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About This Episode In this extremely timely episode, we sit down with Mike Howard, Chairman and CEO of Howard Midstream Energy Partners, to develop a deep understanding of where our energy comes from. Since we recorded this episode, the United States experienced a substantial cyberattack on of its largest fuel pipelines that should awaken the country and the world to the importance, criticality, and fragility of our energy stuff-chain. Scalable, reliable, resilient, and sustainable energy sources and infrastructure are critical to human flourishing, the modern high-tech economy, and our high-speed society. Throughout the conversation, we dive into what energy is, how oil and gas enable human flourishing, recent innovations in where we source our energy, and so much more. Resources & Links Mentioned The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels (Book) How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom (Book) Enlightenment Now (Book) A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations (Book) Energy and Civilization: A History (Book) Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All (Book) The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations (Book) Interactive map of pipelines in the United States The Laws of Thermodynamics About Our Guest Howard Energy Partners on LinkedIn, here. Howard Energy Partners Website, here. Subscribe for More This Meditation on ‘Where Stuff Comes From’ will help you to navigate the rapidly changing geopolitical, business, and human rights environment that we face today. If you’d like to stay up to date on the latest insights, tactics, and news about ‘Where Stuff Comes From’, subscribe to the ‘Where Stuff Comes From Weekly’ newsletter at this link. Developing a framework for ‘Where Stuff Comes From’ will help you gain the confidence that you need to avoid being caught flat-footed, unprepared, and reflecting retrospectively: “Well, I guess THAT’S where that stuff comes from.”