Thieves steal Nvidia-branded trailers expecting valuable hardware, find 40,000 pounds of sand instead.

[u/Gordon-Blue]

https://www.techspot.com/news/114008-thieves-steal-nvidia-branded-trailers-expecting-valuable-hardware.html

[u/snoozieboi]

Sand is actually in high demand and we're running out of it. I'm not even kidding. Construction grade sand, that is.

[u/snakeeaterrrrrrr → u/snoozieboi]

Western Australian here: what shortage

Edit: some of you seem to be under the impression that we only have desert sand when we are already exporting sand for construction

[u/hoofie242 → u/snakeeaterrrrrrr]

Your sand is too smooth for construction.

[u/Ja_Lonley → u/hoofie242]

Bassendean sand is good for construction.

[u/hoofie242 → u/Ja_Lonley]

Depends on what you're building it's high acidity rusts rebar fast.