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There's Sand In Them There Hills

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    #2
    im blue daba dee
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10 ✭im blue daba dee


    Frackin' hell!


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    Alf. A. Male
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    Ripping up the land to use it in another process of ripping up the land. Will we just take off and nuke the kip from orbit to be done with it?


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    I wonder do we have any of this type of sand in Ireland.
    Not sure

    but there was a crowd down in Wicklow that used to export sand to Saudi Arabia.


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    gctest50
    Registered Users Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭gctest50


    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    Land in some small farming towns is selling for $50,000 an acre:eek:

    I wonder do we have any of this type of sand in Ireland.

    Could be your really lucky day -

    frac sand - proppant ( cos it props the cracks open ;) )

    ordinary sand on left - frac sand on the right



    lPJ2dKK.jpg



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    Tail Docker
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    Look like a load of balls to me.


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    NoHornJan
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    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    It’s not a gold rush, but a sand rush that is taking place in the U.S Midwest, where a rare type of sand used in the energy extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing is exclusively found.
    Land in some small farming towns is selling for $50,000 an acre:eek:

    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/06/26/sand-rush-in-midwest-where-rare-material-for-fracking-is-mined/

    I wonder do we have any of this type of sand in Ireland.

    It's just another mineral and if it can be exploited, it will.


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    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Nice thread title.


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    gctest50
    Registered Users Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭gctest50


    neutralvu wrote: »
    It would make inch beach worth millons of euro

    is it like this stuff on the right ? :

    http://i.imgur.com/lPJ2dKK.jpg

    get busy with your bucket n spade :)


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