Life Is A Beach

Stratford, Ontario
August 26, 2015 12:48pm CST
I have always enjoyed beaches and use to go to Florida beaches for about 13 winters, when I worked summers a tthe trailer park with my parents up in Lake Huron Ontario. I was watching a Documentary the other day called Sand Wars and did not realize that sand is a very sought after, commodity.It mentioned, the beaches in Florida were built with sand from Georgia and Virginia. You need high quality sand to make computer chips. This was a very interesting program. The thing that stood out the most in my mind, was that once you put sand into a brick it is frozen there forever and can never be reborn as sand. If a building becomes vacant this sand in the brick is lost forever. ANother exciting fact, about this is, they are now crushing up recycled glass to make sand to build these buildings. It is a shame that there are so many buildings all over the world that are vacant and unused, in so many places. Sand Wars was a disturbing documentary and very much worth watching. It really opened my mind how much, Sand, is really worth in today's world
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Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (48506)
• Mojave, California
26 Aug 15
Sounds interesting good thought provoking post. We do need to do something with all these empty buildings. It is shame they are being wasted when so many sleep on the streets.
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Susan Britton
@Suzzycue (17)
• Stratford, Ontario
27 Aug 15
That is a really good point .Let the homeless have them or recycle the old buildings. The problem is they keep building them and they don't get sold. These are new building \I am talking about.
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Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (48506)
• Mojave, California
27 Aug 15
@Suzzycue That is a great point also that no one talks about. I know some plaza's and warehouses with 10 to 20 buildings get made and only one company to three companies moves in and the rest just remain empty for years.
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Susan Britton
@Suzzycue (17)
• Stratford, Ontario
10 Sep 15
That is my point also. Let the homeless live in them.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (157813)
• United States
10 Sep 15
There are many vacant brick and limestone buildings in my new town. Given a choice I would have a limestone home. You brought up some interesting information about sand that I never knew.
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Susan Britton
@Suzzycue (17)
• Stratford, Ontario
10 Sep 15
Thank you @GardenGerty Why is a limestone home better than brick.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
27 Aug 15
Indeed , i now realized with your post that sand is very important . It is an important part of the construction of our houses , roads, bridges , malls and those buildings . Amazing !
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Sharon
@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
27 Aug 15
I had no idea that the sand in bricks would never turn into sand again once the brick was destroyed. Very interesting post
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (49242)
• United States
27 Aug 15
It sounds like something that I would enjoy watching.
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