• Runcible [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    I understood its main benefits being that it was both fairly cheap to construct and inherently well insulated. As far as sustainability goes I can’t see it making a good coffee stand and I think there’s some sort of looming concrete grade sand shortage (?) due to our misuse/addiction to paving things.

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      2 months ago

      looming concrete grade sand shortage

      Not really, there’s a looming shortage of cheap riverbed sand near construction projects but you can just crush glass and get a suitable substitute

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          2 months ago

          Oh it’s not you, there are lots of articles written about it that don’t mention it’s not an actual problem unless you’re a sand mining company that wants to continue to rip up river ecosystems