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by ytdytvhxgydvhh 1020 days ago
Saw a similar plan to run trucks carrying sand in Iceland every 15 minutes round the clock from the mine to a harbor 100 miles away:

https://www.icelandreview.com/nature-travel/proposed-sand-mi...

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Gulp, an island decides to export sand while see levels are rising
A geology student in Iceland told me that actually the new land is rising faster than the sea-level rise - the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates grow apart there and mantle is being pushed to the surface.