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Hype for the Future 100C: Town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina
Overview The Town of Spruce Pine represents the largest town located within the boundaries of Mitchell County, North Carolina, and is situated within one of just a few places where high-purity quartz can be found, especially within the Spruce Pine Mining District. While not much exists in tourist attractions within Spruce Pine, lodging is available throughout the community and Mitchell County, including the iconic Blue Ridge Boutique Hotel. -
Ah yes, the tech world's conspiracy theory du jour: the mystical powers of Spruce Pine #quartz 🧙♂️✨. Apparently, a quaint North Carolina town holds the key to #semiconductors and solar PV #manufacturing, because who wouldn't want to believe that the future of technology hinges on a rock? 🪨🤣
https://www.construction-physics.com/p/does-all-semiconductor-manufacturing #techconspiracy #SprucePine #solarPV #technologyhumor #HackerNews #ngated -
Ooh, this is certainly a landslide--or trees down. Spruce Pine. End of Dover Lane. Sure hope the folks living in that house near by are okay! 35.86228, -82.07408 #SprucePine #NC #RemoteImaging #Helene
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#HurricaneHelene devastates #quartz #mines critical for worldwide #semiconductor manufacturing.
The #SprucePine facilities are the only ones that produce ultra-pure quartz in the world. High-purity quartz is vital for various stages of chip production, so if its supply is disrupted, this could hurt the semiconductor industry, which is already struggling with supply issues.
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/hurricane-helene-devastates-quartz-mine-critical-for-worldwide-semiconductor-manufacturing-spruce-pine-houses-the-worlds-only-ultra-pure-quartz-site #hurricane #helene -
Tom's Hardware: The world's semiconductor industry hinges on a single quartz factory in North Carolina https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/the-worlds-semiconductor-industry-hinges-on-a-quartz-factory-in-north-carolina
»any sudden closure or interruption of the mining at Spruce Pine would likely cause "pretty catastrophic" disruption«
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With apologies and thanks to Randall Munroe's original Dependency comic: https://xkcd.com/2347/
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Spruce Pines cut off to Marion due to road failure
You can get to TN from Bakerville side
Only one air drop in Spruce Pine/medical. N2EMD is trying to bridge supply gap.
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Station at Spruce Pine calling...first call from the town. Nine families. 40 trees down between them and the main road. #SprucePine #NCwx #NCStrong
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Check out this image from Spruce Pine in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina: https://buff.ly/3UUIiRc
#SheliaHuntPhotography #SprucePine #SprucePineNC #BlueRidgeMountains #BuyIntoArt #BestOfTheTarheelState
