The Energy Show

REI Energy Show #01 – Interested in oil & gas? Who is really benefiting from the policies surrounding our energy investments? Every day it seems more apparent that we are being misinformed, making legitimate conversations about our country’s relationship with energy more difficult to navigate. In this episode, Mike Mauceli speaks with Daren Bakst about the dialogue, policies and trends around energy that we can expect to be dealing with in the immediate future.

Discover how gas stoves became the latest target of anti-fossil fuel activists. Will this latest battle go the way of the plastic straw crusade, or is it the beginning of homeowners losing control of their household appliances? SHOW NOTES: 1:45: How Is The Federal Government Targeting Gas Stoves? 4:30: What Is The Economic Impact Of Banning Gas Stoves? 7:19: Are Gas Stoves Harmful To Humans? 11:20: What Other Household Appliances Are Anti-Fossil Fuel Activists Targeting? 12:16: Do Politicians Really Believe Gas Stoves Are Dangerous? 13:32: What Demographic Suffers The Most If Gas Stoves Are Banned? 15:07: Does The Government Plan To Offer Subsidies For Electric Stoves? 17:28: How Will New York State Be Impacted By Its Ban On Gas Stoves? 18:38: How Will The House Bill Blocking The Ban Of Gas Stoves Impact This Effort??

Discover how Biden drained the SPR, and what risks a depleted reserve poses for Americans. David Blackmon joins Mike. SHOW NOTES: 1:14: What Purpose Does The SPR Serve? 4:43: How Does The SPR Safeguard Americans During Emergencies? 7:40: How Has Biden Politicized The SPR? 13:13: How Are EVs Destabilizing The Electric Grid? 21:06: What Regions Have The Riskiest Grids?

Discover how the Democratic Party has intentionally designed inflation via its energy policies. Joe Toomey joins Mike to discuss his research into how banks, big business and media all work to eliminate fossil fuels with no realistic plan to replace energy security. SHOW NOTES: 1:20: How Did The Plan To Eliminate Fossil Fuels Start? 4:04: How Did ESG Allow Banks And Big Business To Fight Fossil Fuels? 6:17: Who Would Want Energy Inflation? 10:50: Why Does Joe Biden Want Energy Inflation? 17:19: How Do So Many People Believe The Earth Will Explode? 19:37: What Is The Impact Of Eliminating The Energy Grid Built By Fossil Fuels? 24:16: How Can Biden’s Energy Policy Be Reversed?

Discover how trillions of dollars of government money are being spent to build windmills in one rural county in Kansas. Mike speaks with a farmer who is battling a slew of lawyers hired to build windmills on his farmland. SHOW NOTES: 1:02: How Many Farmers Want To Build Windmills On Their Land? 3:41: How Green Are Windmills? 5:26: What Kinds Of Offers Are The Wind Companies Offering To Farmers? 8:13: How Are Windmills Dismantled Or Replaced? 10:43: How Long Do Windmills Last? 13:17: When Does Energy Produced By Windmills Offset The Costs? 15:57: Why Aren’t Wind Farms Being Built In Big Cities? 17:03: Will Farmers Ultimately Be Forced To Lease Land For Windmills? 20:49: How Will Windmills Lower The Value Of Farmland? 23:22: How Do Windmills Alter Farmland? 28:21: What Price Are Green Companies Willing To Pay To Lease Farmland?

Discover how America’s enemies and allies may be plotting to end the Petrodollar. Ellen Wald joins Mike to discuss how the U.S. economy could be impacted by a weakened, or extinct, Petrodollar. SHOW NOTES: 1:06: How Did The Petrodollar Get Started? 2:50: Is The Petrodollar Currently Being Challenged? 9:48: Why Is Aramco Trading Oil In Chinese Yuan? 13:55: How Does The Petrodollar Give The U.S. Power? 15:55: How Would The End Of The Petrodollar Impact The U.S. Economy? 18:38: How Does The Ukraine War Put The Petrodollar At Risk? 22:32: Why Do Americans Keep Rejecting Biden’s EV Subsidies? 25:46: Why Won’t Biden Embrace Nuclear Energy?

The EPA is attempting to force consumers to buy EVs. Discover why the public rejects EVs despite massive subsidies and regulations. Attorney Devin Watkins joins Mike. SHOW NOTES: 1:16: Does The EPA Have The Legal Authority To Mandate EVs? 4:49: Do Auto Makers Support Being Ordered To Produce EVs? 6:19: Does Biden Purposely Order Dubiously Legal Mandates? 10:23: Is The EPA Concerned About The Pollution From EV Batteries? 13:12: How Are All Taxpayers Paying For EVs? 14:13: Is Biden Really Trying To Ban Gas Stoves? 17:56: How Is Biden Trying To Eliminate The American Fossil Fuels Industry? 22:29: Why Does The EPA Reject Nuclear Energy?

Discover how ESG policies may neglect fiduciary responsibilities in favor of social justice. Richard Morrison joins Mike to discuss how oil and gas is ESG’s top target. SHOW NOTES: 1:01: What Is ESG? 2:41: How Widely Adopted Is ESG? 5:33: How Does ESG Increase Costs For Consumers And Clients? 13:47: How Does ESG Impact The Current Banking Crisis? 15:18: What Lessons Did The FTX Collapse Teach Us About ESG? 16:59: What Are The Risks Of Intermingling ESG With Fiduciary Responsibility? 23:37: How Is Oil & Gas The #1 Target Of ESG?

Discover how the Green New Deal is enriching the elites and making everyday life harder and more expensive for the rest of us. Alex Stevenson joins Mike to discuss his research into how New Green Deal advocates have created a lucrative system that encompasses all corners of society. SHOW NOTES: 1:09: How Do People Make Money Of Green Policies? 3:09: How Have ESG Policies Changed Corporate America? 8:18: Why Do Green Policies Insist On War Against Fossil Fuels? 9:23: How Do Green Advocates Align With Government And Big Money? 14:09: Why Is Biden Suddenly Saying The U.S. Needs Oil For At Least 10 Years? 15:56: How Is The O&G Sector Innovating Under So Much Government Pressure? 17:39: What Would Life Look Like Without Petroleum Products?

Discover how rich countries are outsourcing pollution from renewable energy to poor countries. French journalist Guillaume Pitron joins Mike to discuss the reality of green energy, and how China has the U.S. and Europe in a renewable energy trap. SHOW NOTES: 1:10: How Is Green Energy Not So Clean? 3:19: How Dirty Is The Mining And Refining Of Rare Earth Minerals? 7:25: How Is “Energy Transition” Actually “Energy Addition”? 10:35: How Do Rich Nations Outsource Green Pollution To Poor Nations? 15:26: How Can The U.S. Battle China For The Rare Earth Market? 17:35: How Has Europe Failed To Learn From Its Green Policy Failures? 19:17: Is Nuclear The Real Green Solution? 24:41: How Are Rich Nations Hedging Their Green Policies With Fossil Fuels?