Energy Advocacy Brief

***May 2024 Update

Changing the Narrative: 3 Truths that Flip the Script on Climate Issues Nape Spring Magazine By Jason Isaac, American Energy Institute Click here

What the Media Won’t Tell You about the Energy Transition The hype, the reality, about the energy transition in 10 charts
Robert Bryce 5/7/2024 Click here

Natty Nation: These 11 Charts Show why The U.S. Is A Natural Gas Superpower …..And why gas is a strategic, irreplaceable fuel for the U.S. and Europe

Robert Bryce 4/11/2024 Click Here

Gov. Polis announces major oil and gas truce in exchange for transit funding

CPR News 4/29/2024 Click here

Watching the Fatal Trifecta Unfold The EPA’s new emissions rules, MISO’s capacity auction, and the fragilization of the grid

Nuclear Barbarians: Emmet Penney 5/2/2024 Click here

***September 2023 Update

Every Problem with the Texas Grid is Caused by Government Policy

David Blackmon, September 9, 2023

Read more here

Nobel Prize Winner Who Doesn't Believe Climate Crisis Has Speech Canceled
Newsweek reported this piece of news about Nobel Laureate (Physics 2022) Dr. John Clauser who was set to present a seminar on climate models to the International Monetary Fund. There are some people who believe carbon dioxide is beneficial to society.

Energy Absurdity of the Week: UK Offshore Wind Lease Sale Attracts… wait for it… ZERO Bids

Read here

More Proof That The Electrify Everything Push is A Regressive Tax

Latest DOE numbers: electricity costs 3.3 times more than natural gas

Robert Bryce August 29, 2023 Read here

Coops Losing Linemen to IOUs

The shortage of skilled electric linemen has become acute

Robert Bryce September 12, 2023 Read here

As EPA drowns in CCS applications, oil states want to take control

EPA is buried under a mountain of permit applications from companies that want to store carbon dioxide underground

Jean Chemnick September 8, 2023 Read here

***May 2023 Update

Best Energy Meme of the Week:

FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND

Doug Sandridge, May 7, 2023
Recently Germany’s Green Party celebrated the culmination of their 30-year quest to close Germany’s entire fleet of nuclear power plants.

Read entire article here

DECLARATION OF OIL & GAS EXECUTIVES IN SUPPORT OF NUCLEAR ENERGY

As everyone in our industry knows, energy is literally the life blood of society and the “secret sauce” enabling virtually every other modern industry. Unfortunately, we now live during a time when physics-defying delusions dominate our energy policies. As oil and gas professionals, we are distinctly and unusually qualified to recognize and appreciate the extraordinary value of an energy-dense fuel such as nuclear energy to provide safe, reliable, affordable, abundant, resilient, and virtually carbon-free power. We believe that having oil and gas executives openly support nuclear energy sends a powerful message to policy makers about the need to forge common-sense energy policies which include a greater role for nuclear energy.

*** If you know an oil and gas executive who might be willing to sign the Declaration of Oil & Gas Executives in Support of Nuclear Energy, read and download it here and please email Doug Sandridge at doug@fulcrumef.com.

THE ENERGY DILEMMA

How do we make the American people, policy makers and regulators more knowledgeable about energy so that we can craft better energy policy and improve the human condition? A good first step is having an open and honest dialog about energy without all the politics and demagoguery.

Adam Stielstra, Bill Butler and all of the team at the Lion Media Group have developed a great conversation starter. Every person in America should watch the 18-minute trailer of The Energy Dilemma......let's get the energy conversation started. VIEW THE YOUTUBE VIDEO HERE

ELON MUSK’S $14 TRILLION WARNING: Tesla CEO unveils ‘master plan’ for renewable energy

Dissecting Elon Musk’s fanciful spreadsheet energy plan. This is the kind of thinking that has driven such massive malinvestment in the global energy system over the last 20 years. #energysobriety

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DIESEL SHORTAGE

Diesel Shortage Looms as Reserve Dwindles. Why is it a threat and how will this affect our country? Watch here, or read here

ENERGY ABSURDITIES:

ENERGY Secretary Granholm breaks down Biden’s windfall tax threat on Big Oil watch here

Biden’s threat to tax oil firms if they don’t show they’re reinvesting in production, an empty threat or a continued reality? Read more here

But wait! How does he do that when he chants, “No More Drilling?!?” at a New York Rally…Story here

TAPPING THE SPR

Biden Sacrifices National Security for Midterm Votes with SPR Drawdown See what Forbes had to say here

Or read here from Trisha Curtis, President and CEO of PetroNerds

INCONVENIENT TRUTHS ABOUT ELECTRIC CARS

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order banning gas-powered cars by 2035. Oregon, Massachusetts, and New York copied California. Washington state’s politicians said they’d make it happen even faster, by 2030.

But this is just dumb. It will not happen. It’s magical thinking. READ MORE HERE

Meanwhile in Germany:

Windfarm in Germany is being dismantled to expand coal mine…. Read here

INFLATION REDUCTION ACT

For a High Level View, here’s a link to Alex Epstein’s IRA myths (3 minute read)

For a deeper dive, Davis Graham and Stubbs wrote more on Inflation Act here

HURRICANES AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Read Bjorn Lomborg’s article in Forbes here or check out what Roger Pielke says here

MEANWHILE A FEW ARTICLES CONCERNING LOCAL ISSUES:

Read Boulder couple settles lawsuit against city over oil and gas permitting moratorium

And

Plot Twist: SCOTUS asks Biden Administration to Weigh In on Key Climate Lawsuit

Nord Stream gas ‘sabotage’: who’s being blamed and why?

Many stories are being floated about who is responsible and why. Here’s the latest from Reuters but still doesn’t answer the question Read here

Who Should Drive an Electric Vehicle?

Most households buying electric vehicles aren’t driving them long enough to get a net emissions benefit. Interesting article from Harvard

DIGITAL DRILL

Donate to the Oil and Gas Workers of Colorado Small Donor Committee!

The Oil and Gas Workers of Colorado Small Donor Committee (SDC) gives the oil and gas industry a voice within the political sector of Colorado by providing educational and financial support to candidates who support COGA’s public policy values. The SDC is funded exclusively by voluntary contributions, which is why your involvement is so important. Make a donation and help us change the perception of the oil and gas industry.

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RECOMMENDED BOOKS TO READ:

Other References:

CRUDE OIL EDUCATION – https://www.shpi.net/documents/pdf/oiledpresentation.pdf
U. S. Energy Information Administration link
Energy.Gov – link to US Energy Department
The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions – Link here
Visualizing China’s Dominance in Clean Energy Metals – Link here
Bill 1155 – Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Link here
USGS Publications – Link here
Business Data Statistics – https://www.statista.com/
GM locks in two deals that will bolster US rare earth magnet production – Link here
New York’s Indian Point nuclear power plant closes after 59 years of operation – Link here
Solar energy in the context of energy use, energy transportation and energy storage – https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsta.2011.0431
Power Hungry Podcast – Robert Bryce Link here

DAPL Advocacy Committee Must Reads (& a good Listen)

WELL DONE, GRETA: Energy Crisis to Send Carbon Emissions to All Time Highs

a very good read with several quotes of worry by devout champions of anti-oil & gas policies

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/well-done-greta-energy-crisis-send-carbon-emissions-all-time-highs

President Biden’s Department of Energy Just Affirmed Much More Oil and Natural Gas Will Be Necessary

“Contrary to what we keep hearing, a projected oil and gas boom is completely logical. It’s a really big world out there, and it’s only getting bigger: from 2020 to 2050, the U.S. Department of Energy has the world adding another 1,935 million people and $87 trillion in economic expansion.

No wonder that the U.S. Department of Energy has global energy demand rising another 47% over the next 30 years, with hard-to-displace oil staying the world’s most crucial fuel.”

Read OR Listen here:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/judeclemente/2021/10/13/president-bidens-department-of-energy-just-affirmed-much-more-oil-and-natural-gas/?sh=1bb3ad675a7f

AN ENERGY CRISIS Is Gripping the World, With Potentially Grave Consequences

“the sudden energy crunch hitting the world is threatening already stressed supply chains, stirring geopolitical tensions and raising questions about whether the world is ready for the green energy revolution when it’s having trouble powering itself right now.” (10 minute read)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/an-energy-crisis-is-gripping-the-world-with-potentially-grave-consequences/ar-AAPjcIE

Important Insights on Our Power Grid Fragility from Meredith Angwin

(9 minute read – read to the end for her reason why high percentages of renewables does not look good)

https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/important-insights-on-our-power-grid-fragility-from-meredith-angwin-d9e55a0d5433

Wind Energy Rejections the Sierra Club Doesn’t Want You to See (Robert Bryce)

https://www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.forbes.com/sites/robertbryce/2021/09/26/heres-the-list-of-317-wind-energy-rejections-the-sierra-club-doesnt-want-you-to-see/amp/

Petro Nerds: Nerding Out with Chris Wright

This very special 1.5 hour-long podcast, Trisha Curtis sits down with the CEO of Liberty Oilfield Services, Chris Wright, and nerds out on everything from the global oil market to frac sand. This was a live event at Liberty Oilfield Services, put on by the Denver Petroleum Club. (Lots of good information here)

https://petronerds.com/liberty-oilfield-services-nerding-out-with-chris-wright/