We are, in fact, running out of sand. The amount needed for chips compared to other products per unit may be small, but it will exacerbate the issue if not well managed.
But that's due to glass, concrete and so on. Building materials.
Global sand consumption has reached 50 billion tonnes a year, or about 17 kilograms per person per day
Even if every person in the world gets a glass CPU and GPU, that would only add a few grams of consumption. Once, not per day.
It's such a tiny amount that's it's entirely irrelevant.
We are, in fact, running out of sand. The amount needed for chips compared to other products per unit may be small, but it will exacerbate the issue if not well managed.
But that's due to glass, concrete and so on. Building materials.
Even if every person in the world gets a glass CPU and GPU, that would only add a few grams of consumption. Once, not per day.
It's such a tiny amount that's it's entirely irrelevant.
I don't eat nearly that much sand in a day
Concrete Georg is bringing up the average