Trump picks Coloradan to lead mission and restore affordable energy

Nov 18, 2024

from Colorado Peak Politics

Photo: Chris Wright January 2017, (Andy Cross of the Denver Post)

President-elect Trump signaled his commitment to restore the nation’s affordable and reliable energy security in choosing Chris Wright, the CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy, to be his energy secretary.

Wright is a tech nerd turned entrepreneur who says he is dedicated to improving the human existence by expanding access to abundant, affordable, and reliable energy.

Wright is best known for his innovations that helped boosted commercial shale gas production that launched an industry in hydraulic fracture mapping.

By taking the lead at the U.S. Energy Department, Wright is expected to redirect the Biden administration’s goal of bankrupting fossil fuel production.

The agency is responsible for advancing energy technology, securing the nuclear arsenal and disposal of nuclear waste.

Yet Biden used the bureaucracy to redirect our energy supply to solar panels that would litter 700,000 acres by 2035, and the use of wind turbines — more than a million of which would be needed to power the U.S.

Job one for Wright is to liberate the natural gas industry and lift Biden’s defacto ban on new liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals.

The New York Times snubbed Wright for lacking experience as an entrenched government bureaucrat and was instead critical of his real-world experience in the energy industry, from oil and gas to nuclear, geothermal and solar.

We expect the left and their Democrat minions who proliferate Big Environment will oppose Wright and try to smear his character as the next — whatever the ecological equivalent of Hitler is.

According to his bio, Wright is a passionate father, grandfather, skier, cyclist, climber, and outdoor enthusiast.

And that sure sounds like someone who treasurers a clean environment.