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The Problem With Sand
We use about 50 billion tons of sand every year. That's enough to cover the entire state of California every single year. The amount that we're using has grown exponentially in the last couple of decades. In some places, the demand is so intense that organized crime has gotten into it. There's a black market in sand and these organized sand gangs do what criminals do everywhere. They bribe police and government officials to leave them alone. And if you really get in their way, they will kill you.