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>>8600976
but I enjoy being a smug I-know-more-than-you asshole.

But the real
>Or in easymode:
Sand is needed for construction (concrete for example has loads of sand in it) and globally, most construction is done in coastal cities, plus loads of land reclamation is also purely sand.
But most sand deposits (beaches, but also subsea sand banks) are already used up and desert sand (say for example for Dubais insane land-reclamation projects) does not work, since wind transported sand has other surface properties as water transported sand.
And obviously, no one wants to simply stop any building and economical activity in coastal cities.
If you happen to speak German or French:
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/067846-018-A/mit-offenen-karten/