Spruce Pine, Global Chokepoints, and the Future of Manufacturing
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - A podcast by SiriusXM and Atlas Obscura
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The small mountain town of Spruce Pine provides nearly all of the ultra-pure quartz used to make the world’s semiconductors. When Hurricane Helene nearly wiped out the mines, it provided a stark wake-up call. Journalist Ed Conway joins Dylan to discuss what we can learn from this near-miss.