“Modern Economy Rests On Single Road” In North Carolina Where Hurricane Collapsed Bridges (infowars.com)"The modern economy rests on a single road in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. 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. Almost every crystalline silicon photovoltaic module and semiconductor chip made in the world today relies on this mining district in western North Carolina." FULL STORY at above link.