On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss what happened with Biden's "infrastructure" bill and the fallout from COP26.

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• While COP26 enters into its 2nd week, China announced overnight that daily coal production has reached a **multi-year high** of 11.93 million tonnes per day
• in JUST 90 DAYS, between Oct and Dec, China is adding the equivalent of a FULL YEAR of coal production in Poland
• U.S. Energy Secretary Bursts Out Laughing When Asked Her...

On Monday, a group of 11 U.S. Senators wrote a letter to President Biden complaining about the high price of gasoline. Like the Secretary of Energy, these Senators get some basic facts wrong about the oil market in the United States and around the world. In this case, the Senators are wrong because the United States has been a net oil importer this year.   

The Senators correctly note that high prices burden families. They write: 

Last week, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm erroneously claimed that “OPEC controls more than 50 percent of petroleum supply.” This week she was back on TV with new inaccurate claims. For example, on State of the Union on CNN , she erroneously claimed, “OPEC is a cartel, and it controls over 50 percent of the supply of gasoline.” She also stated that “OPEC is controlling the agenda with respect to oil prices.” While the United States it the world’s largest oil producer and...

Congratulations are in order on the passage of the so-called bipartisan infrastructure bill. Not to President Joe Biden, whose own priorities barely feature in the legislation, but to another Joe, the one from West Virginia (though we would be remiss if we didn’t also congratulate Senator Krysten Sinema, the Arizona Democrat who worked hard to attract GOP support for the bloated bill). The legislation, which finally passed the House months after passing the Senate, was really Senator Joe...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the results of the 2021 state elections in Virginia and elsewhere and what Glenn's Youngkin's victory means for the rest of the country.

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna respond to breaking news and discuss the efforts of everyone's favorite globe-trotting "diplomat."

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• Biden Framework for Social-Climate Package Fails to Ease Passage of Infrastructure Bill
• The New Jersey Governor’s Race Gets Closer under the Radar
• Biden on vaccine mandates
• Biden on "freedom"
• Saudi Arabia on climate change
• Under-investment in traditional energy sources amid the ongoing transition to renewables may...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna dispense a few words of wisdom for our elected leaders and anyone else who will listen.

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast, Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss election updates from around the country, prospects for 2024, and headlines from around the world.

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• "Let's Go Brandon"
• Trump Iowa rally audio
• Pope Francis Condemns Abortion: “It Really is a Murder”
• A cabinet member has been on leave for two months **and nobody noticed**.
• Chinese President Xi does not plan to attend Rome summit in person, envoys tell G-20 officials
• “Who do you think should be in...

One of the ways Democrats intend to pay for their reconciliation infrastructure bill is through the Methane Emissions Reduction Act of 2021, a proposed tax on methane emissions from natural gas and petroleum production. The tax would start at $1,800 per ton of emissions in 2023 with the potential direct cost of the tax to the economy being as high as $14.4 billion, increasing 5 percent above inflation annually.

This tax would most likely reduce oil and gas production in the U.S. at a...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss OPEC+, JP Morgan's energy paper, Europe's energy crunch, China, and much, much more.

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• Vladimir Putin doesn't let a crisis go to waste, and enjoys every chance to troll the European Commission
• Column: Asia's energy crunch boosts coal and LNG, but threatens their future
• China unloads Australian coal despite import ban amid power shortage