Monday, October 20, 2014

The Sand Thieves

One example of the excesses in global consumption of sand is the Palm Island project in Dubai. This aerial view shows the Palm Jumeirah. Some 385 million tons of sand was used to reclaim the land to make this construction possible. The Palm Island and similar projects have literally changed the maritime landscape off the city's coast.One example of the excesses in global consumption of sand is the Palm Island...
More at spiegel

2 comments:

Gdeck Bob said...

You do realize they have done all this with our money?

texlahoma said...

Bob - No, I didn't, but it doesn't surprise me.

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