As the world continues to descend into a chaos of our own making, Jennifer Granholm exemplifies the state of our world. After over a year of beating the drum of "reduce fossil fuels" "climate catastrophe" and "only renewables can save us", she and the Biden administration can't fathom why energy companies wouldn't ramp up. But.... please!! The world needs you! Forget all those mean things we said, why can't we all just get along with our "Fellow Americans..." Sound familiar?...

25% of Europe’s fertilizer comes from Russia. Fertilizer is produced from natural gas and in Europe, prices are $26/mmbtu. Fertilizer is made to make food for a planet of 7.8 billion humans, up slightly from the 2 billion people that lived on the earth in 1900, before we harnessed the power of fossil fuels. Power prices in Europe are over €283/MWh, up 10x from 2020. Humans use power to manufacture goods that Europeans want, and occasionally need. Things like new...

This week, I welcome back Robert Bryce, the author of ‘A Question of Power’, the producer of the movie ‘Juiced’ on Amazon, and frequent contributor to Forbes. We talk all things energy: The European crisis, Russia, nukes, domestic energy policy, the latest with ERCOT and more. As energy policy becomes more than an abstract concept in many American’s minds with gas surpassing $5/gallon in parts of the country, this is a key episode to share with your friends who have legitimate...

In 2018, after proposition 112 was defeated in Colorado, a ballot measure that would have changed setbacks to 2500’ for all oil and gas development, I thought defeat would put a pin in the issue for a while. It didn’t. Despite overwhelming majority support in places like Weld county where the drilling activity actually occurs, opposition in Denver, Boulder and Aspen (who have slightly more than a 2500’ setback to any oil and gas development) drove Senate Bill 181. Passed under...