Irina Slav: Challenging the dominant narrative | Tom Nelson Pod #119
Irina has written about oil, gas, and all things energy since 2016. Her main focus is the reality of energy security and the many fantastical facets of the energy transition. Her work appears on Oilprice.com and Substack at Irina Slav on energy.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IrinaSlav1
Substack: https://irinaslav.substack.com
Irina’s Oilprice.com articles: https://oilprice.com/search/tab/articles/irina_slav
Ice throw from wind turbines: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-186X/4/1/4
00:00 Introduction
01:51 Evil subsidies
05:13 Intermittent power: Not enough or too much
08:18 China producing solar panels using cheap coal power
09:33 Many climate cultists are young people looking for meaning
12:09 China's energy mix
14:13 Don't forget the grid connections
17:25 Hacking renewable energy
19:43 Green jobs?
23:35 Dysfunctional solar panels
25:10 Fire danger
27:45 Ask questions when things don't add up
29:34 Green delusions
32:26 Children mining in Africa
33:52 Rube Goldberg power
37:00 Animal fat-powered jets?
38:48 Putting wind turbines and solar panels in landfills?
41:20 Ghost wind and solar facilities?
43:07 Current oil supply
45:52 Energy transition hype
48:36 Big oil exiting wind and solar
53:15 People ask more questions if you hit them in the wallet
54:18 Rise and Fall of ESG
55:40 Looming totalitarianism?
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