Another misstep from the world's most misleading energy columnist
The oil and gas industry in the US is out competing the renewables industry for a simple reason - shale fracking.
Where did shale fracking come from? From Exxon? From Shell?
Nope. It got a big boost from Jimmy Carter. Then it was nursed along for three decades by George Mitchell. (who heavily sponsored the Club of Rome, hardly a Koch brothers group).
You see how Nelder mixes oil and gas lobbying together in one big lump. That is where he is tricking you.
Don't be fooled. The small players that developed shale fracking did it without deep pocketed lobbying of any sort. It was a classic tale of American entrepernaurilism and can-do attitude.
Things that Nelder has zero experience with, and thus will never understand.
"Swing and a Miss" Chris, delivering your regular does of anti-fossil-fuel, pro-renewable (and pro-Nelder-investments-and-books) propaganda.