On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan discuss global events in energy security, including recent academic papers on energy security issues, politicking around the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and the prospect of 100-year-old nuclear power plants.

For the interview section of the podcast, Kelly talks with Kent Fellows about his recent paper with the C.D. Howe Institute about the real costs associated with oil sands production, and what it could mean for Canada's future in the future of the global oil industry. Find Kent's paper here: https://www.cdhowe.org/public-policy-research/last-barrel-standing-confronting-myth-high-cost-canadian-oil-sands

Guest Bio:

- Kent Fellows is a Professor of Economics and Director of the Master’s in Public Policy Program at the University of Calgary

Host Bio:

- Kelly Ogle is the CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

Reading recommendations:

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton: https://www.amazon.ca/Ducks-Two-Years-Oil-Sands/dp/1770462899

Articles talked about in the intro:

1: https://epic.uchicago.cn/working_papers/energy-saving-may-kill-evidence-from-the-fukushima-nuclear-accident

2: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/insulation-only-provides-short-term-reduction-in-household-gas-consumption-study-of-uk-housing

Interview recording Date: January 17, 2022.

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Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.