You do not want to miss this episode of the LIVE Energy Realities Podcast on LinkedIn, X, and YouTube. David Blackmon, Tammy Nemeth, Irina Slav, and Stu Turley host a wild topic that we secretly had on our Bingo Cards: "Is the War on Coal Dead?" With the world needing more power, we are seeing a shift toward more coal use worldwide. What kind of realignment is happening? - Make sure you stop by and ask the team questions as they are from the U.S., Bulgaria, Canada, or the UK.
Highlights of the Podcast
00:11 – Introduction
02:26 – Coal's Resilience Amid Energy Transition
05:20 – Coal's Role in Global Energy Supply
10:00 – Germany’s Energy Crisis & Global Coal Plant Expansion
13:40 – U.S. Power Grid & ERCOT’s Energy Shortfall
18:00 – China’s Record Coal Expansion in 2024
23:00 – Energy Transition: Myth vs. Reality
30:10 – U.S. LNG Exports & Trade Strategy
35:30 - DOGE: Reuters Paid Millions by DoD for ‘Large Scale Social Deception’
37:18 - Diamondback in Talks to Buy Permian Producer Double Eagle
38:02 - Exclusive: India’s NTPC plans to spend $62 billion on 30 GW of nuclear power, sources say
38:33 - Trump, Zeldin, Looking to Challenge the EPA’s Ability to Regulate Plant Food as a Pollutant
42:37 - Google says US is facing a power capacity crisis in AI race against China
44:07 - Why upstream companies might break their capital discipline rules
49:10 - ERCOT’s latest projections show potential problems for Texas power grid by 2027
53:11 - Trump to boost U.S. offshore oil and gas with new energy dominance council
55:00 – Final Thoughts: The Future of Energy Policy
