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Today, the Arc of Outrage series turns to the forgotten stakeholder in energy infrastructure projects: the future. Evoking the future offers your best bridge to solutions with today’s skeptical communities. What you’ll get in this solo episode of Energy Thinks Your next infrastructure project has a stakeholder who will never attend a public hearing: the future. I have argued that the future has…
Today, the Arc of Outrage series asks the uncomfortable question: If we demand that energy infrastructure proponents account for the future that they would build, shouldn’t energy infrastructure opponents also account for the future that would result from not building ? What you’ll get in this solo episode of Energy Thinks When it comes to energy and the future, there is no do-nothing option.…
What you’ll get in this episode of Energy Thinks The future requires massive infrastructure build-out. But communities have made it clear: They will not accept infrastructure that feels imposed. That tension in a nutshell—aka Both of These Things Are True: * We need to build. * People need agency over what gets built around them. You know I’ve been writing about the Arc of Outrage : the…
What you’ll get in this episode of Energy Thinks My most important conversations right now are focused on the Arc of Outrage —and what it takes to lead your company through the Arc when opposition to your projects is no longer theoretical. Last week’s Both True explored the Arc : why data center outrage is still climbing, why the worst is likely ahead, and why leaders need to staff for the Arc…
This solo pod continues the series on the Arc of Outrage, the predictable and unavoidable opposition cycle that data centers are facing. What you’ll get in this solo episode of Energy Thinks The energy industry has been here before. I warned data center proponents to stop calling the opposition they are facing “misinformation.” The problem is that data centers are now on the Arc of Outrage . I…
What you’ll get in this episode of Energy Thinks This week, I sit down with Jonathan Smith , founder and principal of Mobilis Works , an advisory practice to the Problem Solvers on policy innovation, economic competitiveness, and civic capacity, for one of the most thoughtful conversations I’ve had about what it actually takes to move from policy ideas to real-world implementation. Jonathan has…
What you’ll get in this episode of Energy Thinks This week, I sit down with Jim Kerr, chairman, president, and CEO of Southern Company Gas , for a conversation about what happens when the realities of physics, economics, and historically high energy demand collide with The Myth of an Easy Energy Transition . Jim would be humble and interesting while talking to a tree stump. But lucky for you, he…
What you’ll get in this solo episode of Energy Thinks In last week’s Both True , I wrote about a shift I’m watching closely: climate priorities being repackaged as affordability arguments . Affordability is now the governing political test on energy—and some decarbonization-first advocates are repositioning their programs as the key to energy affordability. This week’s solo pod picks up the next,…
Planning your 2026 leadership event? Order The Myth and The Moment for your team. ( Reach out for bulk pricing.) What you’ll get in this solo episode of Energy Thinks Last week, I made the case that energy abundance is a civic good —and that oil and gas remain central to achieving it. This solo pod explores some of the consequences of that argument: What does energy abundance as a civic good…
What you’ll get in this episode of Energy Thinks My most important conversations right now are focused on The Problem Solvers—those civic leaders squeezed between the climate ambition of their constituents and energy reality. In this episode, I sit down with Matt Baker, Commissioner at the California Public Utilities Commission , to talk about what Problem Solver leadership looks like on the front…
