沙子需求激增导致稀缺，网友：碳排放税之后又有沙子税了吗？_风闻

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Hourglass running out: Sand becoming scarce world over due to soaring demand

沙漏正在耗尽：由于需求激增，沙子在世界范围内变得稀缺

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The world’s most consumed raw material after water and an essential ingredient to people’s everyday lives is slipping through our fingers, scientists warn. Sand may become a scarce resource due to high demand, they say.

科学家警告说，除了水，世界上消耗最多的原材料和人们日常生活的一种基本要素正在从我们的手指间溜走。他们说，由于需求量旺盛，沙子可能会成为稀缺资源。

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Rocky_Fjord

“Statistics show that it takes ten tons of sand to produce every ton of cement.” Whoa!

I think that’s some kind of logical contradiction. Sand is only one component of cement,the other is gravel and cement and water of course. You couldn’t get one ton of cement by inputting 10 tons of sand! The ingredient known as cement is made from limestone,not from sand. It’s limestone that is heated until the limestone becomes a paste like consistency. The word cement has two connotations.

“数据显示，生产每吨水泥需要用掉10吨沙子。”哇!

我认为这是某种逻辑上的矛盾。沙子只是水泥的一种成分，另一种情况当然是碎石和水泥和水混合。你不可能用10吨沙子得到1吨水泥!水泥的原料是石灰石，而不是沙子。将石灰石加热，直到石灰石变成粘稠的糊状。水泥一词有两种含义。

KOB

@Rocky_Fjord

maybe if you include the roads, etc to transport it, roads, storage areas and so on

也许如果你包含道路等来运送它，道路、储存区域等等

LONEWARRIOR

@Rocky_Fjord

Modern Cement industries use low grade Bauxite, Steel mill coke residues and fly ash to produce cement

现代水泥行业采用低品位的铝土矿、钢厂焦渣和粉煤灰生产水泥。

jeffmontanye007

@Wiggle170

the report says ten tons of sand to make one ton of cement, not eleven tons.

报告说的是10吨沙子可以制造1吨水泥，而不是11吨。

recalcit_hippy

@Rocky_Fjord

My thoughts exactly. I did stone masonry for more than 25 years. This does not compute. You cannot put 10 shovel’s full of sand in the mixer and get one shovel full of cement out. This must be an error that the editor missed.

我的想法也是这样。我做石工已经超过25年了，这种算法不合实际。你不能把10铲沙子放进搅拌机里，然后拿出一铲水泥。这一定是编辑疏忽造成的错误。

conformista

@Rocky_Fjord

No cement contains ZERO sand. What the ignorant “climate scientist” is probably meaning is concrete, which is about 30%-35% sand. That’s why you should talk to a civil engineer if you want to know about concrete and sand usage, not a climate scientist. Their main function is to scare people by making ridiculous alarmist claims, as we see here.

水泥中不含沙子。无知的“气候科学家”的意思可能是混凝土，它大约含30%-35%的沙子。这就是为什么如果你想知道混凝土和沙子的用途，你应该和土木工程师谈谈，而不是气候科学家。他们的主要作用是通过发表荒谬的危言耸听的言论来吓唬人，正如我们在这里看到的。

Painter Kiss

@conformista

The only ignorant is the jurnalist that threw this numbers, the scientist never talks about this in the webinar - that it’s lixed in the article.

唯一无知的人是抛出这个数字的记者，这位科学家从来没有在网络研讨会上谈论过这一点——文章里有链接。

Sergio Weigel

@conformista

RT is as emotionally manipulating (and minor quality journalism) as the usual mainstream, just in a different direction.

《今日俄罗斯》和常见的主流媒体一样操纵情绪(以及低质量的新闻报道)，只是方向不同而已。

Painter Kiss

@Rocky_Fjord

Article author made this mistake not the author of the study. There is a lix to the original webinar, it would be wise to give it a read and don’t throw blame on the scientist.

文章作者犯了这个错误，不是研究的作者。这里有一个原始网络研讨会的链接，明智的做法是读一下，不要责怪科学家。

Hanonymouse

@Painter Kiss

Probably downloaded from the internet somewhere. Besides, cement is made from limestone and shale, not sand. Why would you use sand? Sand is used when you’re making concrete. Along with stone, cement and water…

可能是从网上下载的。此外，水泥是由石灰石和石料制成的，而不是沙子。为什么要用沙子?当你在造混凝土的时候会用到沙子。还有石子、水泥和水……

HexagramHead

This will somehow translate into a new tax.

这将以某种方式转化为一种新税。

YankiGoHome

@Tango

I don’t know whether Sahara sand is suitable to make glass. I do know that it is unsuitable to make concrete or mortar and that was what the article was about.

我不知道撒哈拉的沙子是否适合做玻璃。我确实知道制作混凝土或砂浆是不合适的，这就是这篇文章的内容。

shadow1369

@Magnetite

Sustainably grown timber is the best option.

可持续种植的木材是最好的选择。

Juan_More

@shadow1369

Bamboo is a grass that grows fast, is strong, is renewable and can be formed into laminated beams. It would be a viable alternative some dimensional lumber and microlam beams. But I do not know if would have the compression strength that concreate has.

竹子是一种长得快、结实、可再生、可制成层压梁的草本植物。这将是一个可行的替代一些规格木材和微型横梁。但我不知道它是否具有混凝土的抗压强度。

Entripity

Sooo, at the climate accords they decided fuel and raw materials must be made more expensive annually to discourage there use. 

So now as prices increase they say it indicates shortage.

Are we paying attention yet?

因此，在气候协议中，他们决定必须每年提高燃料和原材料的价格，以阻止它们的使用。

所以现在随着价格上涨，他们说这表明短缺。

我们注意到了吗?

czerenkob

This UNEP expert Pascal Peduzzi should go (back?) to school, or at least read wikipedia. Cement is NOT made with sand. The process of making cement uses limestone and clays.

联合国环境规划署(UNEP)专家帕斯卡·佩杜齐(Pascal Peduzzi)应该回到学校，或者至少阅读一下维基百科。水泥不是用沙子做的，制作水泥的过程中使用石灰石和粘土。

Brownbalrog

@czerenkob

Things Pascal Peduzzi didn`t say in his webinar that YOU didn`t bother watching. 

Maybe if you spent more time watching what actual scientists are saying than wasting your time with Wikipedia..a good 1/3rd of which is utter nonsense you MIGHT learn something.

帕斯卡·佩杜齐在他的网络研讨会上没有说你不想看的话。

也许如果你花更多的时间观察实际的科学家在说什么，而不是浪费你的时间在维基百科上，其中有三分之一的时间完全是胡说八道，你可能会学到一些东西。

Brownbalrog

@czerenkob

Ahh a fucktard if you had watched the Webinar instead of just the article you would find that Pascal Peduzzi didn`t say that at all. Try again.

如果你看了网络研讨会而不是那篇文章你就会发现帕斯卡·佩杜齐根本没这么说过。再看一次。

czerenkob

@Brownbalrog

Two replies? I am flattered.

Please, note that I wrote about what was in the article. If I wanted to write about the webinar I would watch it and then comment under it, if allowed and necessary.

两个回复?我受宠若惊。

请注意，我写的是文章里的内容。如果我想写关于网络研讨会的文章，我会先观看，如果允许和必要的话，我会在下面发表评论。

stardusty

Running out of sand?

Sand and gravel are now the most-extracted materials in the world, exceeding fossil fuels and biomass (measured by weight). Sand is a key ingredient for concrete, roads, glass and electronics. 

Massive amounts of sand are mined for land reclamation projects, “shale gas extraction” and beach reclamation programs.

(Smithsonian)

沙子快用完了?

沙子和碎石现在是世界上开采最多的材料，超过了化石燃料和生物量(以重量衡量)。沙子是混凝土、道路、玻璃和电子产品的关键成分。

大量的沙子被用于土地复垦项目、“页岩气开采”和海滩复垦项目。

(史密森学会)

Brownbalrog

@stardusty

I know this is going to come as a shock to you..but sand has many different types and shapes..not all of it is good for construction. You can try to make a building out of sand from the Sahara..i won`t go anywhere near it and i`ll be impressed if you get more than 2 floors up before the entire thing collapses..but you can try.

我知道这会让你大吃一惊……但是沙子有很多不同的类型和形状……并不是所有这些都适合建设。你可以试着用撒哈拉沙漠的沙子建造一座建筑，我无论如何也不会靠近它，如果你在整个建筑物倒塌前爬上两层以上，我会很惊讶的。但是你可以试试。

13Basic

Sand is everywhere; in deserts, river beds, estuaries and laying at the bottom of all our oceans! I guess April 1st has come earlier this year? Besides, as others here point out, cement (the ordinary Portland variety) is made from Limestone rock.

沙子到处都是：在沙漠、河床、河口和海底!我猜今年4月1日来得早了吧?此外，正如其他人指出的，水泥(普通硅酸盐品种)是由石灰石制成的。

YankiGoHome

@13Basic

Well, you guessed wrong, most of the stuff you mention is completely useless in construction.

嗯，你猜错了，你提到的大部分东西在建筑中完全没用。

Paul Chapman

I’m guessing the Sahara desert is going to be clear of sand in a few weeks then, replaced by prime fertile land. 

Shocking for the environment eh?

我猜撒哈拉沙漠在几周内就干净的没有沙子了，取而代之的是肥沃的土地。

对环境来说令人震惊，是吗?

LONEWARRIOR

Paul Chapman

Desert sand cannot be used in construction or for cement concrete, due to its structure

由于沙漠沙子由于其结构，不能用于建筑或水泥混凝土。

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