Jacki Pick, a local Dallas resident, is the host of The Jacki Daily Show. She also has an extensive career in energy, law, and politics. Jacki has served as General Counsel to an engineering firm specializing in energy, national security, and environmental cleanup. She has also served many years as legal counsel on Capitol Hill to the Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, and the former Ranking Member of the Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, advising on the oversight of federal agencies.
Jacki discusses fossil fuels and their intimate connection with the global economy and international policy. Her opinions may be controversial for some, but Jacki argues that everyone should do their research on the facts before forming an opinion based on populist opinion and the media hype.
Show Notes
[2:30] How did Jacki transition from law to energy policy?
[3:05] Did you know terrorism comes from primarily petro-states?
[4:20] When Jacki understood oil and its connections towards war, world conflicts began to make much more sense.
[4:55] But, isn’t the U.S. waging war over the petro-states and not the other way around?
[6:50] Instead of thinking in terms of the ‘good’ guys and the ‘bad’ guys, start thinking of it from an incentive point of view. What incentives do the U.S. or even Russian governments need to employ in order to control the energy supply?
[8:00] Jacki claims that the U.S. simply cannot feed millions of people without fossil fuel.
[11:15] We’re globally connected to trade partners, both friendly and not.
[11:55] The U.S. has relied on imports for so long, that it’ll take a long time for the U.S. to become energy-independent.
[12:20] Canada is our largest source of foreign oil.
[14:20] You want to be born into a country that uses fossil fuels, because your quality of life will be considerately much higher.
[16:00] It’s impossible today to run on renewable energy.
[17:55] Why are fossil fuels seen as so bad if we need them to survive?
[25:55] When it comes to energy, do your homework before you formulate an opinion.
[27:20] There seems to be a bias towards fossil fuels and our world’s natural resources, why is that?
[33:30] The U.S. has never truly had an energy policy.
[34:10] Why is the department of energy really, in fact, the department of nuclear energy?
[41:55] When it comes to oil prices, what do you need to be aware of?
[43:40] How can investors capitalize on opportunities in the energy space?
[47:55] Jacki speculates on how President Trump may affect energy policy.
[50:55] Jacki discusses the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy.
[55:00] If we stopped using fossil fuels tomorrow, a majority of the population would die of starvation.
Connect with Jacki:
Her think tank: www.ncpa.org
Her show: www.jackidaily.com
Jacki’s show segment on Dakota Access pipeline: https://soundcloud.com/jacki-daily/brigham-mccown-the-truth-about-dakota-access-pipeline
The Billionaires Club report (funding of the fringe green movement in the U.S.): http://leftexposed.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2014-Senate-Billionaire-Club-Report.pdf
Recommended Resources:
Brigham McCown: The Truth About Dakota Access Pipeline
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