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DAILY ENERGY NEWS  | 12/15/2025
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We told you so. 


Wall Street Journal (12/12/25) reports: "Why have climate alarmists suddenly gone quiet? What’s changed is the politics. Climate warriors persuaded the public to take climate change seriously, but not to pay for it, especially after the cost of living shot up in the wake of the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The share of respondents calling climate and the environment their most important issue has dropped from 14% in early 2020 to 6% now, according to YouGov. By contrast, 25% describe inflation that way. In short, the climate crisis clashed with the affordability crisis, and affordability won."

"CAFE laws undermine this sensible approach, as there is no safety rationale for offsetting the higher pollutant emissions from larger vehicles by subsidizing smaller vehicles." 

 

– Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute

If only California would get out of its own way.


California Globe (12/10/25) opinion: "Every Californian knows the feeling of dread at the gas pump. As prices climb past five, six, or even seven dollars a gallon, we are told it’s the fault of distant wars or greedy oil companies. If only that were true. The fact is that California’s sky-high gas prices are a self-inflicted wound, the direct result of state policies that intentionally make our fuel supply expensive, fragile, and artificially scarce. At the heart of the issue is a government mandate that forces Californians to use a special 'boutique' blend of gasoline that almost no one in the world produces. This single policy decision made by our leaders has deliberately cut us off from the abundant and affordable fuel available to the rest of the country. This isn’t just bad economics; it is a policy that actively harms the ability of millions of people to live prosperous lives."

How shocking that China's green movement is anything but.


The EcoModernist (12/12/25) article: "Situated in advanced developed economies that consume prodigiously but have outsourced much of their industry and manufacturing, it is perhaps not so surprising that many Western observers have fixated on the finished products and not the vast supply chains and manufacturing infrastructure necessary to produce them. But it is China’s non-carbon constrained energy-industrial model, not electric vehicles, solar panels, batteries, and heat pumps, that has rewritten the rules of the global game. For rich nations that can stomach China’s human rights abuses and fossil-heavy production, alongside a declining domestic industrial base and new geopolitical vulnerabilities, becoming vassals to China’s green tech imperium is, perhaps, a viable path toward climate mitigation. Even so, twenty to thirty percent of emissions in advanced industrial economies still come from the industrial sector, and rich countries haven’t had much more success decarbonizing those emissions than has China."

Seems pretty clear which states have the affordable energy policies.


Energy Bad Boys (12/13/25) article: "Energy affordability has become a top concern for American families and businesses. A recent poll conducted by Ipsos found that 73% of U.S. residents were concerned about their electricity and gas bills rising this year, and 80% of Americans admitted they feel powerless over how much they are charged for these utilities. These affordability concerns are well-founded. Federal data show U.S. electricity prices increased by 27% from January 2021 through January 2025 and by an additional 11% from January through September 2025, placing additional strain on Americans’ finances. Electricity prices are especially high in traditionally liberal areas of the country. In total, 86% of states with electricity prices above the national average in the continental U.S. are reliably blue, having voted for the Democratic nominee for president in the 2020 and 2024 elections. In contrast, 80% of the ten states with the lowest electricity prices are reliably red, defined as having voted for the Republican candidate in these contests."

Energy Markets

 
WTI Crude Oil: ↓ $57.06
Natural Gas: ↓ $4.02
Gasoline: ↓ $2.90
Diesel: ↓ $3.63
Heating Oil: ↓ $219.24
Brent Crude Oil: ↓ $60.78
US Rig Count: ↑ 572

 
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