Carbon As An Asset, Not A Liability; BLM, EVs, Life Span | Guest: W. P. Pendley

Federal land is rich with oil and gas that could decimate our national debt and trade deficit. Jacki discusses this topic with William Perry Pendley, the former acting director of the Bureau of Land Management. Pendley also talks about his decision to relocate the agency’s headquarters from the D.C. swamp to Colorado, moving the bureaucrats into the environments where they can actually experience first-hand the issues and people they oversee.

Then, in a recent “60 Minutes” interview, Sir David Attenborough said a “crime has been committed” because fossil fuels have “poisoned the earth” – never stopping to note that fossil fuels make possible human population growth, extended life spans, modern sanitation, and basically everything that modern life requires. He calls on everyone to make sacrifices. Jacki breaks down Attenborough’s one-sided worldview and what is really hostility to others enjoying the long life (95 years old!) and lavish, fossil-fueled lifestyle he enjoys as he jet-sets around the world.

Next, experts finally acknowledge that electric vehicles could likely have a higher carbon footprint than traditional internal combustion engine vehicles. Jacki balances the conversation on electric vehicles and explains that an electric future is as yet out of reach due to a scarcity of raw materials needed to manufacture them.

Finally, the social cost of carbon is portrayed as a great innovation to save the planet. The concept is calculated from unsubstantiated prognostications far into the future that are difficult to accurately assess or counter. Jacki explains why the Texas Public Policy Foundation opposes carbon pricing and what you can expect coming up from the Biden administration.