Sand Smugglers & The Deadly Global War for Sand

[singular_me]

the monetization of earth continues unabated

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In some places multinational companies dredge it up with massive machines; in others local people haul it away with shovels and pickup trucks. As land quarries and riverbeds become tapped out, sand miners are turning to the seas, where thousands of ships now vacuum up huge amounts of the stuff from the ocean floor. As you might expect, all this often wreaks havoc on rivers, deltas, and marine ecosystems. Sand mines in the US are blamed for beach erosion, water and air pollution, and other ills, from the California coast to Wisconsin’s lakes. India’s Supreme Court recently warned that riparian sand mining is undermining bridges and disrupting ecosystems all over the country, slaughtering fish and birds. But regulations are scant and the will to enforce them even more so, especially in the developing world.
more
http://lunaticoutpost.com/thread-683131.html

sept 2010
Singapore accused of launching 'Sand Wars'
Singapore has been accused of launching a clandestine "Sand War" against its neighbours by paying smugglers to steal entire beaches under the cover of night.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/singapore/7221987/Singapore-accused-of-launching-Sand-Wars.html
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Sand Wars is a surprising investigation into one of the most consumed natural resources on the planet. Due to the high demand for sand, the planet’s reserves are being threatened. Three-quarters of the world’s beaches are in decline and bound to disappear as victims of erosion, or of sand smuggling.
VIDEO
http://pbsinternational.org/programs/sand-wars/


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The Sand Smugglers

Singapore's business-friendly climate has seen the country grow by leaps and bounds -- literally. But it's all based on a murky, billion-dollar illegal trade in sand.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2010/08/04/the-sand-smugglers/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKQaJ4akm50

OUR CIVILIZATION IS literally built on sand. People have used it for construction since at least the time of the ancient Egyptians. In the 15th century, an Italian artisan figured out how to turn sand into transparent glass, which made possible the microscopes, telescopes, and other technologies that helped drive the Renaissance’s scientific revolution (also, affordable windows). Sand of various kinds is an essential ingredient in detergents, cosmetics, toothpaste, solar panels, silicon chips, and especially buildings; every concrete structure is basically tons of sand and gravel glued together with cement.


03.26.15
The Deadly Global War for Sand
https://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/AF_India_2015_02542-932x621.jpg

.......... Sand mining has erased at least two dozen Indonesian islands since 2005. The stuff of those islands mostly ended up in Singapore, which needs titanic amounts to continue its program of artificially adding territory by reclaiming land from the sea. The city-state has created an extra 130 square kilometers in the past 40 years and is still adding more, making it by far the world’s largest sand importer. The collateral environmental damage has been so extreme that Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam have all restricted or banned exports of sand to Singapore..........
http://www.wired.com/2015/03/illegal-sand-mining/

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Building Boom Causes Asian Sand Smugglers to Expand
http://www.voanews.com/a/asian-sand-smugglers-expand-130106893/168003.html

http://media.newindianexpress.com/Protecte-d.JPG/2015/08/04/article2956314.ece/binary/original/Protecte%20d.JPG

[Joshua01]

Who gives a rats ass? I have enough to worry about without worrying about sand depletion on planet Earth. I simply don't care!!!

[crimethink]

I suggest a massive tax on building anything. In fact, how about a tax on being a civilized human being?

Grass huts > earthquake- and fire-proof construction.

[singular_me]

well as long as we cannot stop the plunder, we'll harm ourselves further symmetrically.

the privatization of water for example is something we should ALL care about, and the same about sand. Everything is as equally as important, it's because people prioritize (dont want to **see** the whole picture OR are ignorant OR dont give a rat ass) that the NWO wins at every street corner.

"their" understanding of reality surpasses by far yours if you reply this. This cult of death controls everything, and as long as our minds refuse to **see** it (beyond racial and "right/left" issues for example), they are here to stay.

IN A NUTSHELL/REAL MEANING OF THE ALL SEEING EYE. JUST LIKE THE EYE OF ODIN
https://www.davidicke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Untitled-185-6.jpg



Who gives a rats ass? I have enough to worry about without worrying about sand depletion on planet Earth. I simply don't care!!!

[osoab]

Who gives a rats ass? I have enough to worry about without worrying about sand depletion on planet Earth. I simply don't care!!!

Watch the vid. I don't think the corporations pulling the sand were named.

[singular_me]

earth is FULL of empty spaces where new cities can be built from scratch. People are stupid enough to believe that whatever overpopulated particular area will give a better sense to their lives.

[Ponce]

We are like the snake that eat itself starting with its own tail........soon there will be nothing left of humans.

V

[ximmy]

http://img.lum.dolimg.com/v1/images/databank_tuskenraiders_01_169_f077ade3.jpeg?region =0%2C0%2C1560%2C878&width=768

[Glass]

I think this sounds like a good news story.


The collateral environmental damage has been so extreme that Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam have all restricted or banned exports of sand to Singapore..........

Problem realized. Problem solved.

The Arabs have plenty of sand. Much of it is glow in the dark sand as well. I can't think of a reason why they wouldn't want to export it. Perhaps the wars in the middle east aren't just about oil. Perhaps they are about sand as well.

[Horn]

Has a side benefit of lending false credence to global warming evidence with the seas rising.

[brosil]

All I can think of is that someone put the government in charge of sand.

[cheka.]

what a load of crap. almost as bad as the running out of water lunacy

[singular_me]

load of crap.... i dont think so. even tires contain sand. But I digress they already have floats and platforms to remove sand from oceans but it is way too costly as an investment, so only a very few multinationals are into the business. And desert sand is not suitable for the market. Actually the doc explains why digging oceans kills the sea food chain, as life starts down there.

seriously, concrete is made of 2/3 of sand. do the math... the average house require 200 tons of sand, a large building like a hospital 3000tns, each km highway 30,000tns... global sand use exceeds 15bn tons per year.

am watching this one as I type this, we have never been so framed by our own game. meanwhile demand for sand is booming, sand is described as the biggest commodity in the world... ROFLOL. How about a money-free society to fix this?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlT30F7kh3g

[singular_me]

the vid explains why ocean sand must be heavily rinsed out to removed sodium and this process costs too a lot of money. And a LOT of water. Depleting beaches from their sand is thus the easiest.

@44mins a guy describes the sand formation process, beginning on the mountain tops, and coming down through a stream then a river til the sea, however it takes a very long time for rock erosion to become sand, we are looking at 1000s of years here. .

but wait, industrialized countries have built so many dams, in america 1 dam every day since 1776 the speaker says. There are 1700 dams in the USA, China has 80,000 of them... of course consumerism + speculation = run up for profits in energy sector... so guess what? at some point main water ways (rivers) will stop reaching the oceans. All that sand that should be at the beach is blocked by the dams.

hundreds of islands on the brink of collapsing. Think of this global housing boom/bust which has required so much sand in the first place.

and we call ourselves "civilized", nope we are mere savage money machines thinking we can plunder earth to no end.

No politicians will tell you the truth.

[cheka.]

but wait, industrialized countries have built so many dams, in america 1 dam every day since 1776 the speaker says. There are 1700 dams in the USA, China has 80,000 of them... of course consumerism + speculation = run up for profits in energy sector... so guess what? at some point main water ways (rivers) will stop reaching the oceans. All that sand that should be at the beach is blocked by the dams.

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more loads of crap -

US needs MORE dams (of the right kind) -- hydro elec, hard to beat

shortage of sand is as idiotic as shortage of water - the earth is LITERALLY covered in the stuff

[singular_me]

there must be a reason as why they mainly go after beach sand, simply because it is easily accessible. Ocean sand business is in the hands of a few big shots (and those destroy the marine food chain), and the sand that can be found in rockier soil is most likely even more expensive. That sand is for sure abundant.

watch it... considering other absurdities privatizing and plundering earth - and the list is pretty long -- if you want to debunk consider a 5p report.

correction
not 1700 dams in america but 75,000






but wait, industrialized countries have built so many dams, in america 1 dam every day since 1776 the speaker says. There are 1700 dams in the USA, China has 80,000 of them... of course consumerism + speculation = run up for profits in energy sector... so guess what? at some point main water ways (rivers) will stop reaching the oceans. All that sand that should be at the beach is blocked by the dams.

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more loads of crap -

US needs MORE dams (of the right kind) -- hydro elec, hard to beat

shortage of sand is as idiotic as shortage of water - the earth is LITERALLY covered in the stuff

[singular_me]

Sand is indeed everywhere and there is a lot of it, I agree, but going after islands to get it for example and causing continent erosion for the sake of money is obviously an extremely bad idea as the video shows.

The core question is WHY?

Sorry, I also think that there are better ways to get our energy supply than from dams. There are an outdated concept. Ocean tides would provide much more electricity. The system is tearing to it end because all our monopolies are built on *sand* to start with.

This doc is about the consequences of a barbarian economic market. It doesnt offer many solutions but it is only when accept the extent of the damages that we can change for the better.



there must be a reason as why they mainly go after beach sand, simply because it is easily accessible. Ocean sand business is in the hands of a few big shots (and those destroy the marine food chain), and the sand that can be found in rockier soil is most likely even more expensive. That sand is for sure abundant.

watch it... considering other absurdities privatizing and plundering earth - and the list is pretty long -- if you want to debunk consider a 5p report.

correction
not 1700 dams in america but 75,000