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Scientists develop game-changing 'glass brick' that could revolutionize construction: 'The highest insulating performance' (www.thecooldown.com)
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Scientists develop game-changing 'glass brick' that could revolutionize construction: 'The highest insulating performance'::The team of scientists developed an aerogel glass brick, which is a translucent and thermally insulating material.

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[–] Deello@lemm.ee 10 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Aren't we running out of sand? How is this a sustainable option.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We're running out of concrete sand, glass sand doesn't have to be as picky because you're melting it

[–] Deello@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago

So "technically" right but not "completely" right. Thanks for the explanation.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 10 points 8 months ago

This was Anakin's plan along

[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Aerogel isn't made our of sand

[–] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's made from sodium silicate... Which is made from sand.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Aerogel is also 99% air. So not much sand.

[–] Ctrl_Alt_Banana@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Great, now we're going to run out of air

[–] june@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

But will the shareholders be ok?