Saudi Arabia Has Oil, America Has This

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Saudi Arabia Has Oil, America Has This

Maxinomics

650,259 views  Jan 28, 2026
If the supply of this one material stopped flowing, the world would effectively slip backward in time 25 years. This is the story of America’s hidden monopoly on the ultra-pure quartz found in Spruce Pine, North Carolina—the only place on Earth capable of producing the raw material for advanced computer chips

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:30 What is Silica?
01:42 Finding Hyper Pure Quartz
03:30 The Connection Between Quartz and Silicon
6:20 How to Make Silicon
9:47 Spruce Pine Was a Freak Accident
11:12 Taiwan, China, and the Technology Crown


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9V4jNTLGus

[libertybele]

Good info!