3 Podcasters Walk in a Bar Episode 32 - David Blackmon rants about the IRA from a flying saucer

Highlights of the Podcast

00:00 - Intro
00:33 - So why start this podcast? Why do a podcast with three podcasters?
01:54 - Stuart Turley tells about his background in the energy sector and what his bringing to the podcast.
03:30 - Rey Trivino tells us about your background in the energy sector and how that informs where you are and your views on energy policy.
05:30 - David Blackmon can you tell me why and specifically when it comes to the Inflation Reduction Act?
07:25 - David talks about this column with the headline, IRA Subsidies Might Create Energy Minerals Supply Shortages and precisely as far as the critical minerals.
11:45 - Rey can you tell me how President Biden's agenda for energy has impacted companies like yours?
13:14 - The apparent contradiction between claims that President Joe Biden is negatively impacting the oil industry while U.S. oil production is set to break records established during the Trump administration.
15:06 - Connection between the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline project by President Biden and its potential impact on gas prices.
17:38 - The controversy surrounding Solyndra and its bankruptcy, questioning why it receives criticism while oil and gas subsidies are not similarly scrutinized by Republicans and policymakers. She also mentions another issue but doesn't specify it.
21:56 - Can you guys clarify that fossil fuel energy developed in the United States is sold on the global market and is not designed to lower prices for American consumers?
23:13 - Back in the seventies when we didn't have we had gas shortages and oil shortages and we weren't producing a lot of oil.
24:20 - David, you have a column in Forbes titled Biden's Energy Policy Confusion Continues, saying that there's a difference between the Biden agenda and their public statements and their actions. Can you clarify what you mean by that?
27:45 - The health of the electrical grid.
29:27 - Ray, the caller also mentioned nuclear. What are your thoughts on that?
31:10 - Under Donald Trump, the gas prices went all the way down to a penny. Okay. And end there. And this did about 60 oil companies go out of business or go bankrupt?
31:58 - Caller, makes several points about the fossil fuel industry, including the substantial federal subsidies it receives.
33:53 - Stu talks about taking energy in energy density.
35:31 - Outro