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October 6, 2026
Title: NEW ENERGY LESSONS AND REALITIES FROM THE HORMUZ CRISIS.
Topic: Affordable and Reliable Energy
Discussed by Matthew McManus
with National Center for Energy Analytics (www.energyanalytics.org/)
Matthew McManus is a Senior Fellow with the National Center for
Energy Analytics. Today, he explains how global energy markets responded to
one of the most significant supply disruptions in decades and what the crisis
revealed about the future of energy security.
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Questions/Issues Discussed:
Did the closure of the Strait of Hormuz earlier this year trigger warnings of
$200-per-barrel oil, global recession, and widespread fuel shortages?
Did oil-consuming countries ever imagine Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz?
Were oil markets more adaptable than expected?
Where is oil from Venezuela being shipped to?
Has OPEC lost its importance? Where is the focus being shifted to?
Does energy security require long-term planning?
Is there a big difference between how conservative Republicans plan for secure,
abundant, and affordable energy supplies as compared to how liberal Democrats
plan for secure, abundant, and affordable energy supplies?
Has oil and gas become a weapon in the battle for world dominance?
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August 30, 2024
Title: Are Electric Vehicles Worth the Cost?
Topic: Electric Vehicles
Discussed by Dr. Jonathan Lesser
with National Center for Energy Analytics (www.energyanalytics.org/)
Has our government overlooked the enormous physical and economic challenges of attempting to rapidly replicate the fueling convenience of today’s gasoline distribution system with an electric charging cord and plug?
New guest Dr. Jonathan Lesser is a Senior Fellow at the National Center for Energy Analytics and the President of
Continental Economics. Dr. Lesser has over thirty-five years of experience working and consulting for regulated utilities and government.
Today, Dr. Lesser discusses his latest report: “Infrastructure Requirements for the Mass Adoption of Electric Vehicles”.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
America is a mobile society and the automobile has been a huge part of that. Has this transformation been a good or bad thing?
How many retail gas stations and gas pump nozzles are currently in the US?
Dr. Lesser discusses what will need to be done to transform them to electric charging stations and the massive inconvenience this will cause for every person who owns a vehicle.
What are the mandates requiring all new vehicles sales to be electric beginning in 2035?
Do the majority of Americans want electric vehicles?
How will the EV mandate affect our homes? What is the estimated cost for each family to have a charging station in their home?
Dr. Lesser explains that the majority homes (especially older homes) are not built with the capability to charge an EV and how costly it will be for millions of people to replace the current electric panel. This does not even include the outrageous costs for the electric company and home builders!
Has the government considered the extreme financial burden that mandating EVs will place on families?
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Title: The US Governments’ Obsession with Clean Energy
Topic: Affordable and Reliable Energy
Discussed by Mark Mills
with National Center for Energy Analytics (www.energyanalytics.org/)
Mark Mills is the Executive Director of the National Center for
Energy Analytics, a distinguished Senior Fellow at the Texas Public
Policy Foundation, and a contributing editor at City Journal. Mark
is a faculty fellow at Northwestern University’s School of Engineering
and the author of several
books. Further, Mark is an
experimental physicist and development engineer in microprocessors and fiber
optics, earning several patents
Today, Mark Mills discusses the American governments’ obsession with “clean
energy” and how much it will cost the average American family.
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Questions/Issues Discussed:
Modern civilization heavily relies on abundant, affordable, and reliable energy.
However, have innovators created far more ways to consume energy than to produce
it?
Has the government considered the costs for infrastructure upgrades nationwide
for more generating capacity, transmission capacity, substations, poles, wires,
and transformers for electric vehicles? Mark Mills believes that the people
making new mandates and regulations are simply naïve, explaining what all this
will actually cost and why it will be impossible to accomplish this goal over
the next ten years.
Where will the raw materials come from for a totally clean America? Do we even
have enough raw material for all that will be needed?
Is anyone in our government listening to the warnings? Mark Mills explains that
our elected officials have the power to stop this nonsense, but most are putting
their heads in the sand.
Many Western European countries have switched to solar and/or wind energy. What
has been the result?
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