle used vials?

[gundog]

My bad. I just dumped a couple of gallons in an aquarium.

[Aquamarine]

The ocean covers over 70 percent of the earth. Guess what’s at the bottom of the ocean.