Sources: Elhacham et al. (2020), Hackney et al. (2021), UNEP (2022)
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Interesting, but they neglect to mention why desert sand is unusable.
This recent video by Business Insider talks about it and shows how it’s mined. It comes down to the shape.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=mU1IdB7rv70