The Country With the Most Energy in the World Can't Keep Up With Its Own Grid

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.

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00:00 - What is Consumer Energy Alliance
01:12 - Energy affordability and who it hits hardest
03:14 - Politics, NGOs, and policy by soundbite
05:34 - You can have clean energy and oil and gas
08:31 - New England's self-inflicted energy crisis
10:04 - Term-limited politicians and long-term problems
12:19 - Gas prices and what consumers actually misunderstand
14:41 - US energy self-sufficiency and geopolitical insulation
16:42 - Reshoring, AI, and the new energy demand reality
18:48 - Breaking down the Biden energy policy
23:41 - Infrastructure deficits and the permitting war
26:42 - How data centers should pay for their power
29:51 - Inside data centers and why they use so much energy
33:35 - Nuclear is back and it's actually cool
37:27 - Texas, nuclear, and energy diversity
41:10 - Carbon capture and community education
44:28 - The next 10 to 15 years of energy change
47:28 - What every American should know about energy
49:29 - Energy Day festival in Houston

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