Energy Thinks with Tisha Schuller · 2026-05-07 · 23 min
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, harder question: What do you - the oil and gas leader - do with this insight? If your first move is to scoff and say, “That’s just climate masquerading as affordability,” you will be correct. But you are unlikely to be effective. In this solo episode, I work through: * Why being right is not the same thing as being effective * What oil and gas leaders can and cannot credibly call out * How to respond when affordability arguments skip over energy system complexity * Why emotional discipline is a core leadership skill * What political signals from California and Democratic presidential politics may tell us about where energy arguments are headed next A preview On the “first simple answer”: “A lot of what is climate masquerading as affordability is a sincere, first, simple solution.
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