Category: Energy News Beat

Daily Energy Standup Episode #286 – EV Fleet Downsizing, Self-Driving Repo Cars, Germany’s Net Zero Challenge, ESG Taboos, Arctic Storm Gas Outage, and Biden’s Natural Gas Tax Crackdown

Energy News Beat Daily Standup Top Stories Hertz cites weak demand, high damage costs in decision to downsize EV fleet January 11, 2024 Mariel Alumit Hertz Global Holdings Inc. said Thursday it is selling about 20,000 electric vehicles from its fleet, or about one-third of the total, in the latest sign that the EV revolution is […]

ENB #174 Insights from Hugo Kruger on Politics, Corruption, and the Future of Global Energy

Energy News Beat This is a wild and fun discussion with Hugo Kruger about the international Energy Markets. I mean we covered oil, gas, coal, nuclear and even geopolitical. Hugo has a great Substack HERE: https://substack.com/@hkrugertjie. He has quite a following, and even Robert Bryce is in the mix of followers. (One of my heroes). […]

The Price Germany Pays for Net Zero

Energy News Beat Germans stopped counting long ago, but the rest of the world still might be interested in what Europe’s largest economy is paying to accomplish its transition to net-zero carbon emissions. The short answer: There’s a reason Germans prefer not to know. Consider the construction of new green electricity generation capacity, which is […]

ESG Becomes Corporate America’s New Taboo – What is next?

Energy News Beat ESG, once a dominant trend, is now facing disapproval and legal challenges, prompting businesses to distance themselves and adopt new terms like “responsible business.” Political pressures and investor skepticism have led to significant withdrawals from ESG funds, with companies like BlackRock, State Street, and Fidelity adjusting their policies in response. The shift […]

Western strikes on Houthis mostly failed – NYT

Energy News Beat The US-led group hit almost all targets but knocked out only about 25% of the militia’s assets, the report claims The US-led strikes on alleged positions of Houthi militias in Yemen have failed to significantly weaken their military potential and prevent them from further attacks on shipping routes in the Red Sea, […]

Massive Gas Outage Threatens Millions Of Americans’ Energy Supplies Amid Arctic Storm

Energy News Beat A massive storage facility in Washington state serving the natural gas network that provides electricity and heating fuel to millions of Americans from the Pacific Northwest down to New Mexico went down Saturday evening. The Jackson Prairie Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility in Lewis County, roughly two hours south of Seattle, suffered […]

Would you buy a Ford self-driving car that would automatically drive to a repo company if you missed a payment? 

Energy News Beat Would you buy a Ford self-driving car that would automatically drive to a repo company if you missed a payment? https://energynewsbeat.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Ford-Recalling-cars-.mp4 Ford is on time for in the process of a patent application for self-driving cars to drive away from their owners after a series of missed payments for its proposal will […]

Biden admin issues new natural gas tax in latest fossil fuel crackdown

Energy News Beat Larry Kudlow: ‘Global warming is a hoax’ Fox Business host Larry Kudlow unloads on the Biden administration’s environmental agenda and EV push on ‘America Reports.’ Watch the latest video at foxnews.com The Biden administration unveiled a new regulatory proposal Friday that would introduce a new tax on the fossil fuel industry, punishing producers that […]

ENB #173 “Exploring the Synergy: Oil, Gas, and Nuclear Energy Perspectives with Douglas C. Sandridge”

Energy News Beat I love my job. Talking with executives, authors, and industry leaders about all types of energy is extremely cool. Douglas Sandridge, SVP of Fulcrum Energy Capital Funds and the Executive Director for Oil & Gas Executives for Nuclear, came by the podcast. His substack article: Oil & Gas Executives Believe that Common […]

How fracking helped the U.S. become the world’s top LNG exporter

Energy News Beat Oil Price In 2003, the late author and investment banker Matther Simmons predicted that with “certainty,” by 2005 the U.S. would enter a long-term natural gas crisis for which the only solution was “to pray.” T. Boone Pickens and a number of high-profile energy insiders concurred. ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil made large acquisitions […]