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JRost's avatar

Chris Wright would approve. Nice new spins on an old topic. I believe some of our ‘preaching’ is being heard.

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Lisa Jordan's avatar

Those kids are lucky to have you in their class. Hopefully they are listening! I love all your posts and really enjoy the knowledge you share with all of us.

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Sidetrack96's avatar

Ratio of exploded to unexploded heads?

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Ironman53's avatar

Nice speech! How did it go over, like a turd in the punchbowl?

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Ezra's avatar

Love it. I’ve been asked to go back to my high school next year to talk about energy to the senior’s advanced economics class. I’m borrowing this as the opener!

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Dawn's avatar

Ooooh yes…A+. Speak louder…hope your profs & classmates appreciate the intel…they will hopefully be ‘defending’ it someday!

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Jeff Chestnut's avatar

Well done DRW!

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Steve Bibb's avatar

Good job! Had to have been a few “deer in the head lights” looks.

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Russell A. Paielli's avatar

Great talk. I just hope your prof is not offended by the truth. I hear many of them are.

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David Ramsden-Wood's avatar

Fortunately - I don’t care about grades which really frees me!

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Ed Boczar's avatar

You nailed it!

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dave walker's avatar

Shout out to your absolutely awesome 5 minute pitch of truth.

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Becky Byrd's avatar

Fantastic stuff!

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BigMitch89's avatar

You’re correct. What was the response from your no doubt indoctrinated audience?

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David Ramsden-Wood's avatar

Very large eyes!!!

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Blanca's avatar

I work in luxury travel and design, and even in that space, I see how out-of-touch the energy conversation can get. People want guilt-free vacations powered by solar, but they fly 20 hours across the world and expect 24/7 AC, perfect Wi-Fi, and seamless service. The infrastructure behind that isn’t magic,it’s fossil-based.

pretending that cutting emissions is just a matter of political will, not physics, cost, or global coordination. And meanwhile, the countries doing the most virtue signaling are often the least honest about the downstream impact on their own citizens.

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Joe's avatar

Awesome 5 minutes Mr David. I’ve given this speech numerous times during my oil and gas career. I wonder if your classmates are emotional responders like most of the gloom and boomers OR are they critical thinkers like you and me and most engineers. Hopefully the listened and believed.

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Georoc01's avatar

Its certainly interesting to see how this unfolds. Elon Musk is pushing that we could power the entire US on a 100sq mile grid. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-says-world-isnt-231115577.html

I still think Nuclear is in our future. Something Spain banned. Nuclear technology is advancing faster than battery technology.

https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/5-ways-us-nuclear-energy-industry-evolving-2024

The future will be a mix. Just here in Colorado you see how much Oil and Gas is running into development on the front range. And leaks like the benzene one by Chevron doesn't help its cause. Its time to move forward. The transition will be challenging, but its doable.

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