This week on the podcast, I welcome Richard Norris. I enjoy Richard's writing, so I invited him on the podcast to discuss the European energy crisis, what happens with the energy transition and how to we have honest and transparent conversations that go forward that address: "Has peak prosperity already happened?" I enjoyed the conversation and I hope you do too. About Dr Norris is a 30 year veteran of the energy industry specializing in Energy Security and Energy Economics. He runs Pandreco...

Mark Rossano is a good friend of mine.  We met on the set of Bloomberg television November 19, 2019 when we were there to talk with Alix Steel about the Saudi Aramco IPO.  Not surprisingly, we spent 2 hours after by the coffee machine talking about the world- oil, natural gas, geopolitics, trade, lithium batteries.  To be honest, I was in shock about the amount of stuff he knows... and this from a guy that likes to think I...

I have been trying to get Shad Frazier on the podcast for the last year. We’ve been “LinkedIn friends” for a while now, and I always find his takes thoughtful and insightful. So today, we have him! One of the posts we talk about is this one- which is Shad’s thoughtful response to a study that was released by Mark Jacobson out of Stanford University. As I discussed with Robert Bryce last week, and do again with Shad this week,...

For the weekend, I have a couple of recommendations for exploration. A podcast, a terrorism threat revisited, a witch hunt for misinformation and a reason people are increasingly not trusting government. The episode of the Joe Rogan podcast with Maajid Nawaz is incredible. Maajid was a radicalized Islamic jihadist who de-radicalized after his time in an Egyptian prison. He was on the LBC as a nationally syndicated talk show host until recently when he was fired for his “what the heck...

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...