Week Recap: Rising Energy Costs, Dark Money, and the Push for …

Energy News Beat Podcast

Week Recap: Rising Energy Costs, Dark Money, and the Push for Electrification

October 26, 2024

In this episode of the Energy News Beat Daily Standup - Weekly Recap, the hosts, Stuart Turley and Michael Tanner discuss current U.S. energy issues, focusing on the implications of electrifying everything, rising energy costs, and geopolitical conflicts influencing oil markets, such as Iran's strategies to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. They critique policies that impact energy reliability, environmental regulations driving refinery closures in California, and the influence of political figures like Stacey Abrams and Kamala Harris on energy and environmental agendas. The conversation also touches on natural gas dependency in Florida, the challenges of renewable energy, and Bill Ackman's criticisms of the Biden-Harris administration's policy impacts.

Highlights of the Podcast

00:00 - Intro

01:02 - Electrifying Everything Means Higher Energy Costs For Consumers. These DOE Numbers Prove It (Again)

05:07 - Iran Readies New Oil Outlet To Bypass the Strait of Hormuz

08:07 - Florida is most gas dependent State in the Country

10:39 - California’s energy dilemma and how new laws might spark even higher gas prices

13:00 - Kamala Harris’s Far-Left ‘Climate Engagement Director’ Accuses Oil and Gas Workers of Committing ‘Ecoterrorism,’ Weaponizing ‘White Supremacy’ and ‘Toxic Patriarchy’

16:06 - Bill Ackman on Squawk Box has a fantastic interview and perspective on our election.

20:54 - Outro

Please see the links below or articles that we discuss in the podcast.