if there is a shortage for sand in things like construction or landscape why not just turn the sand from desert in to glas then grind it down to sand (to rough up the circle grains)

Question

if there is a shortage for sand in things like construction or landscape why not just turn the sand from desert in to glas then grind it down to sand (to rough up the circle grains)

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Answer 1

Think about the energy needed to turn the required amounts of desert sand into glass and then crack it back into sand-small particles.

And desert sand itself cannot be used because its particles are too round. Not optimal if you want to build something with it