More About Less Sand

miamiviceThe world is running out of sand. The right kind of sand that is.

Miami Beach is in danger of losing its main tourist attraction: pristine sandy beaches. In fact, most of its sand was imported from the Bahamas. Rick Scott, who prior to his election and re-election as Florida’s governor was best known for the largest Medicare fraud ever, is on record the he is not a scientist and has not seen enough evidence the climate change is real. He therefore has banned Florida state employees from using the term “climate change.”

(Photo by: John Francis Peters/Esquire Network)
(Photo by: John Francis Peters/Esquire Network)

 

Meanwhile the water rises and the sand erodes.

Sand… In All the Wrong Places

sand_and_deliverOn the subject of the Middle East, two things come to mind: oil and sand. Oh, and Jennifer Aniston giving up her first-class cocoon on Emirates Air for a middle seat between two kids playing video games.

So why is Dubai importing sand?

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