Expat Phyles

Ep. 45: Tain & Doomberg Talk Ineveitabilities and more...

Christian Nix

I ran into the man behind the now-famous Green Chicken known as Doomberg - the #1 editorial newsletter on energy markets on Substack.

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In this podcast, I talk to the Green Chicken about:

  • The Four Laws of Energy
  • Why the "arc" of energy demand is "forever up and to the right"
  • Why conservation in places like Europe and North America will do exactly nothing to decrease the use of hydrocarbons (or coal) anywhere else
  • The companies whose tech is so miraculous "indistinguishable from magic"
  • The farce of peak oil... peak cheap oil... and why oil companies are "giant deflationary machines"
  • What price inelasticity means for oil markets
  • How you know oil I the cheapest it's ever been and the "currency" you should measure in (instead of fiat dollars) if you want the whole truth
  • "Doomberg's Postulate" and how it affects your life
  • The true "Gating Function" of carbon emissions  
  • The nightmare of my power situation in Puerto Rico (pretty sure the power company has me in the crosshairs)
  • The real value of energy is much higher than we all pay for it (if you disagree, wait till you don't have it and then decide how much you'd pay!)
  • Why politics will be swept aside in the event of a true energy crisis
  • The "Bridge" fuel to nuclear is going to cause this hydrocarbon to soar
  • AI will be the big beneficiary of this cheap resource
  • Why AI data center builders will head to where there's access to cheap energy
  •  Some good news about Chinese pollution
  •  Doomberg describes the "magical process" of LNG
  • The Green Chicken makes a distinction between pollution and climate
  • What 14 of the world's largest banks decided recently in The Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center - and why it matters
  • The historical moment in energy markets that finally happened - and why it took so long
  • The single biggest "canard" regarding nuclear power
  • Fusion energy and the two fake problems it solves
  • Why SMRs are also an expensive distraction - and the limited situations in which they make sense
  • Whatever you think of the "climate crisis"
  • The great George Gilder... his classic book, Wealth and Poverty... and the clearest definition of the real modern crisis.
  • Closing thoughts from Doomberg: Don't "short" the human endeavor


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