On Wednesday in Denver, we had the pleasure of joining Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. (UC Boulder) and Chris Wright, CEO and Chairman of Liberty Energy for a live discussion as part of Liberty Energy’s “Liberty and Energy” Presentation Series. Roger is a Professor in the Environmental Studies department at the University of Colorado Boulder and the author of “The Honest Broker” substack (linked here). Roger’s work focuses on the intersection of policy and governance issues related to science, technology, environment, innovation, and sports. It was exciting to bring the Denver area community together and have a live, studio audience to discuss the current state of climate, energy and the environment broadly.
To kick off the discussion, Roger walked us through a presentation with key background on the current state of science around energy and climate (slides linked here). We then dove into how the broader population might get better data and discussion around energy and climate, issues with the IPCC’s summary for policy makers, how priorities in the environmental world have shifted to focusing primarily on climate, the impact of climate alarmism on children and young adults, and how Roger approaches teaching his students to appreciate the scale and complexity of energy and electricity in the world. Roger shares examples of the “scenario wars” that are taking place, his experience being investigated by Congress, and the overwhelming need for solid data on climate from a trusted, authoritative organization that allows for open discussion.
We also discuss the role of oil and gas companies in the energy world of tomorrow, the math of getting to net zero 2050, the desperate need for more energy in the developing world, the glaring opportunity for America to help power the world, and conclude with some inside scoop on Roger’s chances of joining the team with Coach Prime. As you will hear, Roger is a great explainer and wonderful thinker. We can’t thank the Liberty team enough for allowing us to be a part of it. The world needs more “Liberty and Energy” town hall gatherings!
As you will hear, Roger very positively mentions a podcast with Michael Liebreich and Jim Skea (the new head) of the IPCC. The episode is linked here.
As we head into the weekend, we wish you well and hope your team wins! If you do get out for a walk or otherwise have some time, we hope very much you can tune in to this Special Edition COBT. We learned a lot!
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I’m remembering the Gavin Schmidt & Roy Spencer debate where Schmidt wouldn’t appear on the same stage as Spencer. On edit maybe I can find the You Tube of that.
For those of you who do not know Veriten, here’s a link:
https://veriten.com/
I would expect many of you would really enjoy their content ( I am a subscriber to their COB Tuesday feed… have been since their inception… really good stuff from important players across the spectrum of energy)
(slides linked here) is not active. I would love to see the slides. Thanks Gordon
Not a lot of meat on the bones! I got a lot more information out of Tom Nelson’s pod cast today with John Christy! I don’t need more warmunist discussions when we’re seeing winter in November!
During the discussion there is an underlying assumption that ‘we need to do something’ instead of recognising that eventually free open markets will determine future energy technologies despite state and NGO interference.
The right response to the non-problem of global warming is
to have the courage to do nothing. Christopher Monckton
Making something out of nothing is a heinous political superpower.
Pielke skirted the issue, but the fact that the IPCC;s Summary for Policymakers is so dramatically political, and is not the definitive condensation of what we know about climate is criminal. Nothing I heard hear makes me at all hopeful that rationality will prevail.
Christopher Allen Wright is an American businessman who is the CEO of Liberty Energy, North America’s second largest hydraulic fracturing company. He is the presumptive nominee for United States Secretary of Energy under Donald Trump’s second presidency. Wikipedia
Excellent talk by prof. Pielke Jr. well worth the hour spent listening. Thank you.
“…issues with the IPCC’s summary for policy makers…”
A document, written by politians for politians.