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Ken Klippenstein: Let Them Drive Less - Oil execs building corporate militias, fearing "Bastille" moment over gas prices
In April, Chevron executive Andy Walz told CBS that ordinary people worried about gas prices “should try to drive less; they should try to conserve energy.”
A commenter under a clip of the interview on YouTube put it well: “Drive halfway to work. Walk the rest of the way. Brilliant!”
And then there’s Jay Young, CEO of Texas oil company King Operating and author of The Upside of Oil and Gas Investing. He recently preached the Drive Less gospel on his own podcast, The Jay Young Show. “Instead of going to North Dakota for your summer vacation, you’re gonna go to New Mexico or something,” he offers.
But it's not all bad news.
“We’re not gonna be anywhere close to being done with this Iran war any, anytime soon,” Young goes on — and that’s the good part. “It’s gonna be great for the energy business, it’s gonna be great for jobs, and it’s gonna be great for oil and gas companies,” he adds.
The episode hosts Drew Mitchell, a 20-year law enforcement veteran, former SWAT leader, and founder of the corporate security firm Valence Global. The episode — “Executive Protection, Online Safety & Energy Security” — is less an interview than a sales pitch: today’s private security, Mitchell argues, is a long way from the mall cop.
A commenter under a clip of the interview on YouTube put it well: “Drive halfway to work. Walk the rest of the way. Brilliant!”
And then there’s Jay Young, CEO of Texas oil company King Operating and author of The Upside of Oil and Gas Investing. He recently preached the Drive Less gospel on his own podcast, The Jay Young Show. “Instead of going to North Dakota for your summer vacation, you’re gonna go to New Mexico or something,” he offers.
But it's not all bad news.
“We’re not gonna be anywhere close to being done with this Iran war any, anytime soon,” Young goes on — and that’s the good part. “It’s gonna be great for the energy business, it’s gonna be great for jobs, and it’s gonna be great for oil and gas companies,” he adds.
The episode hosts Drew Mitchell, a 20-year law enforcement veteran, former SWAT leader, and founder of the corporate security firm Valence Global. The episode — “Executive Protection, Online Safety & Energy Security” — is less an interview than a sales pitch: today’s private security, Mitchell argues, is a long way from the mall cop.
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/let-them-drive-less