The Unregulated Podcast #89: Tough Stuff

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast, Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the prospects of Congress passing a reconciliation bill, Biden getting his “gas tax holiday,” SCOTUS rulings, and an update on the Ukrainian conflict. Links: Biden snaps at a reporter for asking about economists warning of a recession. Biden climate czar John Kerry: […]

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President Biden’s Gas Tax Holiday: Another Empty Gesture

Americans need real regulatory reform, not empty gestures. WASHINGTON DC (06/22/2022) – Earlier today, President Joe Biden called for temporarily suspending the federal gasoline tax, asking lawmakers to pass a three-month pause on the federal 18-percent-per-gallon tax. This continues his administration’s routine of offering empty gestures to Americans who are struggling with record-high energy prices. […]

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Supply Chain Woes Pour Cold Water On Biden’s Green Dreams

Over a dozen battery storage projects that were meant to support intermittent renewable energy supplies have been postponed, canceled or renegotiated due to labor and transport bottlenecks, soaring minerals prices, and competition from the electric vehicle industry. The delays, ranging from several months to a year, are in a number of states including California, Hawaii and […]

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Watch Rep. Rho Khanna Backtrack on Domestic Oil Production

Many leading Democrats in Congress, including Rep. Rho Khanna, ran for office promising to end domestic production of natural gas, oil, & coal. Back in October of last year, he praised oil companies for decreasing oil production in Europe and asked if they were embarrassed because they were increasing production in the United States.  Now […]

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Biden’s SPR Releases Help China Stockpile More Oil

China is surpassing the United States this year as the world’s largest refiner as government climate goals and regulation cause U.S. refiners to close facilities. China is expected to have 18.81 million barrels per day of refining capacity while the United States has 17.7 million barrels per day of operating refinery capacity and about 0.4 million barrels per day […]

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The Unregulated Podcast #88: The Performance of a Lifetime

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the ever-expanding distance between the Biden administration’s talking points and reality. Plus see the return of a fan favorite: “By The Numbers.” Links: Bad News, America: The Yankees Are Great Again Kevin O’Leary: Biden must “reverse the mistake[s]” he’s made on energy […]

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Biden’s War On Coal Sends American Energy To China

Together, China and India are planning to increase their domestic coal production by a total of 700 million tons per year. That increase is about 100 million tons more than the total coal production expected in the United States this year of 600 million tons. U.S. coal production today is about half of its high in 2008 of 1.17 billion tons. […]

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Biden Rolls Back Another Trump Era Reform

President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to restore authority to states and tribes under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act to veto gas pipelines, coal terminals and other energy projects, reversing a Trump administration rule that had curtailed that power. Prior to 2020, the Clean Water Act gave states and tribes the ability to review […]

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Biden’s Latest PR Stunt Only Worsens Gas Prices

Both oil and gasoline prices increased after each and every time President Biden announced the release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Biden clearly does not understand the oil industry, as his actions have resulted in price increases rather than the decreases he predicted. He continually blames the increases on everyone else but his […]

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