A tiny town just got slammed by Helene. It could massively disrupt the tech industry
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The devastation in Spruce Pine not only impacts the local community but also threatens the global supply of high-purity quartz, crucial for semiconductors and solar panels.
Ed Conway warns that without the ultra-pure quartz from Spruce Pine, producing most semiconductors would be impossible since purity is critical and even a single misplaced atom can derail production.
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