Irina Slav: Challenging the dominant narrative | Tom Nelson Pod #119

Irina has written about oil, gas, and all things energy since 2016. Her main focus is the reality of energy security and the many fantastical facets of the energy transition. Her work appears on Oilprice.com and Substack at Irina Slav on energy.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/IrinaSlav1

Substack: https://irinaslav.substack.com

Irina’s Oilprice.com articles: https://oilprice.com/search/tab/articles/irina_slav

Ice throw from wind turbines: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-186X/4/1/4

00:00 Introduction

01:51 Evil subsidies

05:13 Intermittent power: Not enough or too much

08:18 China producing solar panels using cheap coal power

09:33 Many climate cultists are young people looking for meaning

12:09 China's energy mix

14:13 Don't forget the grid connections

17:25 Hacking renewable energy

19:43 Green jobs?

23:35 Dysfunctional solar panels

25:10 Fire danger

27:45 Ask questions when things don't add up

29:34 Green delusions

32:26 Children mining in Africa

33:52 Rube Goldberg power

37:00 Animal fat-powered jets?

38:48 Putting wind turbines and solar panels in landfills?

41:20 Ghost wind and solar facilities?

43:07 Current oil supply

45:52 Energy transition hype

48:36 Big oil exiting wind and solar

53:15 People ask more questions if you hit them in the wallet

54:18 Rise and Fall of ESG

55:40 Looming totalitarianism?

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