The Best Use of Fossil Hydrocarbons

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Fertilizers are created by the Hababosh process, which is from natural gas. And something like 60% of the nitrogen in our bodies has been fixed by it. We wouldn't be able to have this many people on the planet without that extra nitrogen being fixed into protein. So food production is at the moment critical for fossil fuels. But then all of the clothes that we wear, the materials that we build cars with, the houses and the materials thatWe have, it's astonishing cosmetics for the ladies. It's all constant petrochemicals. People don't know you as well as I do. They don't know that you were trying to make a joke there.

On this episode, geologist and entrepreneur Gareth Roberts joins Nate on the podcast to discuss the geological science behind how we find, extract, and deplete fossil hydrocarbons. Gareth and Nate also unpack how financial policy, government, and an energy transition interact with an aging hydrocarbon-based grid. What does all of this mean for our energy future? How can we use humor to process and make sense of these societal challenges? How do scientists, communicators, and planners come together to respond to such challenges?

About Gareth Roberts:

Gareth is an entrepreneur and successful founder and leader of a large public oil and gas company. He was born in the UK and studied geology at Oxford University before going on to work for Texaco and Murphy Oil in the US and UK. In the 1980s he became independent and subsequently founded Denbury Resources (NYSE: DNR), which grew into a $10 billion company under his leadership. Gareth stepped down from Denbury 10 years ago and has since been involved in the creation of various businesses, including ones involved in carbon sequestration and helium exploration.

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