The next conflicts will be fought over sand

[@CaspianReport]

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[@chilltown6781]

Stop building island in Dubai.. Save a few generations of been sand short. I hate sand wet... Worse ever. Unless at beach. Irritating otherwise

[@davidT.C]

The code does not work

[@peterhooper2643]

I hate the way you tryna sell out. I liked you. Fuck advertising

[@realtissaye]

@@peterhooper2643 yeah, fuck earning a living and feeding your family!

[@ericaugust1501]

so, why are islands sinking when the sea bed sand is harvested? are the islands themselves physically sinking to replace the removed maritime sand? or is some other mechanism taking place?

[@santiagovera416]

"Finite resources generate infinite conflicts", nice one.

[@RainierKine]

Ya. After watch CaspianReport for 2 years now. I am only beginning to enjoy each video's proverbs.

[@Aleksandr_SaLoMa]

After watching this CaspianReport I am afraid to live in this fucking world, especially in Russia...

[@Jo0pishere]

We are in a new age, what are we goina do...

[@aratirao9007]

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[@kovalskibethyname]

this guy who voices the video is really smart

[@empiricalandinquirical2435]

“Selling sand to an Arab, used to be a saying. Now, it is the pinnacle of irony.” My brain just grew 10 times hearing this. You do good work Shirvan! 👊🏻

[@appleslover]

What does that mean?

[@kyleg9735]

@@appleslover I think it's basically saying a resource seemingly infinite at one point (like sand) is now beginning to show an exhaustion point as huge parts of the world's population begin scaling up. Investors wouldn't be lining up for your sand business in the desert X amount of years ago but now the idea is on the table.

[@wingstailchannel4444]

Or selling ice to the Eskimos of Greenland

[@maxwellvandenberg2977]

@@appleslover I think the idiom is supposed to represent like the pinnacle of an untenable (or perhaps relying on manipulation and deceit for success) business proposition, selling something ubiquitous and free, but the irony is that the kinds of sand used in construction are rough, while desert sand is smooth, so selling river sand to a country full of (desert) sand but lacking in river sand is a good business prospect because of all the construction going on in the gulf states rich from oil and desiring to flaunt their wealth by getting barely paid migrants to build pillars of concrete for them. Irony has to do with a gap in knowledge, in this case it is that whoever came up with the idiom apparently wasn't considering the difference between different kinds of sand and missing that some kinds would be scarce in some places, even places with an abundance of other kinds of sand.

[@edgeldine3499]

i i think he said it was insane not a saying, thats how I heard it

[@melchiorpietrasik7434]

The deserts of Arrakis were always desired by others. “He who controls the sand controls the universe."

[@arraikcruor6407]

"The spice must flow!"

[@manofsan]

The sand melange? The sand must flow?

[@matthewtopping2061]

*spice

[@randomka-52alligatorthatis34]

@@manofsan Yes, The Sand Must flow, though they are course, rough and irritating.

[@nuur2825]

Desert sand is pretty useless for us unfortunately.

[@franciscoflamenco]

"Desert sand is worthless" There goes my hope that the deserts would at least be useful for the one thing they have in abundance.

[@jonm610]

Was looking for this comment

[@silverhawkscape2677]

Unless we can somehow create cement that binds with desert sand.

[@mdjey2]

What if we melt sand into glass and then smash it?

[@wilce2k7]

They may yet Mr Frodo

[@laststand6420]

We could probably process desert sand to be good for construction, but it may not be nearly as cheap as sea based sand. Usually when we "run out" of something it is just the easily accessible deposits that are depleted... You can get/make more, just at a higher cost. For instance, through nuclear transmutation you can make gold, but it takes so much energy it's not worth the effort.

[@wazzupsters]

"From dust we came from, from dust we shall return" takes on a whole new meaning after listening to the intro. That was truly something remarkable.

[@Ramschat]

China: Builds island to expand influence Singapore: mines sand close by, causing the islands to disappear: STONKS

[@dongster529]

Singapore is just an easy target to blame for scoring political brownie points since they are ethically different, wealthy and lacks any physical threat since they are so small, they are basically the best kind of political punching bag. Every time I hear them being mentioned, I know the politician isn't going to fix the real problems, they are just going to use the Singapore as a shield for any problems they are going to face. Just ask yourself, who is selling the sand to Singapore? It's the local government, who both sells them the sand and then blames them to get re-elected. Let's be real Singapore is also tiny with limited space to expand, the rest of the sand is getting sold off elsewhere for other megaprojects that aren't mentioned.

[@Raul_Menendez]

@@dongster529 Well we're small and we don't wanna invade and start wars. So we mine and expand. 😎

[@None-do2qn]

@@Raul_Menendez you are from Singapore? Are you a Spanish descent citizen?

[@oatmongen4263]

@@dongster529 I actually think America is the punching bag of the world. Got a problem? Blame it on their export of democracy, or their control over the financial system, the oil supply, their influence with their allies, or their Hollywood movies. They are ethically different, big enough that they could conceivably be the cause of a lot of problems, but not so big that they can deal with everyone blaming them for every problem all at once.

[@encryp4558]

@Blazingknight considering how ethnically diverse Singapore is, it comes as no surprise 😁

[@emilturangi7145]

Anakin: -"I hate sand..." Shirvan: -"Don't worry Anakin, soon we will run out of it"

[@matthewtopping2061]

*run

[@8bitorgy]

There it is...

[@emilturangi7145]

@@matthewtopping2061 thx

[@kabz3354]

whay tf is that?

[@aratirao9007]

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[@Mr_M_History]

This is Anakin's worst nightmare...

[@RAS_Squints]

NoOoOoOo~~~~~

[@TSGC16]

Don't you mean his best

[@skysea7785]

Wait wouldn't he be happy if sand depleted?

[@razeezar]

@@skysea7785 Depleted isn't enough... Annie wants to *eradicate* the horrible stuff. It gets everywhere.

[@kapilsharmaWorld_uncensored]

Naaah. It's his wet dream

[@crlarkin95]

Naive question - is there any hope of turning desert sand to "usable" sand? Or any companies working on it?

[@darthjarjar5309]

It’s likely possible, the process is likely very costly though.

[@crlarkin95]

@@darthjarjar5309 using that logic though - there is a point that usable sand becomes so scarce that it's more expensive than desert sand and likewise technology becomes cheaper over time. I guess my question is more is this even a possibility

[@savioblanc]

Maybe throw it into the water and wait for it to get course again Or build a machine to turn the sand coarse

[@RobinTheBot]

Not really. You're trying to ungrind sand. Like trying to unerode rock.

[@christobalcolon6601]

Learn to work with lower-quality sand, as you can learn to work with lower-quality people.

[@madjack443]

The “Indian Sand Mafia” okay now I’ve heard it all. This whole piece on sand is a fantastic little bow on the maritime theme that CR has been pushing for the last months.

[@chippysteve4524]

Did you think the 'culture' that produced the caste system wouldn't be as corrupt as possible??? :-)

[@Vikram-mu1lb]

@@chippysteve4524 The west have their own version. It is called class system.

[@MadsBoldingMusic]

The phrase "Fish with Caspian Report" is legitimately one of the funniest things I've heard all week

[@Melange2]

@Alan he did

[@James-ky3ip]

I would gladly fish with Caspian Report

[@MadsBoldingMusic]

@@James-ky3ip So would I ^^

[@vdotme]

Reading the comment before watching the video was even funnier. 😂😂😂😂

[@aratirao9007]

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[@AeneasGemini]

'Sand Mafia' is an expression I never thought I'd hear

[@nochance3914]

Sand Mafia is already seen in India,most of the them are uneducated but powerful and earn millions of dollars by illegal selling of sand for construction activities. They use network to stop getting caught and spend money to even media to hide the news.

[@idkwtdrn]

@@nochance3914 Exactly... Sand mafia is the most common of all mafias in India. River beds are dying because of them.

[@hillbilly4895]

no shit...now, of all things, I have to worry about sand mafioso's. wtf?

[@mkk2024-c6w]

Common term used by layman in India. Sand mafia is very common here.

[@gxlorp]

I bet they have suits and slicked back hair. When they kill people, do they say they wack a guy.

[@Zen-sx5io]

"Sand is disappearing". Anakin: *Smiles and relieved

[@soularfusion1984]

🤣🤣🤣

[@optimusprime4443]

Lol

[@louismartin3206]

There is so much to learn, yet so little time on hands. Thanks to Shirvan and his team for making those efficient videos.

[@AlzaboHD]

For a second I thought Caspian was playing Kenshi's "Age of Blood & Sand" mod

[@jont2576]

Is that an official mod?

[@kimono38]

@@jont2576 Nope, it just a compilation of 200-300 mod

[@masonsmith9619]

Yoooo Kenshi fans? Fuck yea

[@JKTProductionzIncNCo]

Thanks for the recommendation is it on nexus mods?

[@waleedirfan5045]

One of the best channels on geopolitics. Bravo

[@gtasaints]

Yes it really is

[@gtasaints]

@@bruceree3902 okkkkkkk buddy

[@diamanteduul8084]

@@bruceree3902 Who do you think is better? Some recommendations would be nice

[@julian5345]

@@bruceree3902 he is azeri im pretty sure

[@diamanteduul8084]

@@bruceree3902 Thats too bad :/. I was hoping you would have something interesting to share

[@LizardSpork]

Now this gives me an idea: Step 1) Start a fintech to turn regular desert sand into usable river sand Step 2) Make promises till it's a unicorn Step 3) Cash in all my shares just before it goes public Step 4) ??? Step 5) Profit!!

[@ivanfreely6366]

Step 4) Find a way to hide your profits (i.e. shell companies, offshore accounts). Just don't use AsiaCiti services.

[@ihl0700677525]

Well.. I guess you could try heat it up, mix it with carbon, sulfur, or whatever (basically simulate natural lava), melt it together, and then break it apart. It probably requires a *LOT* of energy tho. In any case, if we ran out of sand, crushing and grinding down rock into gravel probably makes more sense.

[@masterdementer]

@@ihl0700677525 that's already happening lol. My father works in a company that crushes the stones into small rocks and then that company sells these crushed rocks to other companies that do the job of extracting different minerals like aluminium, gold, silver etc. So I suppose the end products remaining after all the minerals are extracted is just pure sand. Or at least some part of it will be. Tho haven't heard of any company dealing in the business of sand crushed from rocks so there is potential for that in the upcomming years.

[@Cxnxr]

there is actually technology being used in the UAE which is able to use desert sand in concrete but needs to be throughly washed etc which makes it a expensive thing to do

[@ihl0700677525]

@@masterdementer I guess as expensive as it is today, the cost of making finely crushed rock as concrete aggregates is still too expensive. But I know that people definitely did it, in small quantity, in remote area, maybe because bringing in few sacks of sand is not worth it.

[@aucun001]

" The next conflict with be fought over sand. " " The next conflict with be fought over water " " The next conflict with be fought over fossil fuel " Moral of the story : Human will always fight over everything against everyone

[@juddotto3660]

I'll fight you just for saying that

[@ItzCoopzFtw]

And here I sit, just wanting to chop down a couple trees, plant some new ones, use the logs to build a house somewhere, grow my own crops and hunt game. But no one will ever get this oppotunity ever again under a corrupt, world-wide capitalist system.

[@alejandror.planas9802]

@@ItzCoopzFtw Ancient and feudal societies would have made industrialism work, with their repair based economy, making only that which is useful, reusing resources and working towards the improvement of family and community. Unfortunately we got industrialism at a time when everyone was thinking of maximizing profits or maximally redistributing it.

[@tson1111]

The worst part is when there’s enough resources but because some group believe in a god that’s slightly different from the other they start a war and kill 30million people

[@aurorathekitty7854]

Been that was since the beginning of human civilization

[@PLScypion]

"Finite resources create near infinite conflicts." If ain't that the best description of modern human civilization.

[@Chikanuk]

Usually i watch this channel for respect to high quality work and sometimes a different angle to problem. But topics like this a really great, since they tell me something completely new and different. Great video, great job! Also i love how this channel have very random stuff for support - from chocolate to fishing game, lol.

[@jameslebron2403]

Never thought I'd see a video about sand becoming a strategic resource and being depleted. This is why I'm subbed to this channel.

[@greytroll1632]

Civilization games will never be the same again once this is modded in.

[@MrDuck-oi3qc]

I'm not a construction guy, but don't they just mill stone and use it for mixing with cement to make concrete and whatever?

[@jamesbaxter5147]

Same thing, but I only discovered this recently. Subbed and ready to binge.

[@Extremeredfox]

I'm waiting for China or some country in Africa or thr Middle East to start dumping dessert sand in the ocean to punk out other countries.

[@greytroll1632]

@@Extremeredfox somebody needs to mod that too in Civ.

[@haojiang9832]

"I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere." - Confucius

[@Johannesai1]

Confucius Skywalker 😁

[@larsstougaard7097]

yes thats why he always used nice round sand from the deserts , that dude had wisdom, never use sand from river

[@jc.1191]

@Itznun Yabizness 🤣

[@chippysteve4524]

Confucius say: "Go to bed with itchy bum.Wake up with smelly finger."

[@chippysteve4524]

Yeah he was definitely nowhere near as smart as Buddha! How many different rituals for preparing and serving tea? What a tw@t!

[@malachaiuys711]

*I swear, Shirvan can make paint drying seem like an oscar nominated documentary movie*

[@gxlorp]

I cant believe India has a sand Mafia. And its "the most powerful syndicated in the country" "has deep pockets and a political apparatus". What the fuck. India is such a beautiful and tragic country.

[@aratirao9007]

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[@ibnuadam7186]

No Dude This A Real Thing, In Indonesia We Already Have A Couple Journalist,Activist And Even Concerns Citizens Who Live Next To The Mine Die Beaten To Death By The Sand Miner's

[@gwho]

*all the film students actually go out and tries to make a film of sand drying.*

[@nikolasmaes99]

no way hes horrible, im only here for the good content

[@privateerburrows]

It was hard to overcome resistance to the title and click on this; only did because I know CaspianReport to be a serious channel. What an eye-opener! I would never have imagined any of this.

[@jonson856]

Selling sand to an Arab used to be insane, now it's the pinnacle of irony. 😂👍

[@augustus331]

I've asked the question to my professor on the looming sand crisis. He told me that it's easily prevented by recycling products, cement, and buildings that are currently not being recycled because of the current availability of high-silicon sand

[@t.miller8456]

What is your field?

[@augustus331]

@@t.miller8456 Energy transition. Solar panels are also built from silicon, which is why I asked.

[@evankurniawan1311]

Unfortunately, the demand for sands will easily outpace any reasonable recycling effort. We just build more every year.

[@dongster529]

By crisis they mean sand will no longer be effectively "free", just like how corpos have been trying to privatize water for decades to raise prices for profit. I wonder how much of this is manufactured scarcity and how much is just overexploitation of common resources.

[@shrisharma7355]

I read a research article awhile back where some builder was on due shortage of sand and they used incinerated garbage sludge to make concrete. It's much more stronger than traditional sand concrete. It utilizes almost 90 percent of total sludge. The only problem is the production and supply cost.

[@historydoesntrepeatitselfb7818]

Great we are going Full Dune now, The Spice Must Flow!

[@mspicer3262]

I've known about shortages of sand for a while, I remember reading about beaches literally being stolen about a decade or so back at least, all the sand trucked out overnight. Between this and limited, clean, fresh water, I suspect there are going to be some major conflicts in the coming decades.

[@IammeoramI]

Tin, copper, enslaving people, land, sugar, tea, coal, iron, Pokemon TCG booster packs, etc... Shit man, what things haven't we've fought/ killed each other over?

[@tutored2today438]

Sucks I liked to go to the beach and look at all the hot bodies modern times just gets worse!

[@juch3]

@@IammeoramI you forgot to add digital assets like bitcoin, nfts, etc

[@Buddie21341255612351]

I heard the same 30 year ago about oil..... so i guess sand is the new shortage 🙀

[@mspicer3262]

@@Buddie21341255612351 ummm, we ARE running short of oil... you need to start reading stuff that's more current...

[@VABJMJ]

"I don't like sand" - SKYWALKER, Anakin

[@BatCaveOz]

The Great Pyramid of Giza isn't made of sand. (It is made of limestone and granite)

[@aratirao9007]

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[@alexjgilpin]

WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF SAND! This message brought to you by Fish. :)

[@dennisthemenance8022]

Genius

[@fish1r1]

old concrete can be crushed and used instead of sand. it's more costly though

[@mitseraffej5812]

Often when a large airport runway is replaced the existing concrete runway is dug up, crushed and reused.

[@electrosyzygy]

@@mitseraffej5812 doable, but it also doesn't have the same structural qualities so the 'new' product cannot be used for heavy loads like skyscrapers.

[@shahriararifaunik]

@@electrosyzygy Skyscrapers are sort of useless anyway. They have a lot of social, economic & environmental drawbacks and they shouldn't be built. Instead, transportation infrastructures should be developed.

[@KrisWustrow]

@@shahriararifaunik yeah... and suburbs have been sooo effective...

[@aidanmeacham1999]

@@KrisWustrow when done right, doesn’t need to be a suburb regardless.

[@Osterbaum]

Another thing highlighting the fact that we need to completely re-think our relationship to the planet.

[@altrag]

Rethink in what way? We lucked out with fossil fuels in the sense that we happen to have developed newer, cleaner energy sources right around the time we're realizing we can't keep burning dinosaur juice. Now one could argue we developed these things specifically because of the problems with fossil fuels but that's only partly accurate. The photoelectric effect for example (which underlies solar panels) was described by Einstein. If he'd come around even 20 or 30 years later, there's a good chance solar would still be in its very early and very expensive stages of development today. We'd still have wind (turbines have existed for ages and "put one in a windmill" isn't a huge conceptual leap) but its doubtful we could harness enough wind to compensate in a solar-less world. And when it comes to concrete.. we're in that situation. We don't really have any alternative building material that can do what concrete does at this point. There are people working on less resource-intensive concrete formulations (though they're mostly focusing on CO2 emissions rather than sand usage), wood-based composites and of course carbon fiber composites are continually improving. But they're all kind of in the "if Einstein was 30 years later" situation - just barely getting started and still very expensive. And no, "just live like our ancestors" is not a solution. They had to deal with a planet containing a few million people. We've got a few billion. A few billion who don't really want to go back to a time of limited local resources, limited options for importing resources and just a poorer quality of life in general. Reminds me of a documentary I saw a long time ago about some tribe in the Amazon (wish I could remember but way too much time passed). Just going through their daily lives and what they thought of the "outside" world and normal almost carnival-style displays of "boy aren't they different!" But the part that stuck with me was right at the end when the film concluded with something like (paraphrasing): "These 200 people in their 200 square miles of land live in perfect harmony with nature. Maybe we can learn to do the same!" Sure. And just where are we going to find 7.5 billion square miles of land that's as capable of providing for life as the deepest parts of the Amazon? The entire surface of the earth is less than 200 million square miles. We'd need 38 entire earths just for the area alone, never mind the ability to provide. That tribe is able to live like that specifically because they're small in number and have a large area to work with. The rest of the world's population isn't so lucky. I know that's all rather pessimistic and we obviously will need to come up with some replacement for concrete (or find cheaper ways to crush up rocks - we _can_ make the right kind of sand, its just insanely expensive relative to dredging). But its far too often I see people telling us to "re-think our relationship to the planet" without realizing that the only thing we really can "re-think" is how to drop our population by 1-2 orders of magnitude. And that's not really the kind of "re-thinking" most people want to talk about since its you know.. absolutely grotesque to even contemplate. Aside from large-scale genocide, it doesn't really matter what resources we use - they're all finite. Some are more finite than others of course, but the only thing that's truly limitless (or close enough to it to matter) is solar energy. Everything else humanity has access to is bound within the volume of the planet - including the materials needed to harness that solar energy. So no matter what we eventually replace sand with it will also run out sooner or later. Sure trees regrow but not anywhere close fast enough to keep up with our building demands if we tried to replace concrete with some sort of wood-based product, and there's only so much natural forest around the world to cut down (to say nothing about the ecological and environmental catastrophe we'd cause by doing so). Crushing rocks is probably our best bet. As long as we only care more about the shape of the sand than its exact mineral composition, there's lots of rock to be found everywhere on earth. So if we can crush it the "right way" cheap enough, that might be our answer - but its not really "re-thinking" anything.. its just doing the same thing in a slightly different way (and creates a new problem - no matter how cheap you can make the process its still going to require a good amount of energy.. reinforcing our existing energy crisis if we haven't managed to solve it by the time sand becomes the new problem).

[@Osterbaum]

@@altrag You obviously spent some time and thought in replying so I wanna do the same - will get back to you with a response later!

[@NexusWarior211]

There isn't anything to rethink, it's just how life is. Or would you rather prefer if man if just lived in caves and mud huts for the rest of his existence?

[@Osterbaum]

@@NexusWarior211 I will post a longer reply here later, but it is a false dichotomy to say that our choices are a) just keep doing everything as we are or b) go back to being hunter-gatherers. As if there is nothing in between these.

[@runonwards9290]

@@altrag I appreciate your long thought-out comment

[@jackdias9263]

Future maritime conflicts be like: “Is this the work of an enemy sand user??”

[@degrees-xg7og]

A conflict not ever world leaders have thought of let alone world policy makers.... Caspian Report: The Next Conflict will be fought over sand.

[@AppliedMathematician]

The the older I get the more unreal reality feels. If I would try to write reality as fiction the critics would say its an utterly ridiculously improbable chain of events. But ok we run out of sand, and with upcoming cheap energy to refine it, that is actually sound reasoning.

[@savioblanc]

U and me both, brudda! I literally refused to watch this video for 2 days because it sounded so ridiculous but I trust this channel, so finally decided to watch it and it pissed me off just how much I don't know. All I could think of was that clip from the Simpsons, where the kids are bored watching a video about sand and thinking, "that was a joke video, right?" kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3q2oIGPrcqUp9E

[@kieranbrady1240]

Goodbye fresh water wars, now its time for conflicts over the sand at the bottom of the sea...

[@skysea7785]

Wouldn't problem just stack on top of each other?

[@adriancampos8640]

@@skysea7785 If the tech of desalination plants using solar energy comes to us before the water wars start, then no.

[@juch3]

@@adriancampos8640 I think It'd be kind of impossible to use desalination when the water wars are happening in central Asia, no?

[@adriancampos8640]

@@juch3 There were just border conflicts, right?

[@supaflylob]

persian: "earth and water" leonidas: "sheeet bruh, im looking for that too"

[@Humanaut.]

Oil, water, sand, fish, trees, coal, rare earths, land, space.

[@agentarnold86]

I had no idea this was a problem. It's fascinating. Likewise, I have no idea how you manage to so deeply delve into the research required to put up such an informative video. Thank you very much for your work.

[@cyclonicleo]

I can actually forsee a time when the next great industry will come from digging up and recycling the contents of rubbish landfills. Not only to reclaim resources like paper, glass, plastics and metals, but to reclaim building materials and sources of biomass, as well as gas, like methane.

[@BoxStudioExecutive]

They already ‘mine’ gas from landfills.

[@davids3282]

@ if it becomes. also automation is a big factor in these things,

[@samuelsmith2707]

Well given enough time, the rubbish would compress back into reuseable minerals, but that's going to take millions of years.

[@qasim5279]

We won't make it that far

[@aratirao9007]

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[@dulio12385]

Now imagine if someone in the Middle East developed a proccess to rough up desert sand. You get the new oil.

[@darthjarjar5309]

It might be possible to artificially make them rough , but just like desalination, it is likely a very expensive process.

[@scottkirby5016]

It is easier to make new sand from rock via crushing. There are a couple cases where the Chinese have done this next to megaprojects (see the highest bridge in the world as an example) but it is expensive and the results are not really in in terms of how well the stuff lasts in the medium to long term.

[@gautambhattacharya2407]

An interesting thing about the sand mafia is that the sand they sell is actually from the Thar desert. Actually, a special kind of sand (called bajri here) is widely used for construction. So its not only river/deep sea sand which is usable for construction.

[@kirstinstrand6292]

This is the reason that I listen to Caspian Report! Who would have thought 🙄🤗

[@roudy879]

The Middle East: Finally the US is self sufficient in oil and we will be left alone. The US: Hello old friend

[@TSGC16]

Loool

[@tobyc8668]

Lucky for them, they do have the right kind of sand.

[@roudy879]

@@tobyc8668 I'm sure they'll find a process to fix the shortcoming of desert sand once it becomes really scarce.

[@ConspiracytardHunter420]

@@roudy879 would've happened already, most the stuff he talked about happened over a decade ago

[@TheChenchen]

Sahara is bigger though ..

[@tengkualiff]

The most unexpected sponsor ever lmao

[@fredriks5090]

CarpianReport

[@connormcgee4711]

It's especially funny since Shirvan introduces the sponsor in his usual contemplative, refined tone lol

[@connormcgee4711]

It's especially funny since Shirvan introduces the sponsor in his usual contemplative, refined tone lol

[@mashotoshaku]

🤣🤣

[@longjohn9930]

Can you do a report on the coming supply chain breakdown? This will affect all of us, and I think it would be beneficial to get your unbiased and calm report on the matter! Thank you.

[@TamimLB]

So time to start going back to our roots. Wood.

[@BlessedWithLuck]

As an Electrician sand is also important for Fiber Optic Cables. Not only is the Wire better but it’s also cheaper to mass produce.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

“I hate sand.” - a homicide suspect

[@eccentricthought4511]

Now with the youngling slayer 3000

[@GuderII]

*The Darkside Strong with this one*

[@steggoraptor]

The suspect is connected to a string of homicides that occured in the village last week. The attack claimed the life of every single one of the residents. And not just the men, but the women and the children too. The suspect has made many racist statements against the inhabitants of the village, calling the animals and comparing the gruesome scene to the careless slaughtering of animals. He has reportedly confessed to this crime to his girlfriend, however she could not be located at this time.

[@In_Our_Timeline]

thanks i guess

[@aratirao9007]

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[@willswanson2145]

Wow… didn’t see the sand thing coming. Moral of the story is… we are literally running out of everything and the current rate of consumption as a species is unsustainable.

[@overdose8329]

China must be stopped

[@anirudhmitra4232]

@@overdose8329 what about west which plundered worlds resources to advance itself and now lecturing developing countries .

[@samuelsmith2707]

@@anirudhmitra4232 We can't change the past, only the present. And at present china gobbles up a lot of resources, but then again it's population is double all of Europe and the USA combined.

[@overdose8329]

@@anirudhmitra4232 China’s using all that concrete to build shit buildings that collapse within a few years solely to artificially boost up GDP and its house of cards housing market. China is wasting it all. China uses more concrete than the developed world combined on utter crap

[@aratirao9007]

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[@mauritsalexander2278]

Luckily here in Indonesia we will never runs out of sand (I think) since there's a volcano in my local area that keep spewing black, coarse, high grade sand everytime it erupts. People from all over country will send condolences, kind messages, and prayers towards the locals, but only locals knew, once the eruption stops, it's harvest time! Sometimes it takes 10 yrs or so to clear out all the sand, trucks and trucks of local miners, it is literally a "Sand Rush" that lasted for years. Edit: almost right on cue, that volcano erupts again, this time they don't even bother to run away, and mining sand casually, the Police finally came and ask them to leave for the time being 😂😅

[@MrEnric98]

Wow, that's interesting. Also volcanoes makes land very fertile. It's ironic how a dangerous thing can also make us wealthier

[@aratirao9007]

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[@nesbin]

845,000 dams? 200 tons of concrete in one house. No way.

[@ronalddregan9431]

Take a shot every time he says “sand.” I’ve been playing this drinking game and have gone to the hospital three times and haven’t finished the episode.

[@therealelytaylor]

I love it when you tubers recommend books alongside a good video like this, really wraps up the content so perfectly

[@treeman12815]

damn that’s crazy i didn’t even know sand was that important thanks for the videos

[@gilbertplays]

Many journalists had died because they tried to expose the sand mafias.

[@gilbertplays]

@skippy62able v that actually happens in India, Bangledesh and Vietnam.

[@aratirao9007]

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[@dann6067]

@@aratirao9007 no thanks.

[@savioblanc]

I thought it was a Simpson's joke kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3q2oIGPrcqUp9E

[@khaccanhle1930]

Maybe it would be better to have Musk import moon regolith. It's nice and angular. I can just imagine moon dwellers "You want good Sand? That's gonna be expensive pal."

[@gxlorp]

We would rename the moon tatooine

[@Neilos-sd6ti]

Musk is overrated

[@SilentSalad]

shipping from the moon might not even be that expensive thanks to the low escape velocity needed, but the moon is a harsh mistress.

[@mayainverse9429]

if we are going to use moon stuff for anything its building infrastructure in space.

[@ke6319]

Another great analysis of a lesser known problem. You sir are a credit to the people

[@BTScriviner]

I never even thought of sand as a finite resource. Thought-provoking video. 👍

[@cossacktwofive4974]

"Everything is made of sand." Anakin would be screaming, "NOooo!" All the time.

[@philnightjar1971]

Technically, most of the latest conflicts US has been involved in was OVER Sand.

[@lifuranph.d.9440]

In the sand, but not over it.

[@mikavirpiranta7552]

Melt desert sand into glass and crush it into grains for mixing concrete.

[@cuddlemuffin.9545]

That's very energy intensive

[@brandonshomack6950]

@@cuddlemuffin.9545 There are already power plants that use reflective mirrors to concentrate the sun's energy into intense beams that are capable of melting anything. Those plants can be purpose built to melt desert sand for minimal cost

[@alterego157]

No need. Just mine the rocks in the mountains and crush them.

[@andrerothweiler9191]

@@alterego157 fuck yeah, this is what they do now in lots of countries.

[@larsstougaard7097]

just give all men in prisons across the world the task of splitting sand , they have the time , also great punishment

[@kawaiibenson8925]

Sand conflicts will be coarse, irritating and will get everywhere.

[@leroy0151]

"the silent ingredient to human civilisation". Very well put sir.

[@palsada1166]

God. This is depressing. Just add another resource in which humanity is over consuming

[@EastofVictoriaPark]

Damn, I'm glad I'm not included.

[@alterego157]

It isn't. For whatever reason he doesn't seem to know you can make sand by grinding rocks. That has been the only source of sand where I live for anything that was built in the past 70-80 years.

[@squirrelguirrel7010]

@@alterego157 Thereby, causing a future “Rock Shortage”... The only answer is to stop breeding until we have solutions or less CONSUMERS consuming toward no end goal.

[@alterego157]

@@squirrelguirrel7010 Doom and gloom hysteria is getting the better of you. Population naturally stabilizes. Most of the developed world already has a negative birth rate. The end goal is civilization moving up on Kardashev scale. This planet has an expiration date even if we all go back to caves and reduce population to a few millions. Your way is a dead end.

[@rdablock]

@@alterego157 it's obviously much more expensive, not economically viable

[@temijinkahn511]

The breakthrough will come when some smart person figures a way to process desert sand and make it usable. Also, recycling old concrete will become a growing industry.

[@florianfelix8295]

Or we stop progressing majorly through concrete buildings and streets

[@overdose8329]

@@florianfelix8295 or the Chinese stop building massive ghost cities who’s buildings are in utter disrepair within 5 years

[@temijinkahn511]

@@florianfelix8295 One idea would be to refurbish old buildings instead of tearing them down and building new ones. The worlds population growth is slowing and will eventually start to contract. China, Japan, Korea, Europe in general, and Canada are examples of shrinking populations in the not to distant future. This will reduce demand for new housing. Material costs, such as concrete, will also price new buildings out of reach for most people.

[@y33t23]

Maybe one day we will find a way to transform desert sand into usable sand

[@007kingifrit]

im max sand dollar; and ive just invented a very tiny pickaxe i call a "needle" that can be used to chisel grooves into sand making it the right kind of sand i just need 500,000 ethopian children and 1 magnifying glass they can all share

[@samuelsmith2707]

It would just be more expensive

[@LukeVilent]

This is mind-blowing actually. Abandoned sand quarries filled with ground were the places where I was going to bath as a kid and teenager; in fact, my dad still does this. Their boundaries were once vertical, but with the time they erode making for a nice, albeit still quite steep, beach. Once, when I was very little yet and my gramps brought me there, we climbed almost to the top from the waterline. There, the gramps said: "Look, this sand is almost white. This is the highest quality sand, used in the watches, or to create precision optics". For some reason, I remembered his words very well. Now, bear in mind, the quarry was semi-abandoned. They still used to excavate some sand nearby, but this one was yellow post-glacial/river sand, with high amount of iron, so I guess it went for the construction. I've had no idea the problem was so severe already.

[@Rebel2076]

Everybody in the Sahara and Middleast, “ You don’t say….? We have been fighting over sand since the beginning of time lol” Great video! Always love your content Caspian!

[@sami3566]

Lol no one fight over sand in the sahara and actually no one like in the sahara

[@alcubz2622]

Just dump desert sand to replace quarried Sea sand. I think the fishes won't even notice.

[@ezazahmed8379]

just dumping it will make it mix with water increasing water pollution.

[@ziljanvega3879]

Earth's crust is almost 30% Silicon and the atmosphere is 20% oxygen. "Sand" isn't in short supply, only the easily accessed naturally occurring sand from erosion.

[@w8stral]

And that is not true either. Sand is not in short supply in the slightest as Caspian says, rather some countries do not have much rough sand, while any country which has below freezing temperatures where freezing water SHATTERS rock making rough sand or was glaciated is swimming in the stuff. Tropical climates do not have rough sand, that much is mostly true.

[@מ.מ-ה9ד]

In October 2008, someone in Jamaica stole and entire beach and to this day, the police have no idea who it was. In Grenada, the authorities built expensive walls to protect beaches from sand theives.

[@andrerothweiler9191]

Lmao they know it probably, just got money to shut up

[@מ.מ-ה9ד]

@@andrerothweiler9191 Well... only very few police officers that cooperated with him...

[@biomancer3166]

Shoutout to Caspian for making it the whole way through the sponsored segment without cracking up.

[@dingfeldersmurfalot4560]

This is my favorite channel to find new ways of looking at things.

[@TSGC16]

This is Anakin's best dream...

[@icecoffee1361]

Singapore is illegally importing sand massively from Bangladesh and is a massive problem shocking what’s happening

[@spyboy0076]

@@narxes pore is actually transformed version of pur. Pur in sanskirt means city.

[@dongster529]

Interesting how much attention Singapore gets on any matter. I doubt they are anywhere close to the biggest buyers of sand in the open market with their tiny size, surprised no one talks about Saudi Arabia/Qatar's bigger demand for river sand to build their mega projects. The "illegal" part you mentioned are by local Bangladesh companies often with the support of local politicians removing sand by supposedly extending rivers, which other locals are protesting against for violating high court orders and selling it to the open market, where other countries buy.

[@rohan14040]

bangladesh is screwed then it is already sinking

[@ttahat]

Восхитительное видео, спасибо! Узнал что-то новое)

[@MalekEllouz00]

Hey Shirvan, Would you please do a video on the Geopolitics/Geography of Tunisia 🇹🇳 ? We have a very varied geography (Ain Draham, highest rainfall in North Africa, the Mejerda Valley) and have been the stopping point for countless empires in the world due to our geography. Even dubbed the Granary of the Roman Empire at one point! We are also going through a difficult transition to democracy with complete economic stagnation and issues. Would be interesting to cover them! Thanks! PS, I know I’ve commented this before on other videos, I am just trying to make sure it reaches you as you receive thousands of comments on most videos :)

[@ericcrabtree6245]

Blood & Sand ¾ oz blended scotch ¾ oz blood orange juice ¾ oz sweet vermouth ¾ oz Cherry Heering Pour all ingredients in a shaker. Add ice, shake, then double strain the mix into a coupe glass. Garnish with a slice of blood orange.

[@Isayonelove]

Thank you for your videos Caspian, would love to see more videos about water if it's something that interests the team. 👍🏻

[@Mr.Nichan]

This sounds like an engineering problem to me - making a replacement for current concrete that can use desert sand or an efficient method of using solid bedrock. It's also important to note that this probably won't be TOO much of a problem in 100 years or so, anyway, because population growth will have greatly decreased. (I believe the rate of world population growth is already falling.) I wouldn't be surprised if rates of construction continue to increase long after population growth slows, though, because people and countries are getting richer and want to build more infrastructure and bigger buildings.

[@ihl0700677525]

Well.. I guess you could try heat desert sand up, mix it with carbon, sulfur, or whatever, melt them together (basically simulate natural lava), and then break it apart. It probably requires a *LOT* of energy tho. In any case, if we ran out of sand, crushing and grinding down rock into gravel probably makes more sense.

[@fabiomorandi3585]

The real question is "Is building-grade sand going to run out before or after we'll be able to consistently import regolith from the Moon?"

[@DevinDTV]

i can't tell if you're joking

[@starkbotha1129]

Excellent point!

[@fabiomorandi3585]

@@DevinDTV I'm not.

[@aratirao9007]

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[@rokadamlje5365]

Himmalayas are big, just, hard to transport from.

[@joshuagenes]

If you crush the desert sand with rollers you should be able to get a fine construction sand which could be added to mixes of larger grains thereby stretching supply. Small grains can fill in spaces between large grain and this mix can fill in spaces between crushed rock and larger pieces. The end product would be mostly uniform and would suit most engineering purposes. It could also be melted and turned into small fibers for the same purpose tho this would be more energy intensive.

[@halepauhana153]

Great video, but I'm afraid you've got it wrong at 4:30, regarding dredging sand from rivers causing flooding. The Port of Vancouver spends several million dollars a year to dredge sand from the Fraser River, to keep the depth sufficient for deep sea vessels. If they didn't dredge every year, the riverbed would fill up with sand, and run out of room for the river - thus it would spill over its banks in the spring and onto the floodplains. (as it used to do before European settlers arrived).

[@millennialwatchman6703]

10:17 When he says "sand mafia" I think of sinister looking mobsters in their expensive suits, sneaking onto the beach, looking hawkishly around, as they shove sand into their pockets. and then skulking away saying "you didn't see nuffin"

[@raymercer3768]

Lol funny

[@Milos.L]

Damn it... I swear my colleague or professor friend mentions this and before I can even wrap my head around it, you make another outstanding video on the topic 👏 keep it up! 💯

[@gustavodiaz4689]

It would be interesting to see if they come up with a process to grind the desert sand for construction

[@magnushem8734]

Artificial sand is made from rocks. Proponents claim it’s getting less expensive and the concrete gets stronger.

[@forestclown]

@@magnushem8734 The next conflict will be fought over rocks

[@aratirao9007]

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[@adriancampos8640]

@@forestclown And mid-ocean ridges. It's time to seize the means of rock production.

[@gregbeaudry]

31 “Your Majesty, you had a vision. You saw a large statue. 32 The head of this statue was made of fine gold. Its chest and arms were made of silver. Its stomach and hips were made of bronze. 33 Its legs were made of iron. Its feet were made partly of iron and partly of clay. 34 While you were watching, a stone was cut out, but not by humans. It struck the statue’s iron-and-clay feet and smashed them.” Danial 2:31-34 Iron and clay sounds a lot like reinforced concrete. We are the toes.

[@michalkisel3624]

Shirvan's making such great videos I ain't even mad about him having ads. Get that bag king💰

[@ComaDave]

"Oi!! Get your filthy hands off my desert!!" - Pink Floyd.

[@SuperLusername]

I have an idea. Dump deserts into sea and wait for the fine sand grains to turn into irregular, usable grains. Who needs deserts anyway

[@drmodestoesq]

Couldn't they just put a sand harvesting barge on the reservoir side of a dam and suck up all the sand that has been trapped?

[@nobleoli]

They do and have to as the build up of sand reduces the capacity of the reservoir if my memory is right. I was wondering why he mentioned dam being a negative (in terms of amount of sand) as well.

[@aww2historian]

The answer is remarkable, thanks Caspian!

[@general1z]

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[@Roseblindbags123]

"The next conflicts will be fought over sand" *Middle East* : pls no

[@TheLiamster]

Anakin Skywalker: *sweats nervously*

[@joshuapartridge5092]

im always sweating nervously so i can relate

[@arkhammemery4712]

*Water, Earth, Fire, Air* these are the four strategic resources, the next conflicts will be fought over

[@RafaelLima-hg8kz]

Wow!!! Excellent. First time a listen about this. Incredible grain

[@craigholmes1189]

I really enjoy your reports. Many geo-political documentaries are riddled with disinformation because the narrator and/ or producer doesn't understand their topic well enough and don't get me started on the mispronunciation of proper nouns or concepts! Your reports are always insightful, thought provoking and clearly demonstrate your knowledge behind regional issues and their interdependent histories, while also being able to interpret contemporary and future points of awareness for your audience. Go CaspianReport!