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Re:Is the World Really Running Out of Sand? by moomin on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @03:39PM (#41713218)
>> and 70% of the world's supply comes from just one place in North Carolina

> A quick search seems to say there are more places available for getting that than North Carolina.

I mean, I deduced it straight from “70%”.

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Re:Is the World Really Running Out of Sand? by zahlman on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @03:43PM (#41713277)
I'm pretty sure the implied argument is that, while this source currently supplies 70% of the total, we aren't actually dependent on it - i.e. production could be scaled up elsewhere.
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