[vwelling]

Well actually...

We're doing a pretty good job of making it a lot less common: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/problem-our-dwin...

There's even such a thing as Sand Theft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_theft

[bombcar]

Nice beach sand and glass-making sand are quite different; glass-making sand doesn't have to be nice and smooth.

[TeMPOraL]

Concrete-making sand on the other hand...