On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the deliberations at Davos, the impending debt limit crisis, and more.

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• Kamala Climate: Momentum
• Debt Limit Summary: CNBC
• Fink
• Oakland A’s?

Electric car manufacturers in Europe are slowing down production because battery cars have proven too expensive for the middle class and the supply of lithium for their batteries is too uncertain. Production in Europe this year is expected to be 12 million cars—a million less than previous estimates. Tesla, for example, is cutting prices to boost demand. Of more than 900 auto executives surveyed internationally, 76 percent  believe that inflation and high-interest rates will slow sales and...

During the holidays, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army issued a proposed redefinition of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (CWA).  The rule would expand the EPA and Army’s regulatory oversight to include traditionally navigable waters, territorial seas, interstate waters and, “upstream water resources that significantly affect those waters.”  According to the two agencies, the revised rule...

A Commissioner of President Biden’s Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) wants a ban on indoor gas stoves. Richard Trumka Jr., a Biden commissioner on the CSPC, told Bloomberg the ban is justified because gas stoves increase respiratory problems such as asthma among children, which is a myth  promoted by environmentalists whose real agenda is not to reduce asthma but to ban natural gas. The American Gas Association notes that neither the CSPC nor EPA has cited gas stoves as a...

Biden’s Department of Energy will not be refilling the nation’s emergency reserves, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, any time soon as the agency has rejected bids received for the February fill since the bids are above $70 a barrel. Today’s price for Texas Intermediate oil is $75.87 a barrel . Biden depleted the emergency oil reserve of 260 million barrels to keep gasoline prices down going into the mid-term election last year. Biden promised to refill the reserve starting this...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss recent events in Congress, California's descent into chaos, this week's crop of word salad, and Biden's high-security garage.

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• Rep. Dan Bishop: “Today, we're putting the deep state on notice. We are coming for you.”
• McKenna Column
• Gavin Newsome Free State?
• Spending a lot of time talking about other states and other governors (DeSantis)
• Rivian. The Lifestyle Company WSJ
• GM Lagging. WSJ EV Sales...

To Senator Manchin’s dismay, Biden’s Treasury Department is allowing the tax credit for electric vehicles to be claimed if the vehicle is leased  regardless of where the battery components and vehicle were manufactured. The intent of the Inflation Reduction Act was for the tax credit to be applied to electric vehicles that were manufactured from components made in the United States or its allies to develop those industries at home and not to be reliant on autocratic countries. Europe’s...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the ongoing battle for Speaker of the House, America's holiday spending habits, and the first headlines of 2023.

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• Lower your Debt
• ESPN Prayer
• Biden Out of My Mind
• McCarthy Update
• Byron Donalds Clip
• I got you babe
• Tucker
• That didn’t take long. CNN Welcomes Adam Kinzinger
• Breaking News: Debbie Stabenow not seeking re-election
• A Patch in our Jeans

Coal generation worldwide is expected to increase to a new record in 2022, driven by robust coal power growth in India and the European Union and by increases in China. In Europe, high natural gas prices led to fuel switching to coal in electricity generation. However, both natural gas and coal generation increased due to lower hydroelectric and nuclear power production, low wind speeds in some European countries and insufficient growth in wind and solar power. Many thought global coal...

The European Union added 41.4 gigawatts  of solar capacity in 2022, increasing 47 percent from the 28.1 gigawatts added in 2021. It was led by Germany with 7.9 gigawatts of solar capacity added and Spain with 7.5 gigawatts. Other European countries also added solar capacity in 2022 as follows: Poland (4.9 gigawatts), the Netherlands (4 gigawatts), France (2.7 gigawatts), Italy (2.6 gigawatts), Portugal (2.5 gigawatts), Denmark (1.5 gigawatts), Greece (1.4 gigawatts), and Sweden (1.1...