https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2025/04/25/bagley-cartoon-utahs-energy/

Drill, Baby, Dr … Never Mind

May 13, 2025

There was, in fact, no energy emergency. One thing you always find

Trump and MAGA in general doing is assuming that the real world

must look the way their prejudices say it should look. Squishy liberals

who believe in rule of law were in charge last year, so America must

have been in the grip of a terrifying crime wave — even though the

homicide rate in 2024 was close to a 65-year low:

KEEP READING IN THE ONLINE ARTICLE

A FEW KEY SNIPS AND GRAPHS:

To see why, we need to look at the factors responsible for America’s

return to energy self-sufficiency. The other factor was the incredible

rise of renewable energy. Not that long ago wind and solar power were

widely seen as silly, hippy-dippy conceits. Now they’re major

contributors to energy supply:

To see why, we need to look at the factors responsible for America’s

return to energy self-sufficiency. FRACKING

The other factor was the incredible rise of renewable energy. Not that

long ago wind and solar power were widely seen as silly, hippy-dippy

conceits. Now they’re major contributors to energy supply:

So why might these drivers of energy production be at risk?