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Sand shortage could mean there won't be enough to make glass vials for COVID vaccines
Daily Mail ^ | 3-5-21 | Dan Avery

Posted on 03/05/2021 6:00:27 PM PST by 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

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chinavirusvaccine; sand; sandshortage
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To: Aquamarine

Water?


41 posted on 03/05/2021 6:33:31 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: algore

“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.”

Milton Friedman


42 posted on 03/05/2021 6:33:48 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: algore

Maybe we can get some from Mars.


43 posted on 03/05/2021 6:34:01 PM PST by Rocky
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To: Disambiguator

Guess again.


44 posted on 03/05/2021 6:34:50 PM PST by Aquamarine (THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA IS THE REAL OPPOSITION PARTY! -- Donald J. Trump)
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To: algore

Sand is silica dioxide. Oxygen and Silica are two most abundant elements on Earth. The article is cod swallop.


45 posted on 03/05/2021 6:35:37 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Aquamarine

Jimmy Hoffa?


46 posted on 03/05/2021 6:36:51 PM PST by null and void (The media decides what news you can see and NOT SEE. But don't you dare call 'em Not-Sees)
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To: algore

Dumbest article I’ve seen all year.


47 posted on 03/05/2021 6:39:28 PM PST by servantboy777
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To: algore

‘Sand Mines’???


48 posted on 03/05/2021 6:40:34 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: algore

Use old beer bottles.


49 posted on 03/05/2021 6:40:58 PM PST by Fido969
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To: null and void

You win.


50 posted on 03/05/2021 6:41:47 PM PST by Aquamarine (THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA IS THE REAL OPPOSITION PARTY! -- Donald J. Trump)
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To: SisterK

Why do you say that? There are about 8 billion people in the world.


51 posted on 03/05/2021 6:42:15 PM PST by Fido969
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To: Pollard

BillG has some lakefront property in Medina which has a sandy beach.

Bill’s Property manager has that shipped in special from St Lucia for him every year.

besides the vaccine thing is just “Philanthropy”

There are a lot of people who are running, partnering with and employed by these Philanthropic Foundations and drug companies.

Bill does not have time to be involved with the minutia involved with all these operations.

He just wants to make the earth better for the children.


52 posted on 03/05/2021 6:45:10 PM PST by algore
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To: algore

There’s a shortage of everything right now.

Folks who are building know this.
Folks who are Project Managers with construction know this.

Food is also starting to show signs of shortages.


53 posted on 03/05/2021 6:45:11 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: algore

What happens when Communism moves to the dessert?

Answer: At first nothing...but then you start to see a shortage of sand.


54 posted on 03/05/2021 6:45:59 PM PST by AndyTheBear
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To: Secret Agent Man

Yeah, right.


55 posted on 03/05/2021 6:47:55 PM PST by HIDEK6 (F God bless Donald Trump. )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

I hear there is a shortage of windows, the local builders say you can have a house built but it won’t have any windows.


56 posted on 03/05/2021 6:48:24 PM PST by Aquamarine (THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA IS THE REAL OPPOSITION PARTY! -- Donald J. Trump)
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To: algore

WTF?
Glass is recyclable.🙄


57 posted on 03/05/2021 6:54:24 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: 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. ***

The US has about 450 sanctions against Syria, so buying sand is probably in there somewhere. Of course there may be no sanction against stealing their sand, akin to US theft of oil, and wheat there.

The only Poppy Fields I know of are in the Turkish controlled areas of Syria. The Beqqa Valley of Lebanon grows some poppies, but Afghanistan is where the most production is.


58 posted on 03/05/2021 6:56:39 PM PST by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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To: Fido969

I was thinking that there are cultures and geographical areas that won’t be obsessed with covid and vaccines. The US is obsessed with covid and vaccines.


59 posted on 03/05/2021 6:56:49 PM PST by SisterK (Let the King of my heart Be the fire inside my veins)
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To: Aquamarine

I’ve heard that too.
Same goes for conduit and cable for electrical work or communications.


60 posted on 03/05/2021 7:01:47 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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