329. Energy Crisis in Europe, What Can We Expect in the U.S.?

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Linnea Lueken are joined by Isaac Orr in episode 329 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about the unfolding energy crisis in Europe, the global rebound of coal, and what we should expect in the U.S. if our leaders continue down the path of unreliable energy.

OPENING CHIT CHAT – COVID/AUTHORITARIAN POLL UPDATE

Salt Lake Tribune - Utah leaders have surrendered to COVID pandemic, the Editorial Board writes

https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/editorial/2022/01/15/utah-leaders-have/

EUROPEAN ENERGY CRISIS

NYT - A Scary Energy Winter Is Coming. Don’t Blame the Greens

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/opinion/energy-climate-iran-nuclear.html

Bloomberg - Europe’s Governments Face a Reckoning as Energy Prices Surge

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-16/europe-s-energy-crisis-how-governments-are-trying-to-curb-soaring-bills

Bloomberg - U.K. Energy Crisis Deepens as Council-Backed Supplier Fails

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-18/u-k-supplier-together-energy-collapses-with-176-000-customers

CotAE - Greenflation is very real and, sorry, it’s not transitory

https://www.americanexperiment.org/bloomberg-greenflation-is-very-real-and-sorry-its-not-transitory/

COAL RESURGENCE

Axios - U.S. greenhouse gas emissions jumped in 2021

https://www.axios.com/us-carbon-emissions-jumped-2021-coal-rebound-fb2a4b1d-2cfd-4eaf-b453-8f89d6a51b57.html

CO2 Coalition - Climate industrial complex left clueless as fossil fuels proliferate

https://co2coalition.org/2022/01/11/climate-industrial-complex-left-clueless-as-fossil-fuels-proliferate/

Guardian - China’s coal production hit record levels in 2021

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/17/chinas-coal-production-hit-record-levels-in-2021

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