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Is Net Zero Dead? - The Energy Realities Team has some International insights

June 17, 2024

The Energy Realities Team of David Blackmon, Tammy Nemeth, Irina Slav and Stu Turley are having way too much fun on a Monday. Live, we talk about "Is Net Zero Dead?" We bring the receipts, fun - and we need your input. Is Net Zero going to be like Monty Python's famous line - "Bring out yer Dead" or "I'm Not Quite Dead Yet". - Live Monday Morning at 8:00 AM Central US. Live From The UK, EU, and the US. - #energynews #netzero #energytransition #bitcoin #geopolitics #energysecurity


Highlights of the Podcast


01:10 - Net Zero 

09:40 - The governments in the West 

12:55 - The EU

15:07 - Is Biden going to be the nominee? 

19:06 - The Competition Act in Canada

20:23 - The, windfall profits tax on the North Sea

21:53 - Conservative European People's Party in the EU 

23:04 - What about electrifying the Permian? 

25:32 - The AI and cloud servers 

28:31 - Bitcoin mining 

30:58 - The current battery tech

33:16 - The electricity transmission costs in Texas during the summer peak demand days 

35:59 - Greenpeace had brought solar power to a community in India in 2014

37:58 - I'm not quite dead yet

39:20 - The Ministry of Silly Walks 

40:55 - Japan could be energy independent by 2060 thanks to renewables, Rystad energy CEO says 

43:44 - Steelmakers look to hydrogen to green heavily polluting sector

45:27 - OPEC: Peak Oil Demand Not on the Horizon

47:43 - Make Britain a clean energy superpower.

51:03 - Sweden rejects new power cable to Germany over market inefficiencies 

53:43 - Energy, Business Groups Sue Biden administration over electric vehicle 'mandate' 

54:38 - Ford ends EV dealership program that required hefty investment to sell electric models 

55:21 - EVs slowdown steers the world further off course from net zero