Money For The Rest Of Us

With oil, natural gas, coal, and gasoline at the highest prices in eight years, we consider if there is an energy crisis due to an over-reliance on renewable energy sources.Topics covered include:How high have prices risen for oil, gasoline, natural gas, and coalWhy rising energy prices is a multifaceted problem as illustrated by coalHow the global energy mix has changed for power productionWhy investment capital is flowing to renewable energy projects rather than fossil fuel projectsWhy a clean energy transition leads to more volatile fossil fuel pricesHow higher oil prices lead to greater adoption of electric vehiclesHow renewable energy combined with battery technology will create lead to energy on-demand solutionsThanks to Egnyte and Policygenius for sponsoring the episode.For more information on this episode click here.Show NotesUS coal prices jump to highest level since 2009 by Myles McCormick—Financial TimesChina’s Energy Crisis Complicates Its Plans for Climate Announcements Ahead of COP26 by Sha