For all the talk about the demise of coal, it’s important to note that coal generated 35% of the world’s electricity in 2020, more than any other fuel. Even in the U.S., coal was expected to generate 23% of the nation’s electricity in 2021—up from 19% in 2020.

In addition to electricity generation, coal is critical for industry, making the cement, iron, and steel needed for modern civilization, including even wind turbines and solar panels. Without coal, the industrial revolution...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast, Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna make stunning and bold predictions for what will unfold in 2022.

Just in time for Christmas, the jolliest podcast hosts you know, Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna, unveil their inaugural holiday special.

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• Germany's nuclear phaseout "is far more damaging than anything Africa is doing in terms of developing its natural gas."
• Goodfellas Tommy get killed Scene
• Biden admin is extending the pause on federal student loan repayments for another three months to May 1, 2022.

On December 8, President Biden directed federal agencies to cut the government’s carbon dioxide emissions by 65 percent by 2030 with the goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. Biden is directing federal car shoppers to buy only zero-emission passenger vehicles and light trucks by the end of fiscal year 2027 , with 100 percent compliance by all vehicles by 2050. His executive orders call for federal buildings to transition to net-zero emissions by 2045, by primarily powering the...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss Democrats' crazy attempts at inflation deflection and nail down what exactly is causing the consumer price index to skyrocket.

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• Get ready pal!
• Senator Warren on greedy meat packers.
• U.S. energy secretary says an oil export ban is not in the works.

One of the President’s most important jobs is to “take Care that the Laws are faithfully executed” as it says in Article II Section 3 of the Constitution. Put another way, an important purpose of the Executive Branch is to execute the laws. The Department of Energy, however, does not want to do that with research and development on oil, natural gas, and coal. In fact, they have gone so far as to say that it is “a central ethic of our [Fossil Energy] office is that if a non-fossil...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast, Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss this week's headlines and the arrival of an unexpected ally in the fight against Biden's Build Back Beter.

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• Props to Bob Costas
• Hispanic Voters Now Evenly Split Between Parties, WSJ Poll Finds
• Biden Nominee Withdraws Name to Lead OCC Banking Watchdog
• Elon Musk's greatest hits
• Marco Rubio’s stand against Chinese slavery

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss this week's wildest headlines.

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• Greedy Capitalist Marshmallows!
• Centrist Dems sink Biden’s nominee for top bank regulator
• Leonardo DiCaprio Unloads Longtime Malibu Bungalow for $10.3 Million

On November 19, the House of Representatives passed a $2 trillion budget bill  with a long list of increases in federal royalties and fees, plus new fees, new taxes, and barriers to leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Pacific, Atlantic, and eastern Gulf of Mexico. It passed on a party-line vote of 220-213 and was sent to the Senate, where changes are expected. It contains a long list of higher costs for oil and gas companies, especially those operating on federal lands. The...

President Biden seeks further restrictions of oil and gas development on federal lands, substantially higher royalty fees.

WASHINGTON DC (November 23, 2021) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, strongly condemns President Biden's Black Friday release of a report on the federal oil and gas leasing program calling for further restrictions on federal lands for oil and gas development.

AEA...