{"id":363119,"date":"2025-01-23T15:12:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T14:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=363119"},"modified":"2025-01-23T15:12:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T14:12:45","slug":"president-trump-declares-a-national-energy-emergency-ft-energy-bad-boys-isaac-orr-mitch-rollling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=363119","title":{"rendered":"President Trump declares a National Energy Emergency (ft. Energy Bad Boys Isaac Orr + Mitch Rollling)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"363120\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=363120\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Energy-Bad-Boys.png?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Energy-Bad-Boys\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Energy-Bad-Boys.png?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Energy-Bad-Boys.png?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-363120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Energy-Bad-Boys.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Energy-Bad-Boys.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Energy-Bad-Boys.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Energy-Bad-Boys.png?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Energy-Bad-Boys.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2025\/01\/22\/president-trump-declares-a-national-energy-emergency-ft-energy-bad-boys-isaac-orr-mitch-rollling\/\">CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/author\/ghoffman\/\">Gabriella Hoffman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen the President is truthing out that he doesn\u2019t want a single wind turbine built during his administration, that\u2019s a real change in the policy wins, if you will. Because even as recently as 2016, 2012 Republicans were talking about all-of-the-above. Mitch and I are really tired of this kind of all above platitude, or all-of-the-above platitudes. We need all of the reliable and affordable power.&nbsp; All of the above is like\u2026an answer that a college student puts on their final exam when they didn\u2019t study for it.\u201d \u2014 Isaac Orr, one half of the Energy Bad Boys<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 482 of District of Conservation, Gabriella welcomes the Energy Bad Boys \u2013 Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling \u2013 to the podcast. Isaac and Mitch discuss their energy research work, initial reading into President Trump\u2019s executive actions on energy, why energy abundance is a better message than all-of-the-above, why wind and solar jeopardize grid stability, how to fully unleash nuclear energy, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Listen on Apple Podcasts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-podcast-player jetpack-podcast-player__direct-link\" href=\"https:\/\/creators.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/district-of-conservation\/episodes\/EP-482-President-Trump-Declares-National-Energy-Emergency-ft--Isaac-Orr--Mitch-Rolling-e2tq72v\/a-abo6hts\">https:\/\/creators.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/district-of-conservation\/episodes\/EP-482-President-Trump-Declares-National-Energy-Emergency-ft&#8211;Isaac-Orr&#8211;Mitch-Rolling-e2tq72v\/a-abo6hts<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Episode 482 of District of Conservation, Gabriella welcomes the Energy Bad Boys \u2013 Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling \u2013 to the podcast. Isaac and Mitch discuss their energy research work, initial reading into President Trump\u2019s executive actions on energy, why energy abundance is a better message than all-of-the-above, why wind and solar jeopardize grid stability, how to fully unleash nuclear energy, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":363120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691819240,691832811,691832812,691831255,691832813],"class_list":{"0":"post-363119","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-electric-grid","9":"tag-energy-bad-boys","10":"tag-energy-research","11":"tag-us-president-donald-trump","12":"tag-wind-and-solar-grift","14":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Energy-Bad-Boys.png?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1wsL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":254165,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=254165","url_meta":{"origin":363119,"position":0},"title":"Why 100% Wind &#038; Solar 100% Guarantees Blackouts and Rocketing Power Prices","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"22\/04\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"No civilised country has ever powered itself entirely with wind and solar; no country ever will. And yet the grand wind and solar \u2018transition\u2019 \u2013 being peddled by rent-seekers and crony capitalists \u2013 is still taken as an article of faith by the na\u00efve and gullible.","rel":"","context":"In \"Batterie\"","block_context":{"text":"Batterie","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=batterie"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0-windfarm-fire.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0-windfarm-fire.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0-windfarm-fire.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0-windfarm-fire.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0-windfarm-fire.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":336144,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=336144","url_meta":{"origin":363119,"position":1},"title":"The U.S. Navy proves nuclear is better","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"11\/07\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cBad Boys\u201d Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling, both formerly of the Minnesota-based Center for the American Experiment, just posted an article contending that, in the long run, nuclear energy is cheaper (and better) than wind or solar (though not as cheap as coal or natural gas) despite high up-front capital\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Net zero\"","block_context":{"text":"Net zero","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=net-zero"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0-U.S.-Navy-proves-nuclear-is-better.jpeg?fit=1200%2C772&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0-U.S.-Navy-proves-nuclear-is-better.jpeg?fit=1200%2C772&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0-U.S.-Navy-proves-nuclear-is-better.jpeg?fit=1200%2C772&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0-U.S.-Navy-proves-nuclear-is-better.jpeg?fit=1200%2C772&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0-U.S.-Navy-proves-nuclear-is-better.jpeg?fit=1200%2C772&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":427384,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=427384","url_meta":{"origin":363119,"position":2},"title":"Climate and Energy Experts Praise Trump\u2019s Endangerment Finding Repeal","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"22\/02\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Trump have rescinded the greenhouse gas Endangerment Finding for vehicles.\u00a0Climate Realism\u00a0has long maintained that carbon dioxide is not a pollutant, and we applaud this decision.","rel":"","context":"In \"American Energy Institute\"","block_context":{"text":"American Energy Institute","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=american-energy-institute"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-353.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-353.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-353.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-353.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-353.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":405667,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=405667","url_meta":{"origin":363119,"position":3},"title":"Trump\u2019s UN Speech: The Climate Emperor Now Stands Exposed","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"29\/09\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"On September 23rd, 2025, President Donald J. 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