ENB #123 - Dr. Stanley Ridgley, Brutal Minds. The liberal universities on our energy independence.

Talks about the importance of liberal universities on our energy independence. #energytransition #energycrisis #universityShow more

The United States is in trouble and our energy security is at stake. There is a worker and employee crisis in the oil and gas space, and just as bad in the renewable market. The students don't understand that the country runs on energy, and everything they love requires energy of all types.

I must say that college has changed from when I went to my undergraduate at Oklahoma State and my MBA at Oklahoma City University. We worried about dating, football, and getting ready to make money. (only in my junior and senior years after realizing grades matter.)

Our interview with Dr. Ridgley was a lot of fun and he is a breath of fresh air for a university professor. His book "Brutal Minds - The Dark World of Left-Wing Brainwashing Our Universities" was an eye-opener. please buy it at Amazon HERE:

Thank you for stopping by the podcast, I had an absolute blast. - Stu

Highlights of the Podcast

00:00 - Intro

02:39 - What prompted you to write Brutal Minds and tell us a little bit about that process

04:57 - Talks about the Reuters Article about 100 campuses running some that were as old as 1950 in their power plants

06:59 - In the university setting, you mention that they tell us what they're doing they tell us how they're going to do it, and then they go do it.

09:31 - Are you the only guy at the faculty lunchroom sitting in the corner and nobody will talk to you?

12:33 - Tell us about how cancel culture got started

14:52 - Talks about Andy Grove

17:21 - Do you see any change coming in the culture?

20:13 - How do you talk to folks that don't want to have a conversation?

23:50 - You asked me how I came to this book, how I survive or whatever, because, you know, I've always been a lived a living kind of guy, an idealist

25:47 - Talks about the biggest problem with energy which is no workers coming behind us, how do we implement Stanley`s solution

32:16 - Some people are really misguided they're disconnected, especially those on the soft side of campus

34:26 - Talks about Dexter Manley

35:57 - What's coming around the corner for you personally and what do you see coming around the corner in academia?

38:37 - Outro

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