What a wonderful resource of honest analysis and discussion of the green boondoggles being foisted on Americans by their politicians. Both sides are guilty of participating in the graft. Please add more content soon. This podcast is one of the best out there.

I wish the leaders in the world would listen to these podcasts. Finally someone is speaking up about the nonsense Western Politicians and so called environmental groups (do more damage that good) are pushing on their people.

I found the episode about carbon tax intellectually dishonest at best or outright misleading. For example, the author states that fossil fuel use has increased since the year 2000 despite a push for renewables. Of course it has grown in absolute terms because economies have grown particularly in China plus there are more people in the world. Don’t conflate a bigger world economy with a perceived futility of deploying renewables. Another point was that the price of oil doubled since 2000. His point is it would take a huge increase in oil price via a carbon tax to reduce demand and the size of the tax needed would wreck the economy. He is leaving out inflation. Adjusted for inflation oil has not doubled in price. I wonder if the Manhattan Institute, which the author belongs to, received money from Exxon or other oil companies to peddle their propaganda.

Data and facts come to life, helping listeners gain insights into the trends shaping the future.

Great podcast. So incredibly informative and helpful. Keep it coming.

One of the best pods in the techno-optimist community. Keep it coming!

Mark makes the complex understandable. Really first-rate!

This podcast tackles fascinating topics with a sober & lucid style that allows the data to lead where it will.

Mark has made me feel so much better about the world and our future. We need more leaders like Mark cutting through the doom loop.

This podcast will do as much for your mental health as it will your financial acumen.

Of all the podcasts dealing with energy-related topics, The Last Optimist is at the top of the pack. Mark Mills is exceptionally informative and is not bashful to confront the inconvenient truths that abound in the modern day discussion about energy and electrification. A staunch truth-teller and a believer in market-driven solutions, Mark brings an essentially unheard perspective to the current debate over the mandates to move to “green” and “sustainability.” Highly recommended podcast.

Wonderful information on our energy issues in the world. Thanks Mark. Mark, with so much negativity thrown at us daily from news, politicians etc it’s refreshing to here reasoned thought out ideas and approaches to some of our biggest problems. Thanks. Hi Mark, yet another informative talk on energy and this push for a non carbon future. Thanks for your reasonable and realistic break down of the many issues we face. Keep it up.

I have enjoyed listening to this podcast for insights into energy policy and other matters. He separates the dream world within politics and the real world as defined in fact and the laws of science. Great show.

Thank you for the time and talent that you bring to this community. It is so easy to be dragged down by MSM today and we need more people like you bringing some reality to the table. Thank you and keep fighting the good fight.

Perhaps the show should be called “The Last Realistic Optimist”. Appreciate a realist view with the optimism that we can overcome but acknowledge the challenges that we face via a myriad of constraints.

Here you will find facts based segments On pretty much all segments of science and technology that are affecting our world. No dogma here, just facts. You will enjoy this podcast.

Thank you so much, it’s very difficult to get honest takes like this.

I came across Mark at the Sonoma Valley Authors Fest. His pods are first rate, nonpolitical and scientific. As someone involved with Ai and technology, I found his comments on EV and Materials and ChatGPT especially informative and not infected with the normal hysteria or political side notes.

Having retired from Caterpillar, this podcast was near and dear to my heart. Not only do the climate change aficionados not consider the pollution and cost and capacity of power generation to run their EV cars Mills points out that there’s one more thing to consider and that’s the cost and availability of mining for the rare earth minerals to produce these albatrosses. I’d also like to see a podcast that analyzes what happens 10 years from now when the batteries need to go into some toxic waste dump.

I’m an avid daily consumer of podcasts across a wide variety of topics. This one stands ahead of all of the others judged by the standard of — tell me something I don’t know and am not seeing elsewhere that is profoundly important to our future, and be analytically solid in presenting it. I could pay other compliments, but by this standard this podcast series far surpasses anything else I have come across.

Terrific podcasts generally. The latest covering the EV transition is one of the most complete and informative I have seen. Only one possible and possibly important factual error. He says that California voted to eliminate fossil fuel vehicles. In fact, if I am correct, the legislature has refused to ban them so Governor Newsom signed an executive order to ban them and the unelected regulatory agency - the Air Resources Board - then cited to ban them. The authoritarian nature of making such a far- reaching ban without voter approval of any kind is staggering.

Mark Mills’ fact based research make his clearly explained podcasts stand out in subject areas of energy and environmental policy which are crowded with uncertainty and divergence. I look forward to each new episode.

I just found this. What a treasure. Great information, understandable, clear, concise. If you have questions about the facts surrounding these issues this is the place for you. Thanks so much

Mark p Mills has an incredibly useful take on what is happening in the world

Mark P. Mills entered my radar through the Decouple Podcast and I’ve been hooked ever since. I wish I found his work sooner. He is a MUST read and listen if you have an interest in the current state of Energy and Tech. I eagerly await each new podcast. Keep up the good work!

Mark Mills is one of the very few sane voices on energy left in the world.

Engaging and informative.

I’ve followed and appreciated Mark’s work for many years. This podcast feels like we’ve been invited into a private briefing session on energy/technology issues. Everything you need to know packaged in a neat concise bundle and with tons of context leaving you feeling like you have a 360 degree view of the issues. Two episodes in and I’m hooked.