06-30-2011, 02:17 AM
Sand is heavier than water in just about all of its forms, wet dry packed, loose, it doesn't matter if you wanted to minimize the container to achieve the greatest amount of lift by volume sand would make more sense.
as for hauling sand to use it would be much more labor intensive water flows on its own once the route is built, and to release it just pull the plug, and it disappears, sand on the other hand would need to be moved a second time doubling the handling time and labor.
water could also be recycled and used in other ways if they so desired, sand is always just sand.
In my mind water makes way more sense even though more of it would be required to do the same job as sand.
as for hauling sand to use it would be much more labor intensive water flows on its own once the route is built, and to release it just pull the plug, and it disappears, sand on the other hand would need to be moved a second time doubling the handling time and labor.
water could also be recycled and used in other ways if they so desired, sand is always just sand.
In my mind water makes way more sense even though more of it would be required to do the same job as sand.
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