The State of Energy
Ignite The Propane Conversation. The State of Energy is a podcast / broadcast show that brings you everything you ever needed to know about propane. For your home, business or farm. For fleets of school buses or forklifts. We will discuss how “Propane Can Do That”.
Episodes
Don't be green washed this Earth Day
Propane is a clean alternative to traditional coal electricity.
https://www.earthday.org/recycling-is-a-crying-shame/
Crying Indian you tube
The epa has release its final rules for 2027 Model year diesel emissions.
Ford cuts Lighting production by 2/3
Will propane save the day again?
https://fortune.com/2024/03/29/ford-f150-lightning-ev-michigan-sales-cuts-production-epa-emissions-rule-hybrids/
https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/business-inputs/article/2024/03/29/epa-rolls-worlds-toughest-emission
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Chat GPT uses as much power as 17,000 homes. America is running out of power, propane can help.
Rand and Tom discuss AI tech booms insane energy demand. Propane Microgrids and how propane can help.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/07/ai-data-centers-power/
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-obscene-energy-demands-of-ai
https://cointelegraph.com/learn/bitcoin-halving-how-...
The State of Energy Hosts Tom Clark and Rand DeWitt Discuss finding an energy source 63,000 ft below the surface of the earth in new geothermal drilling.
60 million dollars of federal money to a Utah company to start drilling.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/quaise-energy-geothermal-earth-drilling/
https://gephardtdaily.com/local/feds-announce-millions-in-funding-for-geothermal-
https://www.cn...
Special Guest - World Liquid Gas Association - Cinch Munson, Business Development Director.
Cinch talks about the most important propane meeting in the last decade.
The Innovation Summit brings together key industry leaders from the global LPG industry to consider strategies for advancing innovation in our industry. We will be bringing together nearly 200 industry leaders and innovators who are shaping the future of energ...
The State of Energy hosts Tom Clark and Rand DeWitt interview Steve Goreham.
Steve is an independent scholar, researcher, and futurist in the fields of energy and environmental policy, as well as a former engineer and business executive with 30 years of experience at Fortune 100 and private companies. He’s Executive Director of the Climate Science Coalition of America and a policy advisor to The Heartland Institute.
Live from Winter Fire School in St George, Utah, with Boyd Cook.
Rand, Tom, and Boyd discuss propane safety in fire service.
Ebike fires in New York
https://news.yahoo.com/electric-bikes-start-record-number-203832823.html#:~:text=According%20to%20figures%20released%20by,200%20per%20cent%20in%202023.
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cummins-will-pay-1-675b-fine-for-engine-emissions-violations
https://www.consumerreports.org/car-recalls-defects/ecodiesel-engine-emissions-repairs-damaged-trucks-fiat-chrysler/
https://calcoastnews.com/2024/01/berkeley-cant-enforce-natural-gas-ban-and-neither-can-slo/
Tom and Rand discuss the Massachusetts Public Utility Commission's attempt to stop natural gas growth. Why gas infrastructure is essential for energy security, and food security.
Propane on the farm and farm incentives
Propane-Powered Industrial Engines – New, EPA- and/or CARB-certified
industrial engines used for agricultural purposes can qualify for the following
incentives:
$300/liter of displacement for pump...
California is short 68 Billion- feat Colin Sueyres WPGA CEO.
Teacher wages or electric school buses? What will California cut from the budget to make ends meet?
Colin describes the California shortfall and the impacts to clean energy.
Propane can help
Tom and Rand discuss energy security. Propane can provide energy security for your family, business, farm and your community.
Tom and Rand recap this month's visits to Roush Clean Tech, the NPGA meeting in Louisville, and the PERC Advisory meeting in Providence.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a43546970/new-strict-epa-mpg-rules-for-2027-2032-vehicles/
https://www.morningstar.com/stocks/our-10-year-utilities-forecast-renewable-energy-triple-by-2032
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/19/greta-thunberg-joins-se...
Interview with NPGA Steve Kaminski @ RMPA Fall Conference
Second Nobel Prize Winner Signs Letter With 1,600 Scientists Declaring Climate ‘Emergency’ A Myth
The State of Energy hosts Tom Clark and Rand DeWitt discuss a breakthrough in technology to produce renewable propane from carbon dioxide.
A paper recently published in Nature Energy based on pioneering research done at Illinois Institute of Technology reveals a promising breakthrough in green energy: an electrolyzer device capable of converting carbon dioxide into propane in a manner that is both scalable and economical...
Electric bus manufacturer that Zions National Park was testing files bankruptcy.
Zions still don't have EVs, and the propane buses are getting old.
Let's get Zions to replace the buses with new Propane buses and clean the air.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/09/what-led-to-ev-darling-proterras-bankruptcy/
Check out document Page 43 pdf page 53 of the study from NREL that shows EV Test Bus produ...
Record heat has air conditioners at their max.
Las Vegas residents see $700 power bills.
National Energy Assistance Directors Association Says Power bill up 11.7% this summer
Credit cards and carbon footprints Qualpay is our guests on the State of Energy
https://www.qualpay.com/
Independence Day Fireworks Emissions
https://www.iqair.com/us/newsroom/no-fireworks-July-4
https://8billiontrees.com/carbon-offsets-credits/carbon-footprint-of-fireworks/#:~:text=Fireworks%20are%20significant%20carbon%20emitters,gas%2Dengine%20vehicles%20every%20year
https://www.nps.gov/articles/p52-rv-fire-safety-101.htm#:~:text=Never%20leave%20appliances%20that%20are,(like%20in%20storage%20spaces)
The State of Energy featuring LPGas Magazines Editor-in-Chief Brian Richesson and Publisher Biran Kanaba. Discussions on industry accomplishments and challenges
https://www.lpgasmagazine.com/lp-gas-growth-summit/
https://www.mopekaiot.com/
WYOMING — Rocky Mountain Power has submitted an application to increase rates starting Jan. 1, 2024. In the application, it states, “Please find enclosed for filing Rocky Mountain Power’s (the “Company”) application for authority to increase Wyoming retail rates by approximately $140.2 million per year or 21.6 percent on average.”
Monthly U.S. propane exports in March 2023 reach a record high
LPG Market Projected to...
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