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342. A Return to Energy Sanity? Responding to Twitter

04.22.2022 - By The Heartland InstitutePlay

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The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo are joined by the Center of the American Experiment’s Isaac Orr for episode 342 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about the end of mask mandates. Jim responds to Twitter. And the big question of the day: Is the Biden Administration returning to energy sanity?

 

OPENING CHIT CHAT

Jim Promotes a Tweet on Twitter

https://twitter.com/HeartlandInst/status/1514717380433391618

 

TOPIC ONE – MASK MANDATES

NYP - Judge’s decision to void mask mandate prompts mid-flight cheers among fliers

https://nypost.com/2022/04/19/judges-decision-to-void-mask-mandate-prompts-mid-flight-cheers-among-fliers/

AP News - Feds will appeal mask ruling only if mandate still needed

https://apnews.com/article/judge-strikes-down-mask-mandates-1fccaa750b6d42b6b609ef75d3c14c26

Paul Krugman Makes a Ridiculous Prediction

https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1516424571439792146

 

TOPIC TWO – ENERGY SANITY?

ABC News - Infuriating climate activists, Biden expands oil drilling on public land

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/infuriating-climate-activists-biden-expands-oil-drilling-public/story?id=84148098

The Hill - Biden announces $6B to bail out nuclear plants at risk of closure

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3273536-biden-announces-6b-to-bail-out-nuclear-plants-at-risk-of-closure/

Watts Up With That - ‘We’re all in trouble’ – Wind turbine makers selling at a loss

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/04/14/were-all-in-trouble-wind-turbine-makers-selling-at-a-loss/

The Blaze - The cost of lithium — a metal used to make electric car batteries — is up nearly 500% since last year: 'Supply is simply nowhere near enough to feed this demand surge'

https://www.theblaze.com/news/lithium-cost-skyrockets-amid-electric-vehicle-demand

Reuters - Special Report: U.S. solar expansion stalled by rural land-use protests

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-solar-expansion-stalled-by-rural-land-use-protests-2022-04-07/

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