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Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this. Must bookmark this post for further review of your book recommendations!

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Excellent description of the current state. I might say that today's election results in Europe are pointing to a bit more disillusion over the Net Zero concept there as people everywhere decide that reliable and cheap are the most important aspects of energy

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thank you Andy

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Thank you Arjun. Excellent, as always.

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thank you Martin!

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Thanks as always Arjun! Do you have any book/resource recommendations to learn more about Mr. Lee Raymond?

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Thank you Steve. Private Empire is basically the history of Exxon during Lee's tenure and a bit beyond. Not a Lee Raymond biography but a good read.

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Perfect! I look forward to learning more about him and his tenure. : )

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The obvious benefit of a Q&A format is it provides the framework for the readers to provide As to the Qs they receive outside of this knowledgeable group. Great job setting this up for everyone!

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thank you NTX! I do find people like it best. And form a writing perspective gives the opportunity to directly state things instead of rambling on too much. :)

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Thanks, Arjun. There is a dark side as well to the "urgent climate crisis" crowd, discussed by the highly credible Prof. Roger Pielke here with explicit examples: https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/culling-for-climate

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Thank you Paul. I am a huge fan of Dr. Pielke. Had the great fortune to meet him in person this week. I need to incorporate some of his great analysis into some of my stuff.

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Well done for pointing out these politically-motivated terms. As one commentator noted, we are still waiting for “peak wood”

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LOL. yes! Rob West of ThunderSaid had a similarly great line that the "Iron Age" ended in the 1300s but we still use more iron than ever.

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