Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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0:15 Intro with Mike Herzog
1:08 Tesla and Google Say Grid Is Underused
2:04 California Solar Payback Gets Cut
3:16 Why the Grid Can’t Yet Operate Smarter
4:20 First New U.S. Oil Refinery in 50 Years
6:16 Reliance and the Brownsville Refinery Deal
8:10 Why America Stopped Building Refineries
10:45 Texas Becomes a Nuclear Testing Ground
13:19 Texas Power Demand Could Nearly Triple by 2050
16:06 First Industrial Small Modular Reactor for Dow
17:41 Old Industrial Sites and Data Center Power Potential
19:59 Texas Molten Salt Reactor Faces Supply Chain Problems
21:46 Can Small Modular Reactors Compete on Cost?
24:02 Why Nuclear May Struggle in Texas Before 2040
26:54 Texas Lets Big Power Users Bring Their Own Generation
27:34 European Union Unveils €75 Billion Clean Energy Plan
29:29 Lucid Gravity Adds Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
30:28 Used Electric Vehicle Market Reaches Tipping Point
33:29 Green Hydrogen Project Approved in Wales
37:11 Louisiana Lands $1.4 Billion Sustainable Fuel Project
39:23 Wind Farm Noise May Be Harming Fish
42:16 Wrap-Up and Next Show Schedule