Burgum visits Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, talks slumping electric vehicle sales
Steve Hallstrom
Special to The Farmer
North Dakota Governor, and Vice-Presidential hopeful, Doug Burgum pulled no punches at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, blasting the Biden Administration’s energy policy, and sounding the alarm on U.S. electric vehicle demand.
Burgum made the comments on Scott Hennen’s “What’s On Your Mind” program on KTGO Radio on May 16th.
He began his comments by stating that the push to eliminate fossil fuels is misguided with the growing potential of artificial intelligence.
“With what’s happening with AI in our country, there is a huge demand for baseload energy and with (Rainbow Energy buying Coal Creek Station in Underwood) with 1,200 megawatts energy, they are going to look very smart because other companies are dropping their baseload because of pressure from shareholders with this ESG (Environmental and Social Governance) movement at a time when we’re going to have all this demand for electricity. And states that aren’t preserving their baseload energy are going to be looking at “brownouts” and “blackouts.” I call them the “Biden Brownouts” and the “Biden Blackouts” because the federal government is behind all the regulations that are driving baseload energy out.”
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