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This week, the #hottakeoftheday podcast returns with Patrick Moore, the Director of the CO2 coalition. The reason I love podcasting is some topics are like a dinner with wine: you need time, conversation and thought. This week, we talk about the miracle gas that is CO2 and discuss- is it bad? Why isn’t it bad? Where did narrative take over logic? Why don’t we consider things before 1850? We know the CO2 concentration was 2800 ppm, 7x higher than today ... are we sure life can’t adapt? In a world of narratives, it’s nice to hear the counter point every once in a while. I’ve missed it! Hope you have too. Enjoy. Podcast Audio   #hottakeoftheday podcast episode #115 w/Patrick Moore https://youtu.be/mRoIPaPE3mM   About Patrick Patrick Moore, Ph.D. served as Chair of the CO2 Coaltiion in 2019 and 2020.   He is co-founder and 15-year leader of Greenpeace (1971-1986). Chairman and Chief Scientist, Ecosense Environmental. Leader, Campaign to Allow Golden Rice Now. Dr. Patrick Moore has been a leader in the international environmental field for over 40 years. He is a co-founder of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International. As the leader of many campaigns Dr. Moore was a driving force shaping policy and direction for 15 years while Greenpeace became the world’s largest environmental activist organization. In recent years, Dr. Moore has been focused on the promotion of sustainability and consensus building among competing concerns. He was a member of British Columbia government-appointed Round Table on the Environment and Economy from 1990 – 1994. In 1990, Dr. Moore founded and chaired the BC Carbon Project, a group that worked to develop a common understanding of climate change. Dr. Moore served for four years as Vice President, Environment for Waterfurnace International, a manufacturer of geothermal heat pumps for residential heating and cooling with renewable earth energy. He also served as Vice-President, Industry and Government Affairs for NextEnergy Geothermal, the largest distributor of geothermal systems in Canada. As Chair of the Sustainable Forestry Committee of the Forest Alliance of BC from 1991 – 2002, he led the process of developing the “Principles of Sustainable Forestry” which were adopted by a majority of the industry. In 2010, Dr. Moore published Trees are the Answer, a photo-book that provides a new insight into how forests work and how they can play a powerful role in solving many of our current environmental problems. In 2013 he published Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout – The Making of a Sensible Environmentalist, which documents his 15 years with Greenpeace and outlines his vision for a sustainable future. From 2000-2012 he served as Chair and Chief Scientist of Greenspirit Strategies, a consultancy focusing on environmental policy and communications in forestry, agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, mining, biodiversity, energy and climate change. From 2006-2012 he served as co-Chair of the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition, a US-based advocacy mission to build public support for more nuclear energy plants to provide electricity. In 2013 Dr. Moore, with his brother Michael and other family members, founded the Allow Golden Rice Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to seeing Golden Rice approved for commercial agriculture. 250 million children, mainly in the tropical countries, are deficient in vitamin A and as a result 2 million die each year. The Allow Golden Rice Now! Campaign demands that Greenpeace and their allies discontinue their campaign of opposition to Golden Rice, which could eliminate vitamin A deficiency if cultivated and consumed. In 2014 Dr. Moore was appointed Chair of Environmental Studies at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. Dr. Moore is an independent ecologist/environmentalist with Ecosense Environmental Inc. “Speaking Truth to Power Award”,

As energy policy in the United States (and other places) continues to be driven by narrative and lobbyists instead of facts and reliability, ERCOT in Texas has a strange week this week: they issued two power warnings asking customers to conserve energy. In April. Now, I love the great state of Texas but I tend to avoid it in July and August (and June and September) owing to the heat. But April.... is the most pleasant time of year. This week, I invite David Blackmon on the podcast to chat ERCOT. Why are we back to where we were in February? How does the power problem not get worse this summer - in Texas, in California, and everywhere else in the county and what can be done about it. After all, there is no “no peeing section in a pool” and the heat is coming. Plus, DAPL, Keystone, Atlas Shrugged and great conversations with a great guest. I hope you enjoy!   https://youtu.be/sTkNVTdHyiU    

This week, we are joined by Chris Bird of Exponent Energy. Chris was featured in April 2020 in an article in Bloomberg that talked about the great short. We revisit the lockdowns, the short thesis, what’s changed, a look at commodity prices go forward and the federal reserve, its impact and what comes next. Podcast Audio   https://youtu.be/tmhMVogEwE8   About Chris Chris has worked in the oil and gas industry as a Petroleum Engineer since 2008, including time as a District Engineer for BlueStone Natural Resources and as Production Manager for BRG Energy. During that time, he has been involved in the acquisition, drilling and operating of over 2,000 wells. Chris started his career as a Production Engineer for Chesapeake Energy in Shreveport, Louisiana. He earned degrees in both Petroleum Engineering and Business from the University of Tulsa.  

This week I am joined by Michael Lynch, a contributor to Forbes, to talk EVs, energy policy, the roaring 22s and how to shift from “narrative” to newsworthiness.   https://youtu.be/vpQHpvZ1Es0    

This week, we go into the world of Chart Industries. We talk with CEO Jill Evanko on the technology required to do the future of gasification for hydrogen, LNG and a whole bunch more. It’s a fascinating episode. I know I learned a lot and I hope you enjoy. Podcast Audio   https://youtu.be/RXEdRCDtu7M   About Jill Jillian C. Evanko Jillian (Jill) Evanko is President and Chief Executive Officer of Chart Industries, Inc. (NYSE: GTLS), serving in this capacity since June of 2018.  Ms. Evanko joined Chart in February of 2017 as Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to joining Chart, Jill was the Chief Financial Officer of Truck-Lite Co., LLC as well as having held multiple operational and financial executive positions at Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV) and its subsidiaries.  Prior to joining Dover in 2004, Ms. Evanko held financial and operational roles at Arthur Andersen, LLP, Honeywell Corporation and Sony Corporation.  In addition to serving on Chart’s Board of Directors, Ms. Evanko also serves as an independent director of the Board of Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE: PH) as well as a director on the Board of McPhy (Euronext Paris: MCPHY – ISIN: FR0011742329). Jill received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from The University of Notre Dame and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from La Salle University.  She is the winner of the 2020 ExxonMobil Power Play Rainmaker award, the 2020 S&P Global Platts Energy Award for Chief Trailblazer, and the World LNG Executive of the Year 2020.  She serves on the non-profit Board of Directors of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF).  

This week I visit with Jennifer Gremmert, the Executive Director of Energy Outreach Colorado which leads a network of industry, state and local partners to Support, Stabilize and Sustain Coloradans to afford their energy needs. Energy is important. We need to spend a lot of time talking about it. And this week, we do. From racial and social justice, to the future of the energy grid, you aren’t going to want to miss it. Audio Podcast   https://youtu.be/K8oz6aUjwBQ  

This week I host Robert Bryce for our podcast next week. His Power Hungry podcast is phenomenal. His book ‘A Question of Power’ is an incredible journey with electrons. We have a lot of advocates for energy. For reason. And for understanding tradeoffs. We need to amplify their voices. Take the opportunity to write a 5 star review for either our podcast or Robert’s and let’s get the message out there. Podcast Audio   https://youtu.be/unQemXIm8OE   About Robert Robert Bryce is a Texas-based author, journalist, podcaster, film producer, and public speaker.  Over the past three decades, his articles have appeared in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, National Review, Field & Stream, and Austin Chronicle. His new documentary, Juice: How Electricity Explains the World, which he produced along with Austin-based film director Tyson Culver, was released in mid-2020 and is now available on numerous streaming platforms including: iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play, Vimeo, YouTube, Xbox, and Vudu. A review of Juice in Birth. Movies. Death said the message of the film “is delivered with ease and precision through smooth editing, narration, and interviews with succinct information from the past, present, and potential ideas for the future. Filled with beautiful aerial shots and poignant scenes on par with images out of National Geographic magazine, Culver’s documentary debut is enlightening and powerful.” Bryce has published six books. His first book, Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron, received rave reviews and was named one of the best non-fiction books of 2002 by Publishers Weekly. His second book, Cronies: Oil, the Bushes, and the Rise of Texas, America’s Superstate, was published in 2004. His third book, Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of “Energy Independence,” published in March 2008, was favorably reviewed by more than 20 media outlets. The American magazine called Gusher “a strong and much-needed dose of reality.” A review of Gusher by William Grimes of the New York Times said that Bryce “reveals himself in the end as something of a visionary and perhaps even a revolutionary.” In 2010, Bryce published Power Hungry: The Myths of “Green” Energy, and the Real Fuels of the Future. In a review of Power Hungry in the Wall Street Journal, Trevor Butterworth called the book “unsentimental, unsparing, and impassioned; and if you’ll excuse the pun, it is precisely the kind of journalism we need to hold truth to power.” In 2014, he published Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper: How Innovation Keeps Proving the Catastrophists Wrong. In National Review, John Daniel Davidson wrote “the other big theme of Bryce’s book: The enemies of innovation, by and large, are environmentalists who claim to be defenders of the ‘natural’ world — so long as it does not include humanity….The data, which Bryce applies in heavy doses, add up to this: In almost every corner of the global economy, innovation is increasing efficiency and in the process driving up profits and creating wealth and prosperity.” In March 2020, his longtime publisher, PublicAffairs, published his sixth book: A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations. Here’s the summary: In the ancient world it was guns, germs, and steel that determined the fates of people and nations; now, more than ever, it is electricity. Although global demand for power is doubling every two decades, electricity remains one of the most difficult forms of energy to supply and do so reliably. Today, some three billion people are still living in places where per-capita electricity use is less than what’s used by an average American refrigerator. How we close the enormous gap between the electricity rich and the electricity poor will affect everything from women’s rights and health care to warfare and climate change. In A Question of Power, Robert Bryce tells the human story of electricity a...

This week, we are joined by Ryan Ray, the host of ‘The oil and gas podcast’ and War Room Media collaborator. Ryan and I are both of a similar mind that the media model needs to change and that independent thought, discussion and debate are important. We have collaborated to bring readers “Wald Wednesday” and “Flamethrower Friday’s” with Ellen Wald and Mark Rossano. We talk Texas power, politics, term limits and his recent interview with Ted Cruz. Hope you enjoy. Podcast Audio   https://youtu.be/QMeqMEGpR9E   About Ryan Ryan Ray is the publisher of the War Room Newsletter, host of the Texas Oil and Gas Podcast, Energy Week Podcast, and Feeding the Dragon Podcast. He is the CEO of War Room Media and a proud member of the Board of Advisors for the George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S. China Relations.

I’ve know Jerry McHugh for a number of years and in our chats at various industry events, I always put myself in his shoes. A true entrepreneur. San Juan Resources is a Private Capital, private oil gas producer in the San Juan basin. We talk about when he started it, the last 40 years in the business and what’s next. Our industry is full of great people doing amazing things. It’s a cool story. I hope you enjoy!   Podcast Audio   https://youtu.be/HYzXNF__0IM   About Jerry Jerry McHugh, Jr. CEO/President – San Juan Resources A 40-year veteran of the San Juan Basin, Mr. McHugh began his career working for independents Dugan Production and Nassau Resources. He worked in land, government liaison, exploration, gas marketing, and production. In 1990 Mr. McHugh formed San Juan Resources, Inc. and has built the company to what it is today - a forward moving independent natural gas and oil producer.  SJR operates 40 wells in the San Juan Basin, SJR has acquired over 45,000 acres in the San Juan since 2009. Mr. McHugh has been involved in every aspect of oil and gas industry - from lease to production. He has worked with his technical/finance team to create ground floor exploration and drilling projects, acquiring profitable tough-to-get leases in the San Juan.

This week, I am joined by Que Spaulding, the former President of Hertz and Stars Encore. After an incredibly successful career, Que shares his stories and thoughts on how today’s macro environment compares to the civil unrest of the 60s; how business and media have changed and puts things into the perspective of time. I loved the chat. I hope you do too. Podcast Audio   https://youtu.be/ReYIjTzXHU4