WTFinance Has Europe Escaped The Energy Crisis? with Robert Bryce
Interview recorded - 27th of March, 2023
On todays episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of speaking with Robert Bryce - An author, journalist, podcaster, film producer and public speaker with other 30 years experience in the energy and electricity markets.
During our conversation we spoke about what is currently happening in the electricity landscape, whether Europe can make it through the next winter, current red flags in the markets and what this means for our future. I hope you enjoy!
0:00 - Introduction
0:16 - What is currently happening in the electricity landscape?
2:37 - Why is the energy market regional?
4:00 - Some fuels more efficient to transport than others
5:30 - Asia moving to coal?
7:20 - Energy shift?
9:25 - Is the US in a different boat?
12:00 - Policy pushing investment away from gas?
13:15 - Can Europe survive another Winter?
15:08 - Secular shift away from Europe due to energy security fears?
16:10 - Gas arbitrage between US & the rest of the world
18:00 - Convergence on price?
19:30 - Coal a stop gap for energy security in the short term until nuclear?
21:28 - Uranium challenges due to Russian conflict?
23:00 - Main red flags in the energy markets?
25:38 - Everything will cost more in the future
27:47 - Friendly energy & manufacturing countries to prosper
29:00 - One message to take away from our conversation?
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.
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