Why You (& all Americans) Owe Harold Hamm; The “Trillion Dollar Swing”

Jacki recounts the true story of the historic rise of Harold Hamm, arguably the most successful oil and gas man in America today. Hamm was the youngest of 13 children, born in a two-room Oklahoma homestead to sharecropper and part-time preacher. Arguably, few have worked harder to achieve American energy independence – or at least energy security. Because of people like Harold Hamm, we are no longer beholden to petrostate dictators to keep the country running. His new book, Game Changer: Our Fifty-Year Mission to Secure America’s Energy Independence, explains how Hamm bucked the conventional wisdom and helped restore America as an energy superpower. - - - - - Jacki explains how she once agreed with President Obama that we “cannot drill our way to prosperity,” and then came to see the light. In fact, it was Obama who is largely responsible for Jacki’s pilgrimage to Texas. - - - - - Why we cannot “Turn Oil Into Salt.” In the past, countries fought wars for salt, the only means of preserving food (the energy supply of the Middle Ages). With refrigeration, salt wars ended. Some think that with the advent of wind and solar, we can “get off of oil” and stop fighting wars for it. Not yet… - - - - - What is the “Trillion Dollar Swing”? - - - - - U.S. oil and gas production are booming at record levels under Biden. But he doesn’t deserve credit. - - - - - Electric vehicles are not selling. - - - - - Phasing out coal plants will cost us BIG.