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China builds with manufactured sand, easing worry about overmining and environmental cost (archive.ph)
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https://archive.ph/2024.08.12-071715/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3273891/china-builds-manufactured-sand-easing-worry-about-overmining-and-environmental-cost

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

This is awesome! I've heard liberals talk about China's sand usage as part of their China-bad smearing without offering any solutions. Artificial sand from mine tailings (a waste product) has basically no downsides, since those tailings would be produced regardless.