No Country Is On Track to Hit Net Zero

Three decades of front-row energy seats and takes you genuinely can't argue with. Mark Meyer gets into the Strait of Hormuz mess, Heathrow's jet fuel shortage, countries sitting on hydrocarbons while importing them, the IEA's net zero detour, BP's expensive U-turn, and why 2 billion people still cooking over dung deserves more airtime than another COP summit. Astros predictions and a Joe Rogan tangent included.Join the conversation shaping the future of energy.Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just the discussions that move our industry forward.Apply today at collide.ioClick here to view the episode transcript. 0:00 Intro3:21 Strait of Hormuz and energy attention spans6:23 Heathrow's jet fuel crisis8:06 Land Man tour through a barrel of oil9:55 New England's oil-fired electricity paradox14:07 Countries sitting on hydrocarbons while importing them21:39 Gas prices and the political blame game25:12 California, the Jones Act, and US shipbuilding decline28:46 ASU hackathon and hope for the next generation35:22 Chris Wright as energy secretary37:49 Advice to 2016 Jacob about the climate narrative46:28 OPEC, IEA, and the agencies shaping the conversation51:34 The IEA's Net Zero by 2050 detour and BP's pivot1:00:38 EPA rescinds the 2009 endangerment finding1:03:33 Wood pellet accounting and the China India reality1:08:20 The global South and the moral case for hydrocarbons1:14:38 Mark's daily media diet1:17:23 Price gouging vs Big Tech margins1:21:39 Joe Rogan, cable news fatigue, and Peggy Noonan1:29:01 Astros baseball predictions1:36:22 Wrap uphttps://twitter.com/collide_aihttps://www.tiktok.com/@collide.iohttps://www.facebook.com/collide.iohttps://www.instagram.com/collide.iohttps://www.youtube.com/@collide_iohttps://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.socialhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai