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The modern economy rests on a single road in Spruce Pine, North Carolina
Posted on 3/9/24 at 2:58 pm
Posted on 3/9/24 at 2:58 pm
quote:
The road runs to the two mines that is the sole supplier of the quartz required to make the crucibles needed to refine silicon wafers.
There are no alternative sources known. From Conway’s Material World:
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Detailed thread on these mines
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Posted on 3/9/24 at 3:02 pm to Street Hawk
I thought for sure this was about Pinehurst #2
Posted on 3/9/24 at 3:10 pm to Street Hawk
quote:
"If you flew over the two mines in Spruce Pine with a crop duster loaded with a very particular powder, you could end the world's production of semicon- ductors and solar panels within six months."
Now I’m curious about the this mysterious powder.
Posted on 3/9/24 at 3:25 pm to Street Hawk
So the mines are just open holes that expose all of the quartz to powder dropped from the sky?
Posted on 3/9/24 at 3:35 pm to Street Hawk
World would be a better place without more chips and more AI
Posted on 3/9/24 at 3:39 pm to Street Hawk
Homesteaders staaaacked
Everyone else fuuuuucked
Everyone else fuuuuucked
Posted on 3/9/24 at 4:42 pm to Street Hawk
This definitely seems like something that should be broadcast to the public.
Posted on 3/9/24 at 5:05 pm to Street Hawk
quote:
the two mines that is the sole supplier of the quartz required to make the crucibles needed to refine silicon wafers.
Posted on 3/9/24 at 7:18 pm to Street Hawk
If it were really that dire the government would put a restricted airspace over those mines.
Probably not as big of a deal as this guy is leading you to believe
Probably not as big of a deal as this guy is leading you to believe
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