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

[HIDEK6]

Is this a joke?

[Rurudyne]

Wait ... you mean the old joke about Leftist (communists) running the desert (the Sahara) may turn out to be true?

[Thommas]

Is this the Babylon Bee?

[ClearCase_guy]

This is because of Global Warming, isn’t it?

[metmom]

Is this Babylon Bee?

[ClearCase_guy]

Or are we blaming this on White Supremacy?

[MSF BU]

Shouldn’t this be helping recycling?

[Artemis Webb]

Manbearpig.

[Jane Long]

I have some beachfront property in Vegas I want to sell this tool.

[Ann Archy]

LEG PULLING ALERT!! I live in Sarasota......TONS of sand!!

[Texas Eagle]

Hey, if you need a baggie or two, I know a guy.

[BobL]

Interesting that OVER HALF of the world’s concrete is poured in China (part of their taking over of the world). Interesting that the article doesn’t mention this.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Yes!

[dontreadthis]

don’t touch that beautiful white sand
(use Venice beach)

[ealgeone]

What’s in the Sahara??

[Presbyterian Reporter]

Gaslighting by the media is becoming boring.

[21twelve]

Yes there is tons of sand in Sarasota.

Now try to get a permit to dig it out of the ground and transport it.

There was some gravel/sand pit in Minnesota(?) that folks were trying to shut down. Mainly because it was sent to the Dakotas for fracking, but the folks protesting said that the dust coming off of the trucks was going to cause silica lung damage to the town! (Blowing naturally into town is not a problem I guess).

[Deaf Smith]

All the good sand went to Frac Propants.

[fidelis]

The time is coming, and now is, when you will tell some jerk to “go pound sand” and he’ll say to you, “Go pound what“?