{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Energy 101: We Ask The Dumb Questions So You Don't Have To","title":"The Country With the Most Energy in the World Can't Keep Up With Its Own Grid","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3124,"description":"David Holt, President of Consumer Energy Alliance, sits down to unpack 20 years of fighting for affordable, reliable energy for regular Americans. From NIMBYism and lazy politics to the data center power surge, nuclear's comeback, carbon capture, and why the price of eggs is actually an energy story, this one covers a lot of ground and makes it all make sense.\nClick here to watch a video of this episode.\n00:00 - What is Consumer Energy Alliance\n01:12 - Energy affordability and who it hits hardest\n03:14 - Politics, NGOs, and policy by soundbite\n05:34 - You can have clean energy and oil and gas\n08:31 - New England's self-inflicted energy crisis\n10:04 - Term-limited politicians and long-term problems\n12:19 - Gas prices and what consumers actually misunderstand\n14:41 - US energy self-sufficiency and geopolitical insulation\n16:42 - Reshoring, AI, and the new energy demand reality\n18:48 - Breaking down the Biden energy policy\n23:41 - Infrastructure deficits and the permitting war\n26:42 - How data centers should pay for their power\n29:51 - Inside data centers and why they use so much energy\n33:35 - Nuclear is back and it's actually cool\n37:27 - Texas, nuclear, and energy diversity\n41:10 - Carbon capture and community education\n44:28 - The next 10 to 15 years of energy change\n47:28 - What every American should know about energy\n49:29 - Energy Day festival in Houston\nhttps://twitter.com/collide_ai\nhttps://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io\nhttps://www.facebook.com/collide.io\nhttps://www.instagram.com/collide.io\nhttps://www.youtube.com/@collide_io\nhttps://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/8F_7R-SE-nw_rUP_p1-vdDVWboJt_kcEhdbgrgTEL7E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jYjY2/Yjk4MWJiZWFlYmVl/ZGIxYjkxYTdiYTdi/ZGUwMy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}